This is going to be a slooow build since im in collage and dont have a good job at the time. I had a 93 civic hatch VX but i had a better shot at getting a better conditioned hatch so i had this one sent to a junk yard and i'm working in the teal hatch. i have a few pics here of the first hatch i got its rough!.

 

those quarter panels are beautiful lol

 

i took out all the interior, wires ext. cut the drivers side rust out, and took off the hatch glass and drivers door.
i will have more photos next week end to post

 

o man thats not the worst i took off the rear bumper cover and the trunk is just rust, its horriable

 

in for more pictures. this one looks like its gonna be a long recovery

 

in for the interesting project

 

How much was the shell?

 

it couldn't have been very much i hope !

 

i got the shell for free! lol the guy told me to just come pick it up so i did lol.

 

i would've jsut replaced the whole qtr panel, to avoid having to bondo the side of the quarter when you've welded in the patch panel

 

i would have but i got the panels real cheap from a friend of mine.

 

okay guys i cut both sides of the qaurter off, any one with a nice mig welder around Athens, PA? i used a non gas one and i made a mess with it so i have to grind off my old welds, or just pick them off lol didnt penetrate the metal like it should have

 

oka i got more pics but phone pics not to great ill get more when i get my camera back, i guted the interior

 

theres no rust on that car..its prime! haha..looks like u got ur hands full..good luck with the project

 

keep posted

 

oka guys sorry for the BIG delay in updates just been busy with my new DD, getting a new job and dealing with school.

 

here is some pics of the DD.

 

nice DD, in for results!

 

Keep up the good work!

 

More pic of the rust and welding...

 

oka well i decided to junk this one and i picked up a new hatch in nice shape no rust and all original panels, just front end damage. give some opinions tell me what you think. my plans are. painting it purple, fixing the front end, and try for 500 hp b20vtec or lsvtec not decided yet.

 

okay starting next week im going to start putting pictures up so you guys can see some progress.

 

That's rough... clean outside, but that frame rail is in sorry shape. Even the inner fender/apron. I don't mean to **** in your corn flakes, but if it was me I'd scrap that one too. You're going to have a hell of a time trying to fix that. Civics aren't designed to be scrunched up and stretched back out. Even if you manage to get that thing on a frame rack and get it close to the factory dimensions, that whole side will be weak.

I hope you know what you're doing, I hate to see anyone waste time with an un-fixable project.

 

noooo. im cutting and welding, not stretching the intends to weaken the metal. justcut and drill out the spot welds and reweld there not hard alot easier then the frame rack

 

much better chassis, no rust .