1979 Civic say what...?
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Just signed up to the forums to see if I can help out some others with some 1st generation knowledge. So here's what i got...
1978 EF1 Motor
Dual weber 40mm carburetors
MSD Ignition
High compression pistons
Custom exhaust manifold
Custom throttle body
Magnaflow exhaust
Oil cooler
Ground Control coilovers
Koni shocks
Upgraded front and rear sway bars
Polyurethane bushings
Custom strut perches
Brembo slotted rotors
Acura Integra calipers
4 wheel disc conversion
4x100 bolt pattern conversion
Hawk HP+ pads
Goodrich steel braided brake lines
Street:
15x7 Minilites
195/45/15 Toyo Proxes
Autocross:
13x7 Rota RB's
215/50/13 Kumho Ecsta 710s
Tri-stage Yella Paint
Fender Flares
Shaved side markers and antenna
Fiberglass bumpers
SPA formula style mirrors
MOMO competition steering wheel
Sparco Steel seats
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1978 EF1 Motor
Dual weber 40mm carburetors
MSD Ignition
High compression pistons
Custom exhaust manifold
Custom throttle body
Magnaflow exhaust
Oil cooler
Ground Control coilovers
Koni shocks
Upgraded front and rear sway bars
Polyurethane bushings
Custom strut perches
Brembo slotted rotors
Acura Integra calipers
4 wheel disc conversion
4x100 bolt pattern conversion
Hawk HP+ pads
Goodrich steel braided brake lines
Street:
15x7 Minilites
195/45/15 Toyo Proxes
Autocross:
13x7 Rota RB's
215/50/13 Kumho Ecsta 710s
Tri-stage Yella Paint
Fender Flares
Shaved side markers and antenna
Fiberglass bumpers
SPA formula style mirrors
MOMO competition steering wheel
Sparco Steel seats
Before
After
Last edited by bumada; 02-10-2011 at 11:15 PM.
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Thats incredible, I can't express in words how much I love first gen civics!
Welcome to the forum, although we don't have many first gen owners it's great to have and I'm sure anyone capable to performing a restoration of that caliber could contribute to many threads.
Welcome to the forum, although we don't have many first gen owners it's great to have and I'm sure anyone capable to performing a restoration of that caliber could contribute to many threads.
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Wow. Just wow I am blown away. It's beautiful man. Saw one of these out in San Diego once, except it was all original. Didn't look as good as this haha
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woooow!
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I love the classics, your civic is incredible. Those rims suit that car so well. You ever been to the Japan Classic Car Show in Long Beach? Its amazing, first gens everywhere
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Whoa! That's the nicest antique civic I've seen! I see the Virginia Antique plates and I know of a first generation civic at a local mechanic shop but it doesn't look anywhere as nice as that!!! I don't know if the shop owns it or not but it's in pretty bad shape. I think the owner might have sold it to them, and I know they had a very hard time finding the tires in the original size?
Anyway, awesome job from a fellow Virginian!
Anyway, awesome job from a fellow Virginian!
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its nice my moms boyfriend had one it was the same color but not as nice also there weren't called civics there were called cvcc's its probably the same thing though
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My wife had a 77 Civic that we kept for 4 or 5 yrs then sold it to a friend. 4 speed non CVCC engine.
The CVCC was an engine option on the Civic, not a separate model. The CVCC was a 3 valve per cyl engine, with a rich / lean single carb that put a rich mixture around the plug. and a leaner one in the rest of the chamber.
Honda claimed they didn't need EGR or a Cat when everyone else came out with them in the mid 70's
That is 1 beauty of a Civic, brought back a lot of good memories Ours would get close to 38-40 mpg on the highway with 4 speed, no Overdrive.
The CVCC was an engine option on the Civic, not a separate model. The CVCC was a 3 valve per cyl engine, with a rich / lean single carb that put a rich mixture around the plug. and a leaner one in the rest of the chamber.
Honda claimed they didn't need EGR or a Cat when everyone else came out with them in the mid 70's
That is 1 beauty of a Civic, brought back a lot of good memories Ours would get close to 38-40 mpg on the highway with 4 speed, no Overdrive.
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Seeing this really brought back some great memories for me...AWESOME restoration...my parents bought a medium blue one that had the black stripe across the sides that said CIVIC in them new in 1977...we rode that baby all the way from here in SW Virginia to FL and back (of course with NO ac lol) I was young and small enuf then I could lay across the back seat and sleep with room to spare...love this car!!!
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Fantastic redaux! This was the same as my brother's first (original version) car. Probably the very car that bit me with the Honda bug!
Great Job!!!!
Great Job!!!!
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I hate to say my car went from this
Back in 2003, 1st place at a car show, Best Original Japanese!
To this in 2017
Stripped to the bone ready for a new floor and rockers
Rotted out floor and rockers front and back.
Lots of work ahead!
I have been pondering an engine swap other wise the smoker is sick from sitting too long in the garage.
Check out the rest of the rotten pictures here: http://www.1stgencivic.com/gallery/i...?/category/180
Back in 2003, 1st place at a car show, Best Original Japanese!
To this in 2017
Stripped to the bone ready for a new floor and rockers
Rotted out floor and rockers front and back.
Lots of work ahead!
I have been pondering an engine swap other wise the smoker is sick from sitting too long in the garage.
Check out the rest of the rotten pictures here: http://www.1stgencivic.com/gallery/i...?/category/180