So, not long after Adrian and I had been to retrieve his new Race-car that cost him a 24-pack, my girlfriend was talking with one of her friends about it and evidently, her friends boyfriend had one that was now sitting around doing nothing.  Interesting!  Although for the most part people seem to confuse the 1st and 2nd Generation of Civic, so I didn’t get any hopes up until I could check it out in person.  We were given the details of where is was sitting (out on a farm, no less.  This is Southland after-all) and did an afternoon mission to check it out in person.  What I had been told was that it was Dead Registration, Cooked Motor & Slushbox.  So.  Off we went, following the crudely drawn map to the car’s location.  After following the appropriate directions I was greeted with this site;

Gate Support, JDM Civic, y0!

So, first sight showed that it was indeed a 1st Generation car and not only that but it had fender mirrors!  They would simply have to be utilised.  So it came time for a closer look, (more…)

I had a visit the other day from fellow oldschool.co.nz member fuel, known for his knowledge and wisdom of the Mitsubishi brand his trip had been the result of a recent purchase of another Mitsubishi for his collection.  Seeing as the purchase took him so far down the country he figured the extra 2 hours drive to pop in wouldn’t be all that much in the grand scheme of things, that being said, he received food and shelter and then departed the next day for Dunedin, though before he left we did a little tiny tour of the typical Invercargill things to take photos with the Mitsi beside, like so…

The Invercargill Water Tower

The Feldwick Gates @ Queens Park

The Southland Museum/Pyramid

…and of course how could there not be one with the occupants of my own driveway;

Mitsubishi, Datsun, Daihatsu

Word.

-Michael