Small car to replace old car?

One point of ths post is to push "MI5" down the list, but I would like
some suggestions.
But:
My large forty years old car takes up too much room in the garage and
getting it in is difficult due to no PAS and an unkind neighbor who
parks in a bad place.

I am looking for a small, inexpensive reliable car.
A Honda Civic of the mid/late 1970s would do, but they are hard to
find.
I would like to keep the price down, as I will probably have to give
up driving in a few years and I might just give it to some charity to
avoid all the broken appointments, bickering, complaints, etc that go
with selling a used car.
(I'm in california, so have smag laws to consider.)

Any ideas?

How about a 1960-1965 Ford Falcon or it's companion the Mercury Comet?
They are great little cars, simple, reliable easy to work on. The in
line six is also very economical. You can get a decent 2 door coupe
for $5000 or less. A convertible for around $8000 to $10,000.

You're right about those old CVCC's being hard to come by. I had a
great little 1977 Honda CVCC in 1985 when I was in college. It was my
"spare car". My main car wads 1968 Camaro. I loved that little Honda,
though. It got 35mpg and I only paid $500 for it. It was in almost new
condition. I nver see any of them arounfd any more, though.

What kind of car are you getting rid of?

Forrest