To get an idea of the thinking behind this car we need to look at the Honda Civic during the mid eighties, this is a car born out of the need to produce something for everybody and it certainly does that, with four body styles and the choice of several engine and gearbox options. However, the car that we are interested here is the three door hatchback that would have been powered by the 76 HP 1.5 litre engine.
The Honda Civic Type R may have been around for over thirteen years but it has not been standing still as with other car marks the Type R has been evolving in fact this model is already on its third generation design and it is pretty spectacular too! The car uses the standard Honda 1.6 litre and the 2.0 litre engine, both of which suit the car perfectly, but we are looking at the third generation Civic Type R here.
The fifth generation Honda Civic is probably one the most successful version of this long running model and yet it only had a production run of just over three years, which by today’s standards is pretty normal. The reason for its worldwide success is down to one thing, choice! This car offered the buyer a huge amount of choices at the build stage, so although the finished model is a Civic, it can be completely different to the next car off the line.
Call them what you may, hatchbacks, minis, or even starter cars the small car has become the essential proving ground for any import builder. The reason for this is simple, these cars are well made, easy to work and once completed look cool, could there be anything better than that! Well yes, it when these little hot hatches are taken to another level, now you are talking.
Honda brought out the Si branding for the third generation mod
The lines that divide custom and modified cars can often become blurred, especially as there is no clear definition on exactly what these terms mean, it is because different groups of people have different ideas on what a custom car is, compared to a modified car. However, basically we think that custom is a personal build, whereas modified is built for performance and design, although there may be some differences in opinion there.
In 1994 this Honda Civic would have rolled off the production line and into the arms of the average Civic owner, which would have been a family or older couple, if we believe that stats that are published for this model on car ownership during the mid nineties. This fifth generation car was larger than the previous models with improved performance to match.
The design of the car is why this particular model
Usually when you think of small car such as the Honda Civic with its 1.6 litre engine, we would estimate the power output being around 150 HP or less. However, imagine getting behind the wheel of Civic that has been made lighter and the power increased to over 350 HP would that be something of interest to fans of modified cars or not, we suspect that a Honda Civic such as that would be very interesting indeed.
Now putting the Honda Civic, even 1999 model and the Philippines together would not necessarily lead you to thinking about modified cars and yet here we are and this is a 1999 Honda Civic from the islands of the Philippines. This is car has been modified but in a more subtle way, there are now huge body changing parts or even massive engine developments.
What this car has is a different sort of modification than we have to expect
This is a colour that not many drivers or car owners would ever opt for, but it would appear that to work and quite well too. It’s not quite military green either, as you would expect it to be more of a dull matt like colour rather than this glossy olive green with is neither hear or there when it comes to style and design.
But the this is Honda Civic and for all their faults these cars make great projects and as we have seen before the Honda Civic can display all of the qualities required by an import builder to come up with a superior looking m
The good old Honda Civic has been around for long time now and since its launch it must have sold so many model that it would be probably impossible to account for them all. This is because there are so many that have disappeared off the face of the earth through scrapping and destruction that the older models like this one from year 2000.
It is one of those cars that initially would have been driven by the older driver or possibly a lady. but it was not that long before it was realised that the Honda Civic could be modified into something spectacu
