'New' car (pics)
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Topic: 'New' car (pics)
Posted By: Kingtiger
Subject: 'New' car (pics)
Date Posted: 05 May 2012 at 12:24am
Back in March, I picked up a 1984 Honda Civic CRX for $600. It was running at the time, but died on the way home. Before I bought it, I found out it had a bent header caused by the timing belt snapping and hitting it. It had also been buried in snow taller than it for a year. When it died, we were going uphill (friend and I. someone had to drive the other car home.) and I heard a loud bang, a loud crack, and rattling. The engine had shot a rod and eaten a piston. So the next day, my car was towed to my friend's (has an area where I can work on my car) and has been there since. Note: I am still rather new to cars, so my friends will be helping me with the engine (just waiting on a 'new' rebuilt engine.) The first week I striped out the old interior and threw it out, and the inside has been bare until recently. Yesterday, I put in a 'new' interior I grabbed from an '87 CRX SI. I also grabbed the doors and will be going back for a few more parts later on. Black spot on top is just a piece of rubber.  hood is slightly open due to the mechanism dying. Will be replaced with pins.   both doors look like this right now.  I'm not sure how, but 2 owners ago, the guy managed to spill something sticky under the carpet. Now my frame is sticky.    Yes, that is a stick holding the hatch open.  The black rubber started melting at one point, so I had to scrape a bunch of goop out of there. Unfortunately, that mess is a huge improvement.  Dead engine is still in there. I have some friends doing the engine work for me since I'm still learning. Rebuilt engine will be put in at a later date.  speedo reads 184,525.4  Not sure how the interior managed to get wrecked, yet the climate control face plate remains flawless...  Pile of parts from the interior.  That's what is left of my piston. The piece separated from the rest is the biggest piece we could find.  Passenger side  Driver side  Back  Back  SI console |
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Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 05 May 2012 at 1:02am
| you paid money for that? |
Posted By: Kingtiger
Date Posted: 05 May 2012 at 1:16am
| Yes. I know it's a piece right now, but I don't care. I needed something to do with my spare time, and a project car sounded right. |
Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 05 May 2012 at 2:20pm
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Looks a lot better than what I started with, I like it. haha. should keep you plenty busy! what do you have planned for it? ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 05 May 2012 at 3:32pm
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Why not V8 it? ------------- 
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Posted By: Kingtiger
Date Posted: 05 May 2012 at 3:50pm
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evillepaintball wrote:Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 05 May 2012 at 4:19pm
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Id say if you plan on doing that much id throw a nice lip on it and some suspension goodies and have some fun with it. ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 05 May 2012 at 4:34pm
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heh, your frame isn't stiff enough... -------------
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Posted By: Kingtiger
Date Posted: 05 May 2012 at 4:38pm
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Posted By: Kingtiger
Date Posted: 12 May 2012 at 9:53pm
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Update time.  new door  I hate birds...  I really hate birds... Also, no more duct tape holding on my mirror!  New gas cover and door  back (best I could get. there's a fence in the way.)  Better pic of the trunk  New door panel!  Other new door panel!  My console and dash.  Right trunk  Left trunk  New rims! just missing the center caps. Can't really do anything with her since it keeps raining and she's sitting on an inch of mulch.
