Ok I wasnt sure what forum to ask these questions in so I will try this one. I just want to know who has stripped thier car down to nothing and rebuilt it back up to what you have today? Im in the middle of taking the engine out of my car to do a rebuild and Im having some serious thoughts on stripping the car down doing a color swap on the paint and lightening it up some etc. For those of you that have done this do you have any tips and tricks that you would like to share. And if you would like to share how much it ended up costing for all the materials and what not.

The reason for having these thoughts of basicaly a full restoration is because I notice that my car is starting to develop some rust in the front end. Im thinking it is from where it was wrecked once and the battery was busted. Also my brother didnt take that good of care on the car and it could use some work.

 

Over the years (lots of them), I've built several cars. This runs from VW's, a Datsun 510 (shown in my Avatar), 69 Camaro, 64 Chevelle, two British sports cars and others.

Here is what I'd recommend you think about. It's all about money and time!!! What you do varies depending on what type project it is!! Certain cars are worth bringing back from the dead due to being rare. My 64 Chevelle is a rare 2 door wagon (only 3000 were built in 64 and 65 that were two door versions) and was worth doing.

If you like the body style of your Honda, I'd recommend that you just locate another that has a blown engine. It shouldn't be that hard to find. Find a "base" model. Do all the paint and body work as time and money permits. Then swap over the engine and drivetrain from your current car. You may find that you can pick up a straight "shell" for less than what it would cost to correctly fix the rust that you have commented on!!!!

Wes Vann