Today at a local wrecking yard I was looking around for some Toyota Camray parts and on my way back into the office, I noticed a diamond in the rough. A 97 Midori Green Civic Hatch DX 5 spd 120K miles with minor frame damage. I instantly fell in love.

Being that my dad and I do body work, and we have a frame pulling machine, I asked about the car. At first he told me they bought it to part out. And I was sad. Then he told me that the car came in with a clean title, therefore he could sell the whole thing rather than part it out. I had the hugest smile on my face.

Then I got scared, now the price. We went out and took a look at it and I was pointing out all the bad stuff, while he was pointing out the good. We walked back up to the office and he told me.

$800

I about **** my pants.

End of story.

So the project starts with this, will have more pictures in the next few days.

 

Good find, I wanna see more pics

Just pick myself up one the other week

Edit: Is the whole front smashed in?

 

keep us posted on the updats.

 

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def looks like the front end is smashed up. good find though

 

That looks like misanthropist's old ride.

 

hmmm, i'm waiting for better pics of the damage. gl either way though.

 

All i have is cell phone pics, but yes, the whole front is smashed. Pushed the whole left frame horn in pretty far. But I already purchased the cut that I need to fix the frame. And have my eye on an OEM front end at a different wrecing yard. Here is some more pictures.

Most would be afraid to jump into a project like this, but I see things like this get fixed everyday.





And the donor car.



Sorry about the cell phone pictures. Hopefully I can get the digi out and snap a few tomorrow. ?

 

gl with the project

 

Thanks. I will start a build thread as soon as the car lands on my doorstep. YEY!

Im so stoked!

 

built it right

 

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O fo sho.

 

I am stumped on what wheels to get.

 

for keeping the 96-98 front end.

 

nice find gonna be alot of work

 

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Yessir, stickin stock.

 

Thats one hell of a project, cant wait to see more Do you plan on re-painting the whole car or just the front end?

 

Just the front and the engine bay. I want that **** blingin. The rest of the body is prestine

 

Sweet buy

 

I cant wait until its in my posession. &lt;3

 

nice project. wish i had the time to do one

 

might as well repaint the whole thing...

 

Time is not a problem for me, my problem is the funding. I need to sell my EF AY SAP!

 

Nice pick-up

LOVE MIDORI

 

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Reasoning? Just curious.