Restoration Islander's First Generation Honda Civic

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The last few pieces of the car finally came together this week......for now that is :D I picked up a brake master off of a friend last weekend. Once I got home and started to clean it up, I realized it wasn't much better off then my original. So I decided to wipe out the gunk that was in mine, bench bleed it until it was flushed clean. Installed it and everything works flawlessly. I even took the car for a drive around my neighborhood. Today I took my fender emblems to work for a little cleaning up, They were a little ruff to say the least. I wasn't sure if I really wanted them or not, but after reading about the rareness of them I decided to go for it.
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Model: 1978 Wagon CVCC

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Looking good, but a real camera would do your car and work so much more justice. Just sayin' :)
'78 Civic Wagon : '91 CR-X Si : '99 Odyssey : '99 CR-V : '77 Civic Wagon : '03 Pilot :
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Lay you make me laugh :lol: . I know, my camera is not very good at all. All of the pictures I've taken dont look good at all. I'm not trying to be conceited but you are absolutly right. I am waiting for a nice day to take the car and get some pictures outside.
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To give you some credit, black is an extremely difficult color to photograph. Heck I have a hard time with my white wagon. :lol: Looking forward to the awesome photos.
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Finally got some insurance for the civic this week. After calling a dozen or so insurance places to find plates with a 75 in the number sequence, I got one. Was able to get the car out today for some fun in the little bit of sun we've had lately. Stopped by a decent place to take a few pictures too.
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looks good !
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Nice, now those are some quality photos. The body and paint look fantastic! Nice shirt 8) I got a few myself.
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Sweet looking Civic! :) 8)
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Unread post by steve.ewing@ottawa.ca »

That must have felt good. Car looks great. I had my maiden run a couple of weeks ago (just a little less legally than you did it). :) Too bad you didn't get 075 RPG.
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Jeremy that looks amazing. I really love the 78 hood/hood, and not just because I have one. The vents have a real hot rod feel about them. :)
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