Project Martin's 1975 Honda Civic CVCC

[thesmogman]

HI Everyone,

I just realized that I don't have my build on here so here it goes...

The day I got her

Then started on getting her running

After some brake work I got talked into doing the paint

Feather-fill primer

And a little paint

And then reassembled

And this is the end result

Hope you enjoy the short version..
Martin

[thesmogman]

Hi All,

Well after a speed bump incident, I had a little problem with power to the fuel pump and replacing most of the circuit I found three fuses burned.
I still do not know what happened????? But with replacing things she (Sally) is running great. No tap, tap, tap from the new fuel pump. Purring like a kitten.

So I drove her home last night all shined up and ready.......for RAIN! Just my luck I guess.

No, she is not done. I have done small things like painted the center caps and installed a new headliner.

I do have ton's of pic's of the restoration. Someday I will download them for a serious build series...

Thank's for the kind words of my work, I love this place!!!

Martin

[thesmogman]

The primer was suggested to me by the painter, just normal automotive primer in a can from the paint shop. Then there was the "featherfill" primer to get the final sanding smooth. It is a very thick primer that you use with using a guidecoat of black so you can see all the high and low spots while sanding.

Then used a sealer coat just to be sure that the paint stayed stuck. I went with a dark sealer as I wanted to have a darker brown.
The paint was not matched to the original(But I wanted to) It is Pimco base for 79 thru 83 ford's.. three coats. Then I went with the good stuff Dupont chrome clear. It was expensive but I wanted it to last. Another three coats of clear.

Then wet sanded with 1500grit the entire car and buffed til I was happy. The only part I did not do was spray the paint and do the buffing.

I probably have well over 100hrs just in sanding first getting rid of the old paint/rust, then body filler, then primer, then featherfill, then finally the wet sanding of the clear. It is the first car I have done this to a big thanks goes out to my painter Chris Coatney of Coatney Customs for walking me thru the process.