Hey all!



In 1990 I had an '82 Prelude while I was stationed in California during my enlistment in the Navy. I found a couple pictures of it (no digital cameras back then) and took pics of them (sorry for the glare -- stupid flash.)












The transmission started to go out in the Prelude in 1992 (popped out of third all the time,) so I traded it in. Fast forward 18 years and I'm married (17 years now,) have two kids and an Odyssey.



And this:











I just bought it on eBay and got it home over the weekend. It's a dead ringer for my old car (except for the wheels, of course -- but I just located and bought a set of those, too!)




I'll post better pictures of my new baby once I get the wheels mounted.

 

Heeey, all right, welcome back!

 

LOL...thanks!

 

Wow, beautiful car. What kinda wheels are those?

 

Thanks...the wheels are American Racing 192s. I think they quit making them about 15 years ago, so they can be hard to find.

 

Damn that thing is a minter!! Super nice!

 

Thanks! I'm off to the tire shop to get some rubber mounted. Hope to have the wheels on the car tomorrow (waiting for my lug nut order to come in!)

 

freakin sweet! awesome find man. old one looks great.

 

you gotta get on prelude power dot com with that classy 1st gen. they'd geek.

 

Amazing I can't believe how clean this car is.

 

The weather didn't cooperate today, but I did it anyway.

 

Damn those wheels look great on there! Got any plans to lower it down just a smidge? Man it would really set that car off. Just love it. Your engine bay is so nice and unmolested too.

 

I know -- holy fender gap!

I'd love to lower it a bit, but springs are non-existent.

 

sicc rims bro

 

I have the same problem with my 1g Accord. I'm probably going to cut a bit out of the springs to get it down. There seems to be a lot of FUD surrounding the cutting of springs, and I don't really understand it... I figure, worst case I buy another set of stock springs and put them back in the car, no harm done.

 

Wow! That have to be cleanest looking classic honda civic i ever seen. Do you have any rust on that vehicle?

 

fail. it's a prelude.

 

LOL...thanks -- you saved me from turning on the flame guns!

 

dam that look clean for being so old
nice rims they go with the car man

 

Awesome Prelude! Just out of curiosity, how long did it take you to find this car?

 

20 years!


Just kidding. I've looked on and off for another one for the past 5 years or so. I wasn't actively looking when this one came around.

 

you people in california with your cars that refuse to age **** me off. haven't seen a gen 1 prelude in new england in over 10 years. haven't seen a clean one since probably the reagan administration.

 

I HEAR THAT! we have a pile of rust after 5 years

 

LOL XD, anyways sweet *** prelude your my hero. This is inspiring it looks just like your old one so sweet!!!

 

sweet ride