My wife in I are in need of a 4 door vehicle as we are adopting two kids that are 5 and 4. They are kids of a friend of ours who's dad has substance problems and the kids have lived in 7 different states and DSS has taken them several times. My wife and I fell in love with them. The problem is we have no family car, 2001 Accord coupe (no good for kids), CRX (1 extra seat) and a F350 Powerstroke 4dr (have you seen diesel prices).

I have a couple 90-93 Accords so the plan is to build one the way I want it and rock it out for the family truckster. I am starting with a 93 LX auto and converting it with a 93 EX motor and manual transmission. Also I am not fond of the tan interior and will be swapping the gray interior out of the 92 EX.

Originally it felt like a build but now it feels more like a restoration. It is going to mostly stock AC/Heat, radio etc to make it a nice family vehicle. I have a set of CL spindles to upgrade the front brakes. Also pulling the EX rear disc and putting them on.

The 93 motor I am going to go through and rebuild the bottom end and check the head to make sure it is true. I want to make sure it is reliable so no matter who is driving it there is no worries.

I believe I will also pull the subframe so that I have the manual subframe to put back in the auto car so I don't have to mess with redrilling mounts. Tie rods, ball joints, bushings and whatever else may need replaced.

Here are a few shots of the progress so far. So far it has been a fun build as I have all parts right at my disposal.

 

Some more progress inside. Almost finished stripping out the interior just need to be the seatbelts out and the B and C pillar garnishes and grab handles.

 

Well the block is ready to go to the machine shop. They will plate hone it, polish the crank, and mic everything for me also check the integrity of all the components. The head will be disassembled and clean up valve seats, new valve seals, and I will port match and clean up the intake/exhaust ports with a burr/rolls/tapers.

I also put the rear door handles on the front. The passenger side I was not happy about as the pin doesn't lock in like the drivers side. I pushed it out with my finger. I took some material way from it and put in a hair pin cotter to hold everything in place while allowing free movement. A smaller cotter could have been used and accomplished the same thing.

 

Ok, I have to ask about the door handles....why are you switching them? Keyless entry of some sorts, guess you can always open the trunk, then pull the handle to release the back seat and get in if that fails...might be hard to do with two child seats in the back, but that is me.

 

Wait, what? Are you pulling it only because you're converting to manual?
There are easier ways to do that:
http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthre...=&threadid=588

Also, what happened to your back windshield?

 

1. adoption
2. detailed Accord restoration
3. manual
4. CRX in the background

CRX_Toad, this is at least 4 kinds of awesome! Keep it up, and keep us updated!