Restoration Islander's First Generation Honda Civic

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steve.ewing@ottawa.ca
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Post by steve.ewing@ottawa.ca »

Looking good. Similar colour to mine and I like those wheels. Looking forward to seeing it all together. I didn't go nearly that crazy with my transmission. It was enough for me just to get the 1/2 inch of grime off it. :wink:

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Post by bob78cvcc »

Your car looks positively sinister with its highly polished black hood looking down on those wide tires. 8) :)
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It's just a Civic thing :)

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Post by islander »

:lol: Thanks bob. Took the block, crank and pistons in to the machine shop today to get all measured up :D Cant wait to get it back and make this car come to life again.
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Post by Layspeed »

That engine bay is going to be looking super hot when it's put back together with those clean parts 8)
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Thanks L :) ay
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Post by islander »

Pistons are on the way from New Zealand :driver and the wood steering wheel I picked up from PreVtec should be showing up at my door tomorrow. It's going to feel like Christmas for the next few weeks.
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Post by islander »

Some goodies showed up today :D The steering wheel I picked up off of PreVetc and his car R.I.P. Also a Grill I won on line auctions. I did however find out that the grill was miss labeled. It was advertised as a 75', turns out it is for a 77' cvcc I believe. soo it will most likely get a little clean up and be listed here for sale. I have already started to work on the steering wheel.
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Post by nismo »

Lots of attention to detail in your build, its looking great. 8)
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Finished up the restoration the steering wheel today. I even managed to install it too :D
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Post by Steph »

Nice work, Jeremy! :D

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