<![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico! - Jalopnik Comments]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico! - Jalopnik Comments]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> thanks, assman.

buckyworld

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> Nice hornet too.. I have a 599 and it's earned me my fair share of tickets too..

donkeyassman

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> if that guy had a vagina, i would marry her.

buckyworld

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> Reminds me of a guy that used to come to Willow Springs years ago on a 1200 Goldwing with a flat bed sidecar to transport his RS125 race bike. Had a small air compressor, tools, gas and a couple sets of tires.

joneez

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> clever enough to eliminate the reliability !

that can't be easy with a honda !

buckyworld

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> given that Rover, while they still existed, loved nothing better than recycling old Hondas I'm really surprised they didn't come up with something like this. Mind you, they weren't that clever

rognbrow

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> the duct tape is to reduce bloody curious child hands at the track.

somewhat.

i've been thinking of upgrading to plumbing insulation: kinda like what you put to cushion a rollbar.

but that adds weight and would likely adversely affect my aero package, so...

sundaysunday: re: "Action figure and StuntCycle sold separately" you're on the right track. will you write my epitaph please? better make it quick !

buckyworld

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> @pauln: I've only had one convertible, and it never had a fume problem. All of my wagons and hatches had it to a widely varying degree, when driven with the hatch open. Maybe it has something to do with the tailpipe exiting so close to the opening. My convertible ('66 Malibu) has pretty long rear deck, so the tailpipe is a good 6 or 7 feet back of the rear window.

lascauxcaveman

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> PCH of the day, baby!

Awesome story, the best in a long time. I love the duct tape moulding around where he Sawzalled the body.

akirachan

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> @Bumblebee:

I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed this.

I am probably the only one to break out in tears, laughing at it, too. Well...maybe.... It's pretty damned funny.

Kelly

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> @Ω βгåғғ™ ۞: "The Jalopys" sounds fun.
I can see it now....best supporting Hoon goes to...*wait an see*

Dr.Danger, Hasta la victoria siempre!

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> It looks like a life-sized version of something that would be sold with the disclaimer: "Action figure and StuntCycle sold separately"

Great story, Buckyworld. Nice creation!

SundaySunday

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> whoa, whoa! "lack of concern for aesthetics" ??

simplicity and lack of non-functional adornments is an aesthetic. one of the more elusive, and beautiful really.

buckyworld

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> Hmmm, beer and power tools. Always seems to make in interesting story.

@Ω βгåғғ™ ۞: I will second the idea of "The Jalopys" (or whatever it may be called).

KaiserM715

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> When I saw the pics I thought for sure this was going to be a story about somebody who popped the clutch inadvertently, hit a 2x6 at just the right angle to fly up on top of a Del Sol and decided just to leave it there. Never would I have thought that the work was intentional - nice job Buckyworld! Way to show some Alaskan ingenuity and complete lack of concern for aesthetics!

weatherman

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> @lascauxcaveman: Any more than a convertible?

pauln

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> i had to extend the tailpipe on the car rearward a bit and off to the right. no mo' odor.

forgot to attach a brief video link of The Tinman gettin' it done:

[video.google.com]

thanks a lot for all the kind words fellow Jalops !

buckyworld

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> As a driver of any number of Japanese/Swedish/American hatchbacks/wagons often too short to transport my lumber/ladders/refrigerators/small watercraft without the hatch open, I wonder if Buckyworld isn't putting himself in prime exhaust-fume sucking territory here, driving to the tracks in this open-backed rig.

And is it perhaps making him faster at the strip?

lascauxcaveman

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> EXCELLENT written description... and great choice of beer.

@Dr.Danger?: Wert should create "The Jalopys" as a year-end award edition of Jalopnik.
Have it run for two full weeks. Week 1 is for posts detailing the categories and nominees, with a poll at the bottom for voting. Keep the results hidden, and spend Week 2 announcing the winners.

Braff is Thad Longlove

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> Funny enough, I used my DeWalt sawz...er...reciprocating saw, to hack up a motorcycle.

El Civico joins the pantheon of epic hacks. Great write-up too.

Tequila Mockingbird

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> There should be some type of award given for this.

Good Job Sir!

Dr.Danger, Hasta la victoria siempre!

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> @slantsick: Apparently hi '99 Civic has tougher enough steel in it than your '87 pickup to cause the destruction of more than a few sawzall blades.

elwood

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> Well done. My favorite kind of mechanic (unless I'm paying them by the hour) uses what he finds in his driveway or house to solve the problem at hand. Besides, any time you get to use the sawzall is time well spent.

joshman

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> Strange. I couldn't find anywhere mentioning an engine swap.

superbmtsub

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> @slantsick: I think they just have to accept they become part of the lexicon like "Kleenex", "Band-aids" and "Styrofoam".

mytdawg

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> That's funny, my Dewalt sawzall (which I've had 5 years now) cut up an '87 Chevy pickup as one of it's first duties- performed great, and continues to be one of my favorite tools to this day. Of course, I don't drink much- maybe that's the missing variable?

OT, this brings to mind something I've always wondered about: Do the Milwaukee tools guys get aggravated that every reciprocating saw is a "sawzall", or do they look on it as free advertising, or what?

Slantsick goes hybrid: Burns Oil and Rubber

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> Here's the same idea done with a Cadillac Series 75 Limousine. [www.car-nection.com]

hmmm

Drujon

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> i don't know how or why (or even really what?) but that is AWESOME!

drewheyman

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> It really does look like a rolling accident display.
Godspeed, ya hoon, for living your dream!

NovaloadMissesPolar

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> It's the Avalanchaminivic! Or the Honda CRATVCC.

bzr

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> A Civic based Ridgeline that looks better, gets better fuel economy and is probably faster and more versatile. Excellent.

grzydj

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> Nevermind, found a pic that shows the seat's still in there.

rlj676

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> Bravo.

I'm still having a hard time seeing a drivers seat in this thing though? Tell me you sit on the bike and drive with your left foot or something to really freak out the passer-by's.

rlj676

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> This bears repeating: "I hacked out the floor above the center of the gas tank, and quite proudly only sawed through one vapor return hose/valve assembly in the process! I got skills!"

Bumblebee

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> If he really wanted more torsional rigidity, he could pick up $200 worth of chromoly tubing and make up some kind of a U-frame to go under and around the bike. Though I suppose that kind of defeats the purpose of the whole thing, so whatever works.

elwood

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> This is a truly inspirational story. It should be printed on cocktail napkins and left in hotel nightstands.

Preferredcustomer

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> Trailer queen.

Ash78

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> This is why alcohol and cars make a perfect team? I like it...

JantheMan

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> More interested in that old 3 series parked next to the Honda,looks in great condition

layabout

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> What an amazingly practical conversion. I like it.

danio3834

]]> <![CDATA[Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!]]> Oh man, it's maximum Japanese unintentional customization day at Jalopnik. Another well deserved modification, however accidental. That's an awesome Civi-camino.

mytdawg

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