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Posted By: RoboCop
Date Posted: 12 May 2012 at 11:02pm
| Looking much better. I would say get it painted because a matching paint job can definitely make it look much better. But I'm sure that would be more money than it is worth. |
Posted By: kickinwing2010
Date Posted: 13 May 2012 at 1:27am
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This makes me want to dig into my 2 projects... Recently picked up a 94 chevy k1500 for $750. It has a rebuilt motor with 4k on the clock, new brake drums/rotors and a brand new battery. ------------- 
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Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 13 May 2012 at 9:04am
| looking good man! keep up the good work! |
Posted By: sinisterNorth
Date Posted: 13 May 2012 at 9:52am
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Nice project. It's looking good. I wish I knew more about cars to undertake something similar. ------------- Pumpker'd; (V.) When a pump player runs up and shoots you at point blank range because you thought 20bps made you good. |
Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 14 May 2012 at 11:49am
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Ex girlfriends mom had one of these back when I was in HS. Depresses me to see cars that I remember seeing new on the lot in this condition. I always liked the nex gen of these better, but these were fun little cars. ------------- "When I grow up I want to marry a rich man and live in a condor next to the beach" -- My 7yr old daughter. |
Posted By: Kingtiger
Date Posted: 16 June 2012 at 4:24am
Update time. The car was moved to a mechanic's shop last Monday. I found out on Thursday that a re-manufactured engine would cost $2300 alone and with labor, it would cost $3k+. So now, I'm keeping the CRX as a project car in my back yard. Today I went out and bought a 1991 Civic Hatchback    There's my dad in the background.   |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 16 June 2012 at 4:54am
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You have weird taste in cars. ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell" 
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Posted By: stratoaxe
Date Posted: 16 June 2012 at 11:34am
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Why isn't someone showing some love to that old GMC?? ------------- 
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Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 16 June 2012 at 10:50pm
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I have a friend who has a Civic like that. Ungodly slow and to put it nicely... I find it unattractve. Quirky car though, feels like a gokart. IIRC if I sit in the passenger seat my knees are higher than the dashboard. ------------- 
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Posted By: Kingtiger
Date Posted: 17 June 2012 at 1:08pm
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Posted By: DaveEllis
Date Posted: 17 June 2012 at 1:37pm
| This thread keeps getting trashier, I like it. |
Posted By: Rofl_Mao
Date Posted: 18 June 2012 at 7:47am
Please get one of those greasy huge tailpipes that sound like a tin can like this: and drop a crappy sound system from Walmart into it. Be sure to rev your engine at red lights a roll back and forth until the light turns green. I really hope it's a standard. |
Posted By: Kingtiger
Date Posted: 18 June 2012 at 12:23pm
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Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 18 June 2012 at 10:12pm
You forgot to mention some non-white foglights. Blue, Purple, and Yellow seem popular by me. I also find it slightly amusing that many Canadians call manual transmissions "standard". Only because I was talking to a girl from Ottawa in highschool and she mentioned something about a standard transmission and I had no idea what she was talking about. -------------
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 19 June 2012 at 10:43am
What? "Standard" is a pretty standard terminology for a standard (manual) transmission around here, and I'm Texan... ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: __sneaky__
Date Posted: 19 June 2012 at 10:49am
------------- "I AM a crossdresser." -Reb Cpl Forum Vice President RIP T&O Forum |
Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 19 June 2012 at 1:31pm
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Posted By: Kingtiger
Date Posted: 19 June 2012 at 1:31pm
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Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 19 June 2012 at 1:47pm
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I would just like to clarify, "standard" is standard for a standard. -------------
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Posted By: pntbl freak
Date Posted: 19 June 2012 at 2:41pm
I think you meant Hoosier.... As a past Indianaian and a current Michiganian "Standard" is a pretty standard terminology for a standard (manual) transmission. -------------  |
Posted By: RoboCop
Date Posted: 19 June 2012 at 4:18pm
| Standard is used in Texas. I usually switch between using the two. Depends who I am talking to. |
Posted By: God
Date Posted: 19 June 2012 at 5:39pm
| Out west, we call it "Stick." |
Posted By: RoboCop
Date Posted: 19 June 2012 at 8:26pm
| Stick is acceptable too |
Posted By: stratoaxe
Date Posted: 19 June 2012 at 9:30pm
