Stripped, repaired 2 dings, Primed, Block, Prime one fender done.
Stripped, repaired 2 dings, primed driver door. Another block and prime maybe this weekend.
Next door is torn down and ready for some action.
Stay Tuned!
+1 Thats what I was thinking!! SPW needs to set up a 4G restoration shop!!
Let me try finishing at least one than we can talk hahaha.
Disassembled the wagon a little more.
Honda service manual says I have to remove quarter glass in order to take one of the moldings out without breakage. So thats next.
What do we have here? Wheels have been dissasembled. I'm having the centers powder coated to as close to the original finish as possible and having the barrels restored as well. So much hardware.
Mini update. Like to post at least something once a week to keep myself motivated and to also keep who ever is interested in the loop.
Detrimmed, repaired some dents, primed the hatch. For some reason the molding below the rear window was a pain to take out! I remember taking it off last time by just sliding it off but once I felt like it got it going, I would hit a stopping point. It wouldn't budge anymore. Anyways out of frustration I ripped the sucker out lol. I'm thinking of maybe taking a roof molding off some car and trimming it to fit. Probably use double sided tape to keep it on there idk yet. It should work.
We're getting closer to paint. Have a Fender, Hood and the shell that needs attention. All the other panels are pretty much ready for paint.
One of my MR5 wheels have a bend in them unfortunately. It's definitely repairable at least.
My older brother loves chemistry and he learned how to nickel plate. We are experimenting a little with my bolts.
Left is after 1 1/2 days of tumbling with walnut shell. Middle after 1 coat of nickel plating. 2nd after 2 coats of nickel plating. Pictures don't do it justice but 2 coats look really awesome.
Lookin' good SPW! A lot of work I can see....I know my hatch looks a lot like your before photo because it doesn't close cleanly (shoddy accident damage repair) and previous owners kept banging away at it anyway....sad.
Lookin' good SPW! A lot of work I can see....I know my hatch looks a lot like your before photo because it doesn't close cleanly (shoddy accident damage repair) and previous owners kept banging away at it anyway....sad.
It's quite bit of work. Not as much as the last one at least. pretty straight body to begin with. Made things a lot easier. Yea unfortunately people don't know what they are doing or just don't care how it turns out. They don't love wagons as much as we do.
I say we wagon caravan out there and line 'em up for paint!
Hahahah don't do it to me! I'm tired with this one alone lol.
Couldn't get much done to the wagon this weekend. Had to clean my C-Max and do some boring wagon related things.
Oh and I installed a hitch for the C-Max to haul over the wagon to the shop.
Had the quarter panel and windshield glass taken out of the wagon as well.
Took the carpet out, getting the jambs ready for paint and masked it off so no rain or whatever gets into it. Seems like I'm doing a lot more work which I am but unfortunately it has to be done in pieces.
Ohh and color. The original Pewter metallic color. Forgot the paint code.
The plan is to have it painted by the end of next month. Going to try to cut in all the parts that are off the car already within the next 2 weeks and then bring in the shell to be blocked, primed and cut in.
Not much going on. One of the body men at work is helping me with the bigger bits of body work. Hood is going to need quite a few primes.
Little filler panels primed.
Apparenlty every EF's problem.
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Collecting parts.
Paint is coming soon I promise!
That! Thank you! It's coming along slowly but surely.
Not much going on. My mugen barrels are refinished. Had the inner parts of the barrels powder coated and the lips brushed and cleared over. One of the barrels were very bent and the other barrels were slighlty bent through time and age. They were all straightened out as well. Waiting for the centers to be powder coated now.
Cleaning up all the old goo up from the door and prepping the jambs to be cut in.
NOS Yakima SST towers I got for the wagon. Love the old card board/paper smell haha.
Nice update. May I know the cost of refinishing the wheels?
Thanks! Came out too be $500.00. One wheel was really bent out of shape but repairable. The rest of them were slightly bent from normal use. I had them all straightened. Inner barrels were powder coated and the lips were machined and cleared over.
Been busy with life and haven't had much time too work on the wagon this last month but there is progress!
About a month ago now I did purchase a parts wagon to finish my wagon up. It's nice to have all of these additional pieces and references as to where all these bolts go back!
Parts wagon almost got crushed by a tree limb!
Last week, my friend/painter at the shop cut in the jambs for me. He will be painting the wagon as well.
