Reviving a 40-Year-Old Car With Only 69 Miles!

As a saying goes: "Ships in harbor are safe, but that's not what ships were built to do", and I think the same applies to cars as well. Obviously, such a well-preserved example like this one shouldn't be abused, but I think it should still be enjoyed, and seeing it go on a road trip would be awesome.

an elderly neightbour once said to me years ago, the first time he saw a Japanese car it was a Honda, and he "couldn't believe it" because it didn't rattle when it went past. all the Austalian and Engish cars of the era, you could hear them coming like a trolley full of pots and pans

This 40-Year-Old Civic series is EPIC! I love it!

I find older, smaller cars like this so refreshing. I'm glad you guys are getting to experience the joys of simple, analog cars.

I loved the mechanic's overt joy working on this!

For some reason, I love the looks of this car.

One thing I have always believed in collecting and restoring vehicles since the 1980’s, is you need to drive them, as that’s exactly why the were built in the first place. I am talking about cars, motorcycles, and many snowmobiles. Honda knows this also, and why you have the privilege to drive it😊

I think its great that Honda picked you two to drive the car across the country, I can't think of two young men who are more respectful of history and those who went before than you two and I think it makes a great public statement for Honda and how they feel about the cars they produce and keeping that history alive. After all at the end of the day that's what this is, at least for me when I watch. Its not as much about the cars as it is honoring our own history.

Middle of the summer road trip without A/C? Brave souls.

Had an 87 crx si. Thin wallet Ferrari! Loved it. Have fun on the drive guys.

I used to have one of these Honda wagons. It had all-wheel drive (selectable). I loved it. It was a workhorse. It was never a popular model, so I rarely saw another. Seeing this video brings back many good memories.

My 40 year high school reunion is coming up...this generation of Civic was introduced when I was a senior in high school. A Honda commercial played during this video advertising the Pilot, Passport and Ridgeline...which really shows how Honda has moved beyond smaller cars to SUVs and Pickups. As far as driving the car. that's what we did in 1984. I'd say make the trip and document the mpg and overall performance and reliability issues.

A kase and tommy road trip yay. I’m hype.

I did drive a 1960's Renault van that had under 1000km on the odometer, and rolled it to over the 1000km mar, after it was over 30 years old. it drove 12km a year, 6km towed, 6km driven. A mobile test bench, which spent all it's time in a hanger, and with a massive roof mounted walkway that made it very top heavy. The 12km a year was for service.

It's Honda's car, do what Honda asked. People need to remember that if Honda really wanted to, they could make a new version of this car that would pass for a museum piece, and the audience would never know the difference; manufacturers do it all the time for Holywood. Any damage that can be caused on the drive can be repaired well enough short of a catastrophic accident. I also cringed at it being driven on a dirt road, and I'm torn between getting it ceramic-coated or not, but ultimately, it is a showpiece, and there is nothing cooler than a museum piece that truly withstood the test of time.

I had an ‘85 Honda Civic Wagovan 🎉 it was super reliable and fun

Love this. You've got to road trip it- we camped all over Northern Ontario with ours. I bought it brand-new in '84, to carry my wife and I and our three children. It was our only vehicle for much of its life. Fantastic little wagon, great visibility, every inch of the interior space was useable. Incredibly economical to own and surprisingly durable. Handling was surprisingly good for a cheap, base-model station wagon as well. Peak Honda.

We had one exactly like this: 84, beige, 5spd. I LOVED it. I should have taken pics of all of the different rear seat configurations. New Hondas have "Magic Seats", this thing would flip, fold, turn over, remove so you could do almost anything with it and I just can't find picture/video evidence of all of the ways you could set up the cargo area.

Just an amazing video, I am personally not a Honda fan, but the fact that Honda thought it would be a good idea to give TFL this gem, yeah that’s just so cool. You guys are so lucky getting this chance, what an awesome addition to TFL Classic, I can’t wait to see what you guys come up with. 🤗👍🤗🚙💨

Great to see you guys listen to the comments from the last video. I'm just excited to see a brand new version of my daily driver. At 187k she's still going!