WagoVan!!!!

[EastCoastEK]

Yeah,
thats right, I said it. The EK is out soon to a new owner. Hopefully, one that won't jack it all up. Well see. Anyway, I'm on to a new project idea. Baby on the way, so this will be a slow build. I wanted something unique. Something uncommonly worked on. Something so ugly, SOOO ugly, it rolls around the wheel to actually being kinda cool. And so, I found this....

OK, so pictures are not uploading, no option below to upload them. Will do soon.

It's a '87 Civic Wagon. Brown. RT-Awd.

However, before I purchase this wild beast, I need your advice on some things. Are parts avail. for this car. I know that a lot of the EF wags have been done. What about the '87? Are parts interchangeable from other years. What about suspension components? Brakes? Wheel Lug pattern? Will engines swap into this chassis, even if I have to take out the Awd, and just run Fwd? What do you guys know about modding this thing up?

I think that with some work, it could look great, be hella clean, unique, and one HELL of a sleeper!

Let me know. Thanks

 

[EastCoastEK]

hey, does anybody know why I can post a reply with imageshack uploads? In the post reply section , there is nothing in the box for imageshack to click on. Trying to post some pics of the wag. Thanks.

I'm using Safari as my browser. Don't know if that makes a difference.

 

[EastCoastEK]

hey, anyone else having problems posting imageshack pics in their post? Are am I just crazy?1

 

[oddeb707]

do photobucket then

 

[oddeb707]

didnt HT do a d16 turbo in one of those?

 

[oddeb707]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXpTw9_v_g0&feature=related

there are alot of them on youtube

 

[EastCoastEK]

Hey,
Thanks guys for the links and responses. I'm going to try and go test drive the wagon tomorrow. Here are a couple of shots. It needs a lot of work, as you can see, but it should be fun!









It's a RT-AWD model, with a 6-speed manual transmission. Very unusual for what we think of as a Honda. I think it has a lot of potential. Let me know what you think!

 

[tienr]

what a 6spd? sick.....i once almost bought a wagovan for $100 bucks....me and my friends were gonna put a 16valve vw motor in it and turbo the f**k out of it.....never happened though

 

[oddeb707]

i kinda want one now

 

[EastCoastEK]

i kinda want one now

yeah, I saw a picture of this car, and thought "man, that has GOT to be the ugliest think I have ever seen". So, I closed the window, and kept looking at more cars. But then, this car just kept growing on me. It's sooooo ugly, that it's actually kind of cool. I can't explain it. Then, I did some research and found out that some wagovan's even came in a 6 speed. I thought I'd never find one of those.Then, I zoomed in on the shift knob in the interior pic I just posted, and voila!, 6 gears PLUS a Reverse. Check out the pic. Reverse is to the LEFT and up, not to the right and down. Cool!

There are a lot of people building WagoVan's now. Skunk 2's Dr. Charles has built one with a K20 swap! However, almost everyone has built-up the 88-91 chassis Wago's, and not to many peeps are messing with the '85-87 year. Parts ARE available, just not as easy to find as the EF chassis. I have BIG plans for this car. We will see if I can purchase it soon and get started.

for those interested, check out: www.hondacivicwagon.com, it's a cool site.

 

[808EK96]

Old School - Cool ! Hope it works out for you

 

[pmac193]

It's not really a six speed, I saw one a while back and it has a gear lower than first for crawling speed. I think it was called a super low gear.

 

[EastCoastEK]

ah, yeah, your right. Ironically, i just read a post on another site about this. Thanks. Still, cool though. Apparently the "super low gear" has a top speed of 12 mph, but is supposed to have an insane amount of torque (for what it is, of course). Supposedly, these are a lot of fun in the snow!

 

[EF Honda EF]

haha. learn somethin new every day. good luck man

 

[dank24]

i know a guy with a boosted b16 in one of those.

 

[AlexM]

I'd love to have one of those, and just slam it with the biggest lipped rims you can buy.

 

[kyle10182]

how much would you want for that shift knob?

 

[civhatch92]

There are some badass ones out there..

Just check out this HT forum..
http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1132282&page=1

 

[EastCoastEK]

Sweet! Thanks for posting pics. I wish there were more "easy to find" pics of these wags out there. Does anyone have some pics of any 87 wags?

 

[honda22]

check it yo