And today, I picked up the faces for the Mugens from the powder coat shop. Very pleased with how the wheels turned out so far. All that is left is to decide what I will be doing with the bolts and install the tires!
So after lots of going back and forth for a couple months I decided to perform a motor swap! I did purchase a motor and it should be here within the next couple of weeks. I will update thread as soon as I get it. Thanks for looking!
Damn thats going to be one fine ride..I like the color..make sure you reserve some time after this project so you can PAINT MINE!:p
Hahaha I'm going to need a couple years to recover from this one!
Something came in the mail the other day. It's a 97 Spec B18c. It will be mated to a b16 YS1 cable transmission.
I remember a while back I remember seeing one of the members on here painting an engine block with Steel-it. It looked awesome so I bought some to paint the transmission and motor. I have started to disassemble the motor to clean and prep. The product I mentioned above.
A motor with a torn down wagon that's going to take forever to put back together. :miserable:
Synchros came in for the transmission the other day.
Motor needs to be sealed up to prevent water or any other chemicals from getting in. Some duct tape will do the trick. Time to clean.
Good lord!! Ok, I am sayin it now, I call first dibs when you sell it (bc apparently based on your history, that COULD happen!!)! That's going to be crazy. Is it going to retain A/C? Have you done a compression check ,etc? Where did you get it from? Sooo many questions....
Good lord!! Ok, I am sayin it now, I call first dibs when you sell it (bc apparently based on your history, that COULD happen!!)! That's going to be crazy. Is it going to retain A/C? Have you done a compression check ,etc? Where did you get it from? Sooo many questions....
Hahaha I wouldn't doubt it! I'm pretty sure I'll keep this wagon. Where I really messed up with the other wagon was thinking I could daily and have a project car at the same time lol. That didn't go to well. I think I will be doing a P/S delete but will retain A/C. It is super hot here in Florida. I want to enjoy the drive and not complain about it being hot. It's a motor from HMotors in very good shape!
Painted the block this weekend and fitted a kevlar spark plug cover.
Degreased/wire brushed the block
Masked off.
Primed with Steel it product. Results.
Man that is lookin minty!~ That product gives a nice finish. Yeah, I spent 43 years in FL, there is no way in hell I would drive a car w/o A/C down there unless it were winter only. Looking forward to the rest of the build.
Man that is lookin minty!~ That product gives a nice finish. Yeah, I spent 43 years in FL, there is no way in hell I would drive a car w/o A/C down there unless it were winter only. Looking forward to the rest of the build.
Yea man I love the color too. Florida is the worst. Especially the humidity. Plan is to drive it year round for sure.
Build has been pretty slow and it will remain pretty slow for the next couple months. Have an operation being performed on me pretty soon so it will put me back a couple months. I almost have all the parts to get the motor and tranny mated. A couple pics to keep things interesting.
Holy hell! What a plot twist with the first wagon gone then getting another one :O everything is looking good though! Stick with it! I gotta get my ass into gear and finish mine as well..I just bought a part wagon last night for the same reason you did.
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I am too! Aye Aye, captain!
Stripped, repaired 2 dings, Primed, Block, Prime one fender done.
Stripped, repaired 2 dings, primed driver door. Another block and prime maybe this weekend.
Next door is torn down and ready for some action.
Stay Tuned!
+1 Thats what I was thinking!! SPW needs to set up a 4G restoration shop!!
Hahaha ohh yea bring it down! Have a big ol wagon painting party. Your wagon looks super clean though.
Let me try finishing at least one than we can talk hahaha.
Disassembled the wagon a little more.
Honda service manual says I have to remove quarter glass in order to take one of the moldings out without breakage. So thats next.
What do we have here?
Detrimmed, repaired some dents, primed the hatch. For some reason the molding below the rear window was a pain to take out! I remember taking it off last time by just sliding it off but once I felt like it got it going, I would hit a stopping point. It wouldn't budge anymore. Anyways out of frustration I ripped the sucker out lol. I'm thinking of maybe taking a roof molding off some car and trimming it to fit. Probably use double sided tape to keep it on there idk yet. It should work.
We're getting closer to paint. Have a Fender, Hood and the shell that needs attention. All the other panels are pretty much ready for paint.
One of my MR5 wheels have a bend in them unfortunately. It's definitely repairable at least.
