Upper Middle Petrol Head:

  Seeing two Datsun 120Ys - aka B210s and Sunnys, depending on the market into which they were sold - in one year, let alone one day, is freaky enough!  Not at a show, mind you; two unrelated sightings within an hour or so, both in the same Hobart suburb, and each of them in really, really good nick.   The lift back is probably the second rarest variant after the coupe (there was also a four door sedan, a station wagon and possibly even a van).  This one was recently rebuilt by its serial 120Y owning owner, who told UMPH that it wasn't really meant to have been the project that it became but one thing led to another and, next thing he knew, it'd morphed into the ripper that you see here today!  Starting up front, there are QH headlights, JDM-only side indicator lenses and forward-mounted sports mirrors.  The duco is gorgeous, the chrome dazzles and the 13" alloys look a treat, while the Datsun B210 badges that adorn the side panels add a further touch ...

  Today's fab fivesome - there's a rare Honda Z lurking in the background - comes to us courtesy of the Canberra Chief Correspondent. The others are all early-ish Civics, with three being more or less the original style and the remaining example an updated version that’s much the same but a bit squared-up when compared to its slightly older siblings. As fabulous as the Civics are, it’s the Z - pictured in the centre of the second image - that has me all hot and bothered.   Not sure when I last saw one.   This decade?    This millennium?? In the 1986 movie Malcolm, starring Colin Friels ( https://youtu.be/pL_9QRupGLQ )  ??? On YouTube as part of a National Film and Sound Archive of Australian exhibition  https://youtu.be/7uBnTzHU0Bw  ???? Ages ago, either way! U M P H (uppermiddlepetrolhead.blogspot.com.au.) Images courtesy of the CCC. #hondaz #hondacivic #civic.