SUPER rare mad tight 79' JDM Civic

Over the weekend i picked up the civic from Henry, and boy am i looking forward to it.

Here is what i know about it (stolen from henry’s FS thread)
The Motor was rebuilt by the previous owner with OEM Honda parts@2-3k ago.
MOTOR.
-B18B1 block, Gsr head which is port n polished.
-DC header straight piped to a vibrant muffler (not bad sounding at all)
-CCC tuned Xenocron ECU.
-BBK Single stage induction manifold.
-Blox 70mm TB.
-short ram intake.
-Golden eagle fuel and a pressure regulator
-Innovate wideband.
-External fuel pump.

This car is awesome. Here are my plans:
-Ditch the bumpers and mold the body lines
-pull the engine and have it rebuilt or totally replace it with something else, maybe a K series. if i keep the engine i want it build for low boost 10-12psi
-re-do the engine mounts (they were done half ass)
-re-wire the whole car
-all new gaskets (guy in australia sells them)
-new suspension bushings or totally swap it out for something newer
-powdercoat every nut and bolt, all suspension, engine parts etc.
-4x100 front and rear disc conversion
-put the battery in the rear
-new fuel cell if i can find one or fabricate one in the spare tire compartment
-rims and tires
-half cage and seats, harnesses
-exhaust, maybe straight out the fender or under the pass side door
-gauges (probably a racepak)
-shave the engine bay and make the engine clean enough to eat off
-respray the entire car (i’m really digging the silver color below)
-And i’m sure a lot more on top of all of that

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h135/jacobennis/656C84DE-C523-4EF1-BA58-97ED6F9DDA2B-312-000000183F980DB7.jpg

Here is a couple finished ones i’ve found and really like:

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h135/jacobennis/FirstGenCivic.jpg

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h135/jacobennis/images.jpg

This is going to be awesome.

Do it justice

Id ditch the goofy fender mirror and put normal mirrors on it like the last two pics.

OH god those things look sick as hell without bumpers!!!

sweet car, i really wanted to buy this but I have no where to put it.

cool as fuck

This looks so awesome. Dont take off the fender mirrors.

Keep the bumpers but tuck them like the blue car.

sweet ride. post pics as you build. good luck.

I am glad its in good hands now.

Ditch the bumpers for sure. I always liked the fender mirror but thats just me.

I will def be watching this build once you get crackin on it. Also feel free to hit me up with any questions or if you need a hand buddy.

The silver one is freaking awesome!

haha wow ditch the mirrors? what a dumb ass.

btw sweet car lookin forward to it… someone had to step up to the plate and do it justice.

looks awesome cant wait to see this build thread progress

I am seriously jealous. This is going to be a nice build.

i’m very excited to get working on it. First thing i need to do is get my s cleaned up and in the garage for the winter with the cover over it, then i’ll put this guy in front of it and start tearing it down.

Took 5 minutes last night and removed the front bumper. Huge improvement already

and so it begins…lol.

sick! i was waiting for some updates… lmk if u need a hand! im down to take this thing apart!

Fricken Sweet.

Just picked up a rear 4x100 rear disc conversion kit from a guy on the first gen forums.
Time to figure out the front end

For the front 4x100 conversion I need 1st gen civic WAGON knuckles, so if anyone has a line on them let me know.