My older brother loves chemistry and he learned how to nickel plate. We are experimenting a little with my bolts.
Left is after 1 1/2 days of tumbling with walnut shell. Middle after 1 coat of nickel plating. 2nd after 2 coats of nickel plating. Pictures don't do it justice but 2 coats look really awesome.
Your wagon looks so clean tho! Is it that bad?
Hahahah don't do it to me! I'm tired with this one alone lol.
Couldn't get much done to the wagon this weekend. Had to clean my C-Max and do some boring wagon related things.
Oh and I installed a hitch for the C-Max to haul over the wagon to the shop.
Had the quarter panel and windshield glass taken out of the wagon as well.
Took the carpet out, getting the jambs ready for paint and masked it off so no rain or whatever gets into it. Seems like I'm doing a lot more work which I am but unfortunately it has to be done in pieces.
Ohh and color. The original Pewter metallic color. Forgot the paint code.
The plan is to have it painted by the end of next month. Going to try to cut in all the parts that are off the car already within the next 2 weeks and then bring in the shell to be blocked, primed and cut in.
Little filler panels primed.
Apparenlty every EF's problem.
[IMG][/img]
Collecting parts.
Paint is coming soon I promise!
Looking forward to seeing your build! Looks like its going to be a awesome.
driver's door stop.
loving the progress SPW!
Thanks! Yes what wagodizzle said driver door stop. It was rusted out on my last wagon as well.
It's nice to bring it back to a life! Having the resources helps out a lot too. Lets try to finish it this time. Lol.
That! Thank you! It's coming along slowly but surely.
Not much going on. My mugen barrels are refinished. Had the inner parts of the barrels powder coated and the lips brushed and cleared over. One of the barrels were very bent and the other barrels were slighlty bent through time and age. They were all straightened out as well. Waiting for the centers to be powder coated now.
Cleaning up all the old goo up from the door and prepping the jambs to be cut in.
NOS Yakima SST towers I got for the wagon. Love the old card board/paper smell haha.
Been busy with life and haven't had much time too work on the wagon this last month but there is progress!
About a month ago now I did purchase a parts wagon to finish my wagon up. It's nice to have all of these additional pieces and references as to where all these bolts go back!
Parts wagon almost got crushed by a tree limb!
Last week, my friend/painter at the shop cut in the jambs for me. He will be painting the wagon as well.
And today, I picked up the faces for the Mugens from the powder coat shop. Very pleased with how the wheels turned out so far. All that is left is to decide what I will be doing with the bolts and install the tires!
So after lots of going back and forth for a couple months I decided to perform a motor swap! I did purchase a motor and it should be here within the next couple of weeks. I will update thread as soon as I get it. Thanks for looking!
Busy week end. Stripped, primed, blocked, primed again and cut in the wagon today.
Hahaha I'm going to need a couple years to recover from this one!
Something came in the mail the other day.
I remember a while back I remember seeing one of the members on here painting an engine block with Steel-it. It looked awesome so I bought some to paint the transmission and motor. I have started to disassemble the motor to clean and prep.
I found the build thread. bam-bam painted revmaynard's block with this stuff I found pics too. It's going to look awesome.
https://www.civicwagon.com/showthread.php?2177-Rev-s-CreamMachine-CREAM-PIES-AND-MUSTACHE-RIDES!/page15
A motor with a torn down wagon that's going to take forever to put back together. :miserable:
Synchros came in for the transmission the other day.
Motor needs to be sealed up to prevent water or any other chemicals from getting in. Some duct tape will do the trick. Time to clean.
Hahaha I wouldn't doubt it! I'm pretty sure I'll keep this wagon. Where I really messed up with the other wagon was thinking I could daily and have a project car at the same time lol. That didn't go to well. I think I will be doing a P/S delete but will retain A/C. It is super hot here in Florida. I want to enjoy the drive and not complain about it being hot. It's a motor from HMotors in very good shape!
Painted the block this weekend and fitted a kevlar spark plug cover.
Degreased/wire brushed the block
Masked off.
Primed with Steel it product.
Build has been pretty slow and it will remain pretty slow for the next couple months. Have an operation being performed on me pretty soon so it will put me back a couple months. I almost have all the parts to get the motor and tranny mated. A couple pics to keep things interesting.