On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 22:15:28 GMT, Milleron
<millerdot90@SPAMlessosu.edu> wrote:

>Were these the minicars with the little12- or 13-inch wheels that were
>produced in the 1970s?

They had 10 inch wheels I believe and were sold in the US until 1972.
The first Civics were introduced in 1973 with 12 inch wheels.


>
>On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 21:34:47 GMT, "Mike Dennis" <mapson@woh.rr.com>
>wrote:
>
>>There were no air-cooled Civics. Only the very first Honda's were that way.
>>Mr. Honda wanted to contnue using air-cooled engines in later designs but
>>lost out his own engineers, who convinced him that air cooling could not
>>remove enough heat from engines with the power-to-weight ratios they were
>>planning at the time--an argument based on sound thermodynamic principles,
>>IMHO.
>>
>>Mr. Honda was a very strong-willed person, but he believed more in the
>>"Honda Way" than his own technical prowess. If someone had a better and
>>could back it up, he listened.
>>
>>
>>
>>"GI Hoe" <ralek_blok@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
>>news:9be3766a.0307111258.5945009b@posting.google .com...
>>> I seem to remember my mom owning an air cooled Honda Civic in the
>>> early 80's. Is this possible or am I confused. Were there _ever_ any
>>> air cooled Honda Cars sold in North America?
>>>
>>> Anywhere in the world?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Ralek Blok.
>>> --
>>> Don't laugh. I'm Danish.
>>
>
>Ron