Restoration Islander's First Generation Honda Civic
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Layspeed
- PsychoCiv
- Posts: 951
- Joined: September 5th, 2005, 3:40 pm
- Province/State: Alberta
- Hometown: Edmonton
- Model: 1978 Wagon CVCC
Ooohhh black! I haven't seen very many 1stgens in black and I've always thought it would look great on such a small car. Excellent work, I have deep respect for those who can and have done their own body work as I do not have the patience for it. :D That's going to look amazing when put back together!
'78 Civic Wagon : '91 CR-X Si : '99 Odyssey : '99 CR-V : '77 Civic Wagon : '03 Pilot :
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islander
- PanaSport
- Posts: 295
- Joined: April 13th, 2009, 1:34 am
- Province/State: Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia
I am very pleased with the color and the body work turned out very straight. I have never owned a black car yet, but I can tell it is going to be a lot of work to keep it looking good. Brought the car home today.....couldn't have picked worse weather tho, snow, wind and rain, we had it all! very frustrating to say the least for a new paint job. Made it home without even a scratch tho :D . Cant really decide where to start except for I did decide to trim clad black the underside of the car, rather then use the textured stone guard and so far so good. I will definitely post some pics this weekend to show the progress.
Every old car deserves a second chance!
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Steph
- Projects
- Posts: 3150
- Joined: August 14th, 2008, 2:02 am
- Province/State: South Australia
- Hometown: Adelaide
- Model: 1978 Hatchback
Nice work Jeremy! I put that thick tar paint on the inside of my wheel arches and underside of the rear. It's supposed to block out any moisture and quieten down the road noise. I don't notice road noise any more, so I guess it did the job. A couple of layers of carpet underlay probably helped deaden things down too.
I know, I know, where are your decals? :P
Soon!
I know, I know, where are your decals? :P
Soon!
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steve.ewing@ottawa.ca
- Projects
- Posts: 518
- Joined: September 15th, 2009, 12:41 pm
- Province/State: Ontario
- Hometown: Kemptville
- Model: 1976 Hatchback
Black cars are a lot of work to keep clean but when they are, there is no colour that looks sharper in my opinion. Canadian Tire sells a hand held dust mop that I'll be keeping in my hatch.
http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/4 ... ?locale=en
I switched the colour of my car from light blue to black so I'll be doing it too. Car looks great.
http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/4 ... ?locale=en
I switched the colour of my car from light blue to black so I'll be doing it too. Car looks great.
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RockPrawn
- Short Shifter
- Posts: 117
- Joined: September 14th, 2005, 12:34 pm
- Province/State: Cobble Hill, BC
Sorry I couldn't make it to help unload. But like you said the weather was terrible and the drive home from work over the Hat was terrible (whiteout conditions)
Car looks amazing
Car looks amazing
76 Civic very yellow
77 Civic 1200 Trunk
78 Civic 1200 will end up being parts
87 Suzuki Sami (modded)
79 Suzuki LJ80 (project)
and a whole lot more
77 Civic 1200 Trunk
78 Civic 1200 will end up being parts
87 Suzuki Sami (modded)
79 Suzuki LJ80 (project)
and a whole lot more
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islander
- PanaSport
- Posts: 295
- Joined: April 13th, 2009, 1:34 am
- Province/State: Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia
Took some poor quality pics :? to show the re assembly so far, sorry will try to get some better ones tomorrow. So far the sheet metal is on, gas tank is in and plumbed, Rear suspension is taken care of, front suspension is just about there, tail lights and head lights are in, and adding a few things under the hood.
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Every old car deserves a second chance!
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joshuao
- Mugen
- Posts: 667
- Joined: February 14th, 2006, 1:07 am
- Province/State: Queensland Australia