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Aerocivic - Restoration and further modding

For those of you who don't habitually read the aerodynamics section of the forum, Aerocivic has come into my care. Basjoos was generous enough to entrust me with this automotive icon.

I thought quite a while about just continuing his thread, because it's really the car's thread, but I feel what I plan to do will at the very least exceed the scope of aerodynamics. I'd like to ask others to volunteer some potential thread titles that capture my ideas of restoring the car, both mechanically and cosmetically, in addition to bringing it back up to peak sleek (or going farther).

First, some pictures:











Aerocivic departed South Carolina with me on a Saturday afternoon, and I drove it to its new home in Vermont through the rest of that day and on into Sunday evening. The car ran great. The engine and transmission feel young and healthy. The same can't be said for much else on the car, and it is my intention to love and restore this car. Perhaps one day my children will ride in the back of it to school, and get picked on by the other children for it.

On my way home, Aerocivic was missing its underbody paneling, and had mismatched tired with relatively low pressure (mid 30's) due to their extremely advanced age. Traveling 65-70mph and not practicing any hypermiling techniques, I was rewarded with 63-65mpg, taking into account the ~1.4% low the odometer reads.

I cannot stress just how much attention this car attracts.

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