Since im new here, i thought I'd share my honda with you all.

When i got it--






Pretty much a who new front end being put in--


restoration--










More Pictures to come as more gets done!


Modified by 83 CVCC at 9:01 PM 9/27/2008


Modified by 83 CVCC at 9:07 PM 9/27/2008

 

Good luck. Awesome car.

 

can't wait to see more.

 

good luck with your project. are you just restoring it or do you have other plans?

 

not bad for a wisconsin car. aka, not too much rust. keep it up man.

 

what are your plans? full stock resto?

 

sweet car man!!

i had a 83 1500s with 425,000 origanal miles on it car ran like a top. sold it to a friend as a favor and i shouldnt have. i miss that little car. still ran like a top to!

 

Will you upgrade the engine ?


Modified by phil-jdm at 5:22 PM 9/29/2008

 

Thanks! Im going more for a stock restore as I dont have much money. Im hoping to either find a nice set of honda HX rims or a set of stock ones since i dont really care for the Renault Alliance rims that one of the previous owners had put on there.

Anyways, more pics :D









These pictures are actually from earlier yesterday. The car is now all painted. Ill get some more pictures when I get home tommorow. The last major thing to take care of is the drivers door, which looks like swiss cheese along the bottom.

 

thanks for keeping it stock! Accord CVCC swaps are acceptable though. Car looks good man keep up the good work! im in for the rest of the restoration!

 

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here im tryin to find someone that can put a B-series on my car looking to put an LS motor. I can get the motor but I need a shop that can put it in.

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=2224440

 

Thats a good plan. Awesome

 

Awesome car, I can't believe theres so little rust on it in wisconsin... beautiful though, can't wait to see it when its done!

 

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here im tryin to find someone that can put a B-series on my car looking to put an LS motor. I can get the motor but I need a shop that can put it in.

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=2224440</TD></TR></TABLE>

check out redpepperracing.com. those guys are awesome.

 

Thanks guys. Sorry i havent been able to get any pictures. Ill get some tommorow since i have off.
The body of the car was pretty good. The drivers side was worse with a few small holes here and there. That was the body though. The subframe up front was gone. i mean, gone, nothing left. The car was scary to take above 25 mph because it would swerve all over the road when you hit a bump. But that has been all repaired. Ive only taken it to 80 mph, but when i did, it handled like a champ.

 

Thats a real clean looking Civic. Props to ya

 

Thank you.
And i have pictures today!! All thats left to do is pant the drivers door. This may not happen for a week or 2 though.

 

looking clean man! if you wanna get those renault wheels out put those steelies in front of the car on. haha

 

haha, we actually use them to put under the wheels of the car when we jack it up. It makes it higher and easier to get under.

 

Nice i have always wanted to see one of these restored!

 

can you take pictures of your muffler? i wonder what kind of muffler you have.

 

Well, my camera broke so i probally wont be getting any pictures for a few days.

As for my exhaust, I have 1 7/8 custom bent pipe from the manifold back. Before the rear axle is a 1 7/8 18 inch glass pack muffler. Before that is a catalytic converter which has been hollowed out. Its a bit louder then stock, but it sounds nice too. Its not tin can sounding or anything. I hope this helps since i dont have a picture.

 

We managed to get the door painted a few days ago. All thats left to do is fix the side molding on the drivers door. Also need to bring it down to my dads shop and put it on a lift so i can take care of any rust thats under it. Then spray the whole under side with a nice fresh coat of rubberised under-coating. :D

Id also like to get the engine compartment looking cleaner, but that may have to wait until next summer.

 

With hindsight, the lines of the 83 were so much superior to 84 and later.