Diary of a Classic. If you love your EF, you're going to love this...tons of pics.
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Diary of a Classic. If you love your EF, you're going to love this...tons of pics.
My new car!
I've had this car for one day now. I've driven it nearly 50 miles. I absolutely LOVE it!
1983 Honda Civic 1500S (predecessor to the "Si")
Factory A/C
200K miles.
I'm the second owner...bought brand new from David McDavid Honda in November of 1982
As you can see, the car is virtually mint. It was garage kept it's entire life.
The only flaws are two missing trim pieces
1) fender trim on passenger side
2)headlight trim on driver side fender
Tomorrow I'm going to repaint all the bumpers, and within the next month I'm going to upgrade the brakes, get some B&G springs, and replace the struts.
I just wanted to share. I'm absolutely ecstatic!
I've had this car for one day now. I've driven it nearly 50 miles. I absolutely LOVE it!
1983 Honda Civic 1500S (predecessor to the "Si")
Factory A/C
200K miles.
I'm the second owner...bought brand new from David McDavid Honda in November of 1982
As you can see, the car is virtually mint. It was garage kept it's entire life.
The only flaws are two missing trim pieces
1) fender trim on passenger side
2)headlight trim on driver side fender
Tomorrow I'm going to repaint all the bumpers, and within the next month I'm going to upgrade the brakes, get some B&G springs, and replace the struts.
I just wanted to share. I'm absolutely ecstatic!
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Re: Diary of a Classic. If you love your EF, you're going to love this...tons of pics. (Jonathan_ED3
i had a chance to buy one with with 60k original miles but it was silver.. it would have only cost 800 bucks... it was a standard but i didnt want it
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Re: Diary of a Classic. If you love your EF, you're going to love this...tons of pics. (Jonathan_ED3
haha pretty low mileage.
my 89 has close to 300,000 miles still running strong gives about 270mpg each full tank around 17-20buck.
nice looking car I like that paint job
my 89 has close to 300,000 miles still running strong gives about 270mpg each full tank around 17-20buck.
nice looking car I like that paint job
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Re: Diary of a Classic. If you love your EF, you're going to love this...tons of pics. (Jonathan_ED3
that **** is sick! I'm lovin' the rims! How much you get them for?
Oh and DONT paint the bumpers!!! Just shine them up, keep that **** lookin' OG!
Oh and DONT paint the bumpers!!! Just shine them up, keep that **** lookin' OG!
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Re: Diary of a Classic. If you love your EF, you're going to love this...tons of pics. (Jonathan_ED3
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RecentlyAcquired »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">that **** is sick! I'm lovin' the rims! How much you get them for?
Oh and DONT paint the bumpers!!! Just shine them up, keep that **** lookin' OG!
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I'm painting the bumpers black along with all the rest of the trim with a paint called "Back to Black"....i'm not painting them body color.
thatbluecrx, that's a good photoshop job!
91civicLX, I've been thinking about putting a D series (d16z6 since I have a spare) into this car, but I have been searching for 3 days now and have found very little info on the second generation car.
What modifications are necessary to put it ina 1st gen like you're doing? I don't want a hack job, as this car actually is very rare and in exceptional shape.
Thanks for the compliments guys. I'm contemplating taking the Jaguar out of the garage and building a garage in the back to restore it in. I want to park the S in the garage 
Oh and DONT paint the bumpers!!! Just shine them up, keep that **** lookin' OG!
</TD></TR></TABLE>I'm painting the bumpers black along with all the rest of the trim with a paint called "Back to Black"....i'm not painting them body color.
thatbluecrx, that's a good photoshop job!
91civicLX, I've been thinking about putting a D series (d16z6 since I have a spare) into this car, but I have been searching for 3 days now and have found very little info on the second generation car.
What modifications are necessary to put it ina 1st gen like you're doing? I don't want a hack job, as this car actually is very rare and in exceptional shape.
Thanks for the compliments guys.
I'm contemplating taking the Jaguar out of the garage and building a garage in the back to restore it in. I want to park the S in the garage
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Re: Diary of a Classic. If you love your EF, you're going to love this...tons of pics. (Jonathan_ED3
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Jonathan_ED3 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
I'm painting the bumpers black along with all the rest of the trim with a paint called "Back to Black"....i'm not painting them body color.
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oh okay, whew I was skerd that you was gonna paint them red =X... well I know the back to black stuff you talkin about, never used it, but I can already see it and that's gonna look sick!
I'm painting the bumpers black along with all the rest of the trim with a paint called "Back to Black"....i'm not painting them body color.
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oh okay, whew I was skerd that you was gonna paint them red =X... well I know the back to black stuff you talkin about, never used it, but I can already see it and that's gonna look sick!
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Re: Diary of a Classic. If you love your EF, you're going to love this...tons of pics. (Jonathan_ED3
did you remove the sticker?
have fun finding that trim piece
but seriously, thats bad ***
ps do you have some engine bay pics? isn't the engine about the size of a motorcycle engine?
have fun finding that trim piece
but seriously, thats bad ***
ps do you have some engine bay pics? isn't the engine about the size of a motorcycle engine?
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Re: Diary of a Classic. If you love your EF, you're going to love this...tons of pics. (Jonathan_ED3
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by coot_er »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">did you remove the sticker?
have fun finding that trim piece
but seriously, thats bad ***
ps do you have some engine bay pics? isn't the engine about the size of a motorcycle engine?</TD></TR></TABLE>
I hope johnathan did not remove the sticker, that is a honda violation
have fun finding that trim piece
but seriously, thats bad ***
ps do you have some engine bay pics? isn't the engine about the size of a motorcycle engine?</TD></TR></TABLE>
I hope johnathan did not remove the sticker, that is a honda violation
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Re: Diary of a Classic. If you love your EF, you're going to love this...tons of pics. (Jonathan_ED3
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by b16sellout »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Not a stock purist by any means, but that's like a classic almost
Leave it how it was!</TD></TR></TABLE>
With chrome hubcaps? eww
I'll take some pics of the engine tomorrow. It's a whopping 67 hp monster!
Leave it how it was!</TD></TR></TABLE>
With chrome hubcaps? eww
I'll take some pics of the engine tomorrow. It's a whopping 67 hp monster!
