Vehicle Description
1983 Honda Civic Wagon LS B18 Swap Custom built restoration and
autographed by Rutledge Wood, NBC Sports and Top Gear USA announcer
Ownership documentation in Wood's name Featured on the TV show
"Lost in Transmission" on History Car was built and tuned at
Mainstream performance Swapped B18B1 1.8L , DOHC, 16v four-cylinder
engine from a 1995 Acura Integra LS Integra GSR five-speed manual
transmission Custom engine mounts, HASport cable-to-hydraulic
clutch and OBD-II to OBD-I jumper harness Custom axels built by
theDriveShaft Shop Performance headers with custom Magnaflow
exhaust/high flow catalytic convertor Custom air intake made by
Mainstream with high flow filter OEM Nissan Tank Green exterior,
green interior and Cherry Blossom Red engine bay Mk II GTI Recaro
Trophy front seats with Westfalia Celery Green with plaid accents
and full custom green carpets GLI Nardi wooden steering wheel,
complete with a NRG quick releaseand Auto Gage tachometer Momo F1
wooden shift knob that Rutledge stated came out of Tanner Foust's
Nissan 300zx from Season 1 of Top Gear Period correct 15" Enkei 92
gold lace wheels Eibach Springs on coilover sleeves (front)
Lowering blocks (rear leaf springs) with new shocks The car also
features a wooden roof rack that uses the original crossbars
Vintage Coleman cooler in the trunk conceals the battery MK1 GTi
Duckbill chin spoiler Own this Vehicle from $339 per month-call
636-600-4600 Motorsports and Honda fans, listen up! MotoeXotica
Classic Cars is ready to get you into the game with a custom built
and restored 1983 Honda Civic wagon previously owned by Rutledge
Wood, announcer for NBC Sports, NASCAR and Top Gear USA! The car
includes ownership documentation in Wood's name and the cherry
blossom engine bay bears his autograph. The wagon was featured on
the Wood's TV show "Lost in Transmission" on History. What Wood had
to say about his Honda as it was getting restored at Brian's Paint
and Body in Sharpsburg, Ga., is a perfect 10, despite its
imperfections. "I just love the idea of it," he says. "Honda
changed how imports really were perceived. And I just always liked
it. He bought this in October because he needed a car he could
drive to the airport. "I wanted to build something that I wasn't as
concerned about people running their door into my truck," he says.
"It's a Nissan paint color off an Xterra; it's army-tank green. I
always liked that color, so I looked it up and when I was ready to
have it painted, Brian had the code. It's going to a shop in
Atlanta called Mainstream Performance, which is another big Honda
place."Over at Mainstream Performance, the car is getting the
engine swapped to a 1996 Integra motor. "It's a big process so
they'll have to cut a new motor mount. I needed a little commuter
car and I didn't want to just buy a new Honda Civic. I just liked
the older looks of the '83."Wood bought three cars in order to
build this 1983 Civic to his liking: a 1982 Civic wagon, a 1980
Civic hatchback and a 1996 Acura Integra for its motor. "And that's
what's funny - a '96 Integra is much nicer in theory than the '83
Civic wagon," Wood admits. "It'll be cool when I'm all done with
it." Finished in OEM Nissan Tank Green, the wagon's paint and trim
are in good overall condition. The wagon's windows, including the
rear one with its electric defroster grid and wiper/washer, are
clear and crack-free. The wagon's lights are in similar fine order.
The wagon's bodywork is straight, its Cherry Blossom Red engine bay
is extremely tidy, the battery appears new (and has been relocated
to the cargo bay in a vintage Coleman cooler) and the black bumpers
fit tightly to the body. The car also features a custom wooden roof
rack that uses the original crossbars. This hotrod Honda rolls on
Yokohama radials, size 195/50R15 at all four corners. Each Yoko is
wrapped around a period correct 15" Enkei 92 gold lace wheel, which
contrast nicely with the car's body color. This Honda also has been
lowered withEibach Springs on coilover sleeves (front) Lowering
blocks (rear leaf springs) with new shocks. The stance of the wagon
is completed with a MK1 GTi Duckbill front chin spoiler. Under the
forward-hinged hood is a B18B 1.8L fuel-injected, DOHC, 16-valve
four-cylinder engine from a 1995 Acura Integra LS and produces
around 140HP, which is about double the horsepower of the original
1984 engine! The engine rests on custom engine mounts and is mated
to a manual five-speed transmission unit, from a 1996 Acura Integra
GSR and has shorter gearing than the LS transmission. Custom axels
were built by theDriveShaft Shop and has a HASport
cable-to-hydraulic clutch and an On-board Diagnostics II to
On-board Diagnostics I jumper harness. Inside, a pair of MkII GTI
Recaro Trophy bucket seats replace the factory front buckets. All
seats have been reupholstered in Volkswagen Westfalia Celery Green
with plaid accents. The inner door panels and sun visors have been
redone to match the plaid found on the seats. The seats are in
excellent overall condition while the complementing green carpets
look great, as does the headliner and matching plastic trim pieces.
The green dash is in very nice shape for a dashboard of this
vintage. TheGLI Nardi wooden steering wheel, complete with a NRG
quick releaseis in excellent condition, as is the instrument panel.
There is an Auto Gage tachometer perched atop the steering column.
The plaid inner door panels are in very good shape. Capping off the
interior is a Momo F1 wooden shift knob that Rutledge stated came
out of Tanner Foust's Nissan 300zx from Season 1 of Top Gear and a
period correct Alpine AM/FM stereo with cassette deck but is
inoperable. The car was built to have air conditioning, it uses an
Integra b18b compressor with custom lines that use everything else
that was original to this factory A/C wagon. It was charged when it
was built, but there was some sort of leak in the system, so the AC
does not blow cold. The wagon does have hot heat. If you're a fan
of Rutledge Wood's work on Top Gear USA, NBC Sports or for NASCAR,
you owe it to yourself to stop by MotoeXotica Classic Cars and
check out his personal swapped 1983 Honda Wagon in person before it
sells to a new owner! VIN: JHMWD5523DS000640 Wood's build thread on
the car at honda-tech:
https://honda-tech.com/forums/southeast-sales-66/fs-ft-volk-gold-ce28-16x7-16x7-5-5x114-3-ga-2926248/
This car is currently located at our facility in St. Louis,
Missouri. Current mileage on the odometer shows 235,335 miles. It
is sold as is, where is, on a clean and clear, mileage exempt
Missouri title. GET OUT AND DRIVE!!! Note: Please see full terms
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