From the unrestored race car department comes the Bob Boileau Jr. 1974 SCCA Honda Civic 1200. Any car that runs hard for sixteen years is impressive enough. One that wins six championships along the way is that much more awesome. Honda rolled out this and more historical examples of greatness here at the 2009 SEMA show in Las Vegas, but the Civic was the first car ever witnessed on the SEMA floor wearing multiple rolls of duct tape and a band aid. Better still is that the little Honda holds (and proudly displays) the title of World’s Fastest Civic after clocking a 146.698 run at Talladega in 1976. The Bolus and Snopes Civic stands at the SEMA show as an surviving example of break it and fix it to win race engineering at its finest. More: 1974 Honda Civic 1200 – Parts, Pioneers & Passion at Honda Tuning Magazine
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I have to compliment your eye. This thing has more charm, interesting detail, and character than any four Camaro-to-Firebird body kits.
You sir, may have found the greatest car at SEMA.
Posted on November 3rd, 2009 at 9:38 pm
…and you probably thought there would only be shiny cars with dvd screens and huge glitzy wheels!
Posted on November 3rd, 2009 at 10:28 pm
They just don’t make ‘em like they used to.
Posted on November 3rd, 2009 at 11:00 pm
Saw this on JNC too, it’s utterly fantastic. I’m bemused by the British number plate though – any ideas?
Posted on November 4th, 2009 at 2:35 am
Simply awesome. What’s up with the widebody CRX next to it?
Posted on November 4th, 2009 at 10:36 am
@salguod – more information on the Mugen CR-X over at JNC: http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/blog/2009/11/03/sema-2009-automakers-nostalgics/comment-page-1/#comment-11061
Posted on November 4th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
This car is permanently on display at Honda headquarters in Torrance, CA. They have a museum there with a pretty awesome collection of cars. I’m not sure if it’s open to the public though.
Posted on November 12th, 2009 at 2:07 pm