packrat79

Some very nice work there, I wish you well. This is in far better shape than some old Honda projects I've taken on.
As someone else said, getting this back on the road could be a major hassle if this vehicle was written off, which it almost certainly was. But there are ways around it. I know someone who purchased a salvage vehicle with front end damage, and transplanted the front end from a vehicle of a completely different make and model (which took some serious skill, as you might expect). The latter vehicle was one he already owned with a good title. He then swapped the VIN decals, and simply renewed the registration for the old donor vehicle. No questions were asked and he continues to drive his Frankenstein truck without any issues.
Note that this story is presented strictly for amusement; if you choose to break the law, you do so at your own risk and I will not be coming to your rescue if they hang you by your thumbs.

81cord

Nice save! Makes me miss mine but here's something to keep you motivated:

Walter Hugo

Olá* NICK !
Sou Walter de Manaus-Amazonas-Brasil e tenho ump Igualzinho, mas parado, pois preciso do TANQUE de COMBUSTÍVEL, e do PARABRISA DIANTEIRO. Imagino que vovce tenha tido muita preocupação com o teu BELO PROJETO de reforma de teu ACCORD.*
Gostaria de trocar informações e experiências.

1st Gen81SE

Condition we recieved it in.

Depicting the cuts made to the A pillars in the roof removal.

Its a convertable!

After the roof was in place.

Repainted and getting prepped for final assembly.

Placing the weber carburetor.
So, I ended up purchasing this Accord off of Nick, he was involved in other projects, and I took up the torch. So. There's some things Nick hadn't previously mentioned about this vehicle, it only has 4336 miles on it, making it one of the lowest mileage examples I can imagine. The original owners had rolled it in 1982 shortly after receiving the car (they hadn't even installed the A/C components yet). So I have spent the last three years with a few buddies of mine and we got to work on it.

As previously mentioned the carburetor had troubles, was rebuilt twice by my mechanical guy, and to no avail, we have thus installed a weber 32/36 carburetor on it.

All body lines smoothed, dents and dings repaired, and a new roof was put into place, and the front left A pillar adjusted 1/2 an inch to correct from its rollover.

Fresh paint, new tires, and a few odds and ends, and the car is almost ready to finally live a life back out on the road, and will update once its fully completed.