Restoration Islander's First Generation Honda Civic

islander · February 15th, 2012, 10:35 pm

Filter cap? or filler cap. I sand blasted it and had it sprayed in the same black paint as the rest of the parts.

Steph · Unread post by **Steph** » February 16th, 2012, 12:57 am

I'm loving the painted bumpers.

Bill · Unread post by **Bill** » February 16th, 2012, 4:18 am

The bumpers really do look nice!

TREVORM · Unread post by **TREVORM** » February 16th, 2012, 6:57 am

so clean! the painted bumpers are really clean!!! engine bay awesome!
great work :D

dmidknight · February 18th, 2012, 1:52 pm

Wow. The car came out really nice! How far it has come!!

islander · Unread post by **islander** » February 19th, 2012, 1:18 am

Thanks everyone. Yes the car really has come along way over the past two years. There are still a few minor things to work out tho. The intake manifold has a minor coolant leak because I tried to reuse the gaskets, just because none of the parts stores could supply me with any. I have picked up a sheet of gasket paper to cut my own tho. As well I need to install a brake master cylinder and get the brakes working properly. All very minor stuff. I did however manage to install the washer bottle and lengthen the wires, bolt the hood back on and give the paint a real good coat of wax. :D Steph I even included the last photo for you. I decided to clean up the decals and re-adhere them. They all turned out very good.

Steph · Unread post by **Steph** » February 19th, 2012, 2:01 am

Hey Jeremy, I picked up a couple of those radiator decals at the wreckers recently, and I figured the could easily be re-used.

Are they your hinges in the photos?

islander · Unread post by **islander** » February 19th, 2012, 2:07 am

:? For the time I guess. If you remember I sold the original hood and could not use the hinges off of the 78' hood. I know they look hideous dont they

Kurt · Unread post by **Kurt** » February 19th, 2012, 8:05 am

I used an earlier hood on my 78. .... a Canadian 77 hood on a US 78.

I had to drill new holes and make up some bushings btw the hinges and Radiator support to get it to sit right....seems different years and markets had different versions.

bob78cvcc · February 19th, 2012, 11:54 am

I really want to get a set of labels. Hey Steph, help!!!

1StGenOfDurham

1StGenOfDurham

Restoration Islander's First Generation Honda Civic

Sweet!