Hot rodders are creative people. That can be both a blessing and a curse when it comes to cars but by and large the minds of gearheads are always churning to come up with new ideas, new projects, and new mashups of cars and engines. This is one that we have never, ever spent even a second of our lives contemplating but it can be yours for short money. How about combining the peppy engine from a Honda CBR motorcycle and the lightweight weirdness of a 1965 Austin America? This guy was going to do it and he has some of the parts…now it can all be yours for just $1,200.

The cool factor here is pretty high and the fact that the 1965 Austin America is a car that about 65 people in the whole country know exists means that even if you go a different way with the build it will be unique as hell. The car is 100% complete with even the side mirrors still present and accounted for. The sunbaked paint can be brought back to luster for sure.

The idea was to use the Honda engine and keep the car’s factory front wheel drive layout. That’s good on paper but getting the power transferred to the tiny front tires would be a hard one to figure. We’d love see the 300hp GM turbo four cylinder crate engine with a six speed behind it feeding a good ol’ solid rear axle, wouldn’t you?

Hell, for $1,200 you’ll have one really unique little car to mess around with and that’s good math to us. Thanks to Ben Becktold for the tip!

CL Link: This 1965 Austin America project could be yours! Want it?