
The restoration started off just like 99 percent of them do-with a donor that has lived a hard life and was ready for a revival. You can see the others at For this article, the Vintage Motorsports Honda ATC 250R was paired up with a 1982 Toyota pickup, which had been restored by Greg’s Restorations. It’s that good, and this 1982 Honda 250R is his latest acquisition.

Our most recent visit, however, ended abruptly when he shut the doors and started wiping our drool off his floor. This collector opened his doors for a few hours, so we got to take a look at his prized possessions. Learn more about the Honda Odyssey F元50.Over the last few years we have highlighted a number of his projects after discovering one of his biggest customers is in Los Angeles near our offices. This consumer response also led to the redesigned F元50 which came out in 1985 and featured a more powerful engine among other improvements. Simple design yet the power to travel 45 - 50 mph led to immense popularity of FL250.


2-ply Carcass-Type High Flotation Tires.Robust Large Diameter Pipe Full Roll Cage.Below is a poster showing the main features of the 1983 FL250 with key ones listed below. This combined with other upgraded features put the FL250 into true dune buggy status, however some consider this only have to be achieved with the FL250 release three years later. In 1982 Honda came out with a redesigned FL250 which featured a true full roll cage. Rust and overheating were also major problems with the original design. On top of this cracks in the frame were common due to no rear suspension along with bent frames from rollovers.

This combined with the lack of a full roll cage (the original only had single rear roll bar) meant a deadly combination. The designers and operators of the FL250 aimed at buffering the lack of a true rear suspension with large balloon tires, however this made the FL250 stiff and control was easily lost resulting in a roll over.