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I've heard it called all of those on a regular basis. A pet peeve is when people refer to all manuals as 5-speeds. -------------
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Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 19 June 2012 at 10:39pm
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I once saw my dad go into rage mode because I called a four cylinder a "four banger", since the term apparently was from four speed transmissions. -------------
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Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 20 June 2012 at 8:30am
------------- "When I grow up I want to marry a rich man and live in a condor next to the beach" -- My 7yr old daughter. |
Posted By: Kingtiger
Date Posted: 21 June 2012 at 12:31pm
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Well, last night, some stupid lady rear-ended me at a stop light.       |
Posted By: Rofl_Mao
Date Posted: 21 June 2012 at 12:34pm
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1. Acquire cheap, crap-box car 2. Slam brakes at stop light 3. ??? 4. Profit |
Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 21 June 2012 at 12:39pm
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Seriously, I think God is telling you that you need to stop buying POS old Hondas or something. Are you adding this one to your "yard car garden?" ------------- "When I grow up I want to marry a rich man and live in a condor next to the beach" -- My 7yr old daughter. |
Posted By: Kingtiger
Date Posted: 21 June 2012 at 12:51pm
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Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 21 June 2012 at 1:14pm
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I think if the quarters are bowed, its junk. Not sure what you have into it, but I can't imagine it being fixable for cheap. I think the broken rear window alone might be worth more than the car.... no offense. ------------- "When I grow up I want to marry a rich man and live in a condor next to the beach" -- My 7yr old daughter. |
Posted By: deadeye007
Date Posted: 21 June 2012 at 1:29pm
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See if the guy that hit you will pay out of pocket. An insurance company will give you $500 and say the car is totaled. ------------- Face it guys, common sense is a form of wealth and we're surrounded by poverty.-Strato |
Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 21 June 2012 at 4:52pm
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Oh no! Not your crappy car! ------------- 
Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos. |
Posted By: Hudson
Date Posted: 22 June 2012 at 4:26am
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God almighty. I haven't chirped in on this forum for a while, but some of you might remember my name. Anyways dude, i don't know what you're thinking, but both of those were nightmares from the start. I know a fair share about cars (I own a jeep myself, and frequently work on it and make it better), and i wouldn't of bought either of those. Just to let you know the point of a "project car" is to fix it yourself. That doesn't mean bring it to a mechanic and spend 5x what you spent on the car for the engine alone. You need to FIX IT YOURSELF. That's the fun in it, you learn how to rebuild the engine, and you have fun along the way. I'm not "busting on you" in anyway, i'm just simple saying do not spend that much money on that car. Get a jeep, and work on that. Spare parts are cheap and readily available, and they go just about anywhere. |
Posted By: Kingtiger
Date Posted: 28 June 2012 at 4:38pm
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Time for another update. Got $2100 to total my car. Went out and bought this.                '93 civic hatch with around 170k on original stock motor (D15B7). Came with a ricer exhaust I want to get rid of.
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Posted By: deadeye007
Date Posted: 28 June 2012 at 7:41pm
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Are those Acura headlights on the car? ------------- Face it guys, common sense is a form of wealth and we're surrounded by poverty.-Strato |
Posted By: RoboCop
Date Posted: 28 June 2012 at 8:10pm
| Finally a decent car. Riced out, but decent. |
Posted By: Kingtiger
Date Posted: 14 December 2012 at 2:32pm
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Decided I'd see if I'd keep my next car for a while before updating. So, about a week after I bought the rice box, some idiot made a left in front of me when I had no chance to slow down. Everyone is fine. My airbag deployed, but I did not need it. His insurance covered everything, as he was at fault. Have some funny pics.    Kept the car, sold it for parts. Engine still ran. So about 2 weeks after the accident, I bought this for $1900.          No tears or rips on the seats.  Reads 184,581 (reads about 197,xxx at this point. sorry for the camera phone pics)  Cargo cover.  No rips/tears and only minor blemishes  Sun roof works perfectly.  B18A1 Bay needs a good cleaning. |
Posted By: JohnnyCanuck
Date Posted: 14 December 2012 at 8:21pm
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Nice, very reliable car, hopefully you can keep it dent-free! ------------- Imagine there’s a picture of your favourite thing here. |
Posted By: Kingtiger
Date Posted: 14 December 2012 at 8:43pm
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