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Old Jul 22, 2009 | 09:09 PM
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this is my car before

and this is wat i have done so far in the past few days. sorry the pics are kinda bad had to use my phone since my camera is being fixed.





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Old Jul 22, 2009 | 10:57 PM
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that wheel is fresh, GL
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Old Jul 22, 2009 | 11:02 PM
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nice short throw shifter, haha, i want one of these, bad, good luck with the build
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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 03:33 AM
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what are your plans? looks good.
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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 09:49 AM
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what are your plans? looks good.
i plan on doing a d series swap
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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 10:28 AM
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this car is dope. put more pix up soon!
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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 02:23 PM
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nice. should be a nice daily or cool little project..
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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 04:39 PM
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OP, how much does that thing weigh?
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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 05:37 PM
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OP, how much does that thing weigh?


1500 lb iirc
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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 06:18 PM
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Nice project. Good luck w/ the D swap. I'm doing a D swap as well in my 78 hatch.
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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by jsvteck
1500 lb iirc
whaaat? fresh...
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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 07:38 PM
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Nice project. Good luck w/ the D swap. I'm doing a D swap as well in my 78 hatch.
when did u start?
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Old Jul 27, 2009 | 02:14 AM
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Wagon FTW.
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Old Jul 27, 2009 | 01:02 PM
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nice!! keep us posted
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Old Jul 27, 2009 | 04:21 PM
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pics of the rest of my interior and wires striped out


i put the motor in so i can see what i still have to cut out and bang in.
oh this is not the actual the motor i am going to use thats why its still dirty but it will be the same kind of motor.



clearance views


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Old Jul 27, 2009 | 04:45 PM
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can't wait to see the finished product!
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Old Jul 27, 2009 | 06:03 PM
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You've got quite a project.Best of luck to ya
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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 05:42 AM
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D16a1?
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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 10:19 AM
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D16a1?
yessir
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Old Jul 29, 2009 | 04:28 PM
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looks good keep up the good work.....
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Old Jul 29, 2009 | 04:33 PM
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HOLY SHYT ITS BEEN A WHILE SINCE IVE SEEN THIS PLEASE KEEP US POSTED IM DYIN TO SEE WATS THIS OL'SKOOL GOIN LOOK LIKE THE WAT POWER PLANT ARE U RUNNIN IN THER
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 08:28 PM
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Awesome, I'm abouts to start on my 76 Civic 4door hatch project here shortly myself. keep up the pictures.
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Old Aug 1, 2009 | 12:41 PM
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nice project...subscribed
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 08:11 PM
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Old Aug 6, 2009 | 08:46 PM
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finaly got my camera back from nikon
well here are some pics of the motor mount i have made.
oh my welds look shitty but there strong haha



my polyurathane filled rear mount still wating for it to dry


i dint have the glue gun for it so i use a valve compresser haha

my front mount also still drying

havent posted on this topic in a while cause i was bizzi and dint have time to work on the car
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