Can't be many of this year left. Price seems very ambitious. https://lexington.craigslist.org/ctd/d/somerset-1981-honda-civic/7111557701.html
Man I remember when these ruled the road. You’re right in that they are sure gone now. Nice example of one, but agree. For $5,000 might have some other alternatives.
Don’t know. I might take the $5,000 and put it with a few extra bucks and try to find a nice ‘60ish Falcon or Valiant.
And one of these with an automatic and air conditioning too. I can't imagine this car having excessive get up and go or fabulous fuel economy...
I agree it would not be that fun to drive, but it is in great original condition, but it does have 120,000 miles on it, so what is worn out? Everything? Not the most desirable body style, colors or drivetrain. But I don't rule out the asking price given what I have seen other Japanese models of the era go for in the last few years. If the seller put it on Ebay or BAT it might get 2 times the asking price. Who Knows. Not my type of car, but it never was.
At that milage, it's due for its second timing belt, along with its second major scheduled maintenance round. Those 3-barrel carburetors are also fickle. There are few mechanics who know how to deal with them. Let alone have any ambition whatsoever as to servicing them. I'd stay away from something like that, unless it had very low milage or the price was right I had a '72 four-door sedan in jade green. I would almost have married someone, in order to get it
Some day, maybe sooner than you think, 70's and 80's Japanese cars are going to be valuable collector's items. I would imagine if this Civic were a 3-door hatch it might attract a lot of interest at $5,000. Since it's a sedan, I'm thinking RIGHT NOW that might be a bit high. Also noted they marked it as 'rear wheel drive'.
You're right, to a point. The desirable ones are the hatches and wagons; the reason I know this is I have a friend who had an Accord CVCC that his mom had, and after having me go through and find parts, change them out, he was able to sell it for over $3K five years ago. It was that cool blue inside and out, had the gauge package, upgraded stereo sound system, and I fixed a bunch of minor things that were an annoyance to be broken. I think it was a bit over 100K when it sold, but the gal that bought it was thrilled a whole bunch to buy it.
I can see the old Celicas and 280 ZXs as collectables. But, not particularly these The A/C compressor is half the size of the entire engine itself. To get the car going to one's desired speed, it's best to turn off the A/C first Fuel injection helped get it moving better, on the later models
