Vehicle Description
1983 Honda Civic Wagon LS B18 SwapCustom built restoration and
autographed by Rutledge Wood, NBC Sports and Top Gear USA
announcerOwnership documentation in Wood?s nameFeatured on the TV
show "Lost in Transmission" on History Car was built and tuned at
Mainstream performanceSwapped B18B1 1.8L , DOHC, 16v four-cylinder
engine from a 1995 Acura Integra LS Integra GSR five-speed manual
transmissionCustom engine mounts, HASport cable-to-hydraulic clutch
and OBD-II to OBD-I jumper harnessCustom axels built by the
DriveShaft ShopPerformance headers with custom Magnaflow
exhaust/high flow catalytic convertorCustom air intake made by
Mainstream with high flow filterOEM Nissan Tank Green exterior,
green interior and Cherry Blossom Red engine bayMk II GTI Recaro
Trophy front seats with Westfalia Celery Green with plaid accents
and full custom green carpetsGLI Nardi wooden steering wheel,
complete with a NRG quick release and Auto Gage tachometerMomo F1
wooden shift knob that Rutledge stated came out of Tanner Foust?s
Nissan 300zx from Season 1 of Top GearPeriod 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 crossbarsVintage
Coleman cooler in the trunk conceals the batteryMK1 GTi Duckbill
chin spoiler Own this Vehicle from $349 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 with
Eibach 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 the DriveShaft 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. The GLI
Nardi wooden steering wheel, complete with a NRG quick release is
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: JHMWD5523DS000640Wood'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.
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