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Old 11-29-2007, 08:00 PM
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Default $100 Dollar Civic, Budget Build, 50 Pix

Ok, well some of you might have known about the civic that i got ahold of for 100 bucks & began to build for the g/f a while back.. It got set aside for quite some time coz i had other things to work on. She currenly drives a stratus & i just couldn't handle that, she needed a honda.

A girl was trying to sell me this car for 500 dollars, when she went to leave the driveway, it blew a head gasket & filled the driveway with white smoke! At that point i offered her 100 dollars for the car and she accepted.

This is what it looked like at when we got it.


Little bit of cancer.. yuck






That was rotted


I swear, i'm alergic to diry engine bays! Yuckies!


Little bit of milage, but it's a honda, nice engine refresh & she'll last for ever!


Nastyest interior honda ever had!


Even came with free drink! Now thats a good deal!


Lets begin by fixing the front end damage that happened when the girl put it in the ditch.. yea i tied it to the tree & threw it in reverse a few times


Good bye rust!


Hello ugly patch job.


little bit of filler to smooth this out.


All fixed up.. for the most part.




Remember, this is a budget build, so i'm not spending 200 bux on new black carpet. this costs 16 dollars


Yea, thast my happy ass sprayin away with the car in the background, nice rims huh!




Briana took it upon her self to tear down all the nasty interior & make her own. This is what she came up with. I think she did a hell of a good job for the first time! Oh yea, & A+ for car parts in the kitchen!


Briana & her mother workin on the rear seat.


LOL whining about paint on her hands.. panzy


Changed the Head Gasket & Cleaned up the motor.



Painted the Intake Manifold


Nasty Engine bay, in need of some freshness.




Oh yea, makin her get dirty!




On the flip side after i sprayed it.


After i threw it back together the next day.


Tearin it up


Workin that body




Using what ever high build shit i had layin around




Rear bumper fixing from a prior collision or somethin.. who knows


fixed the rear key hole rust


Nore more hole







Started off with the jams











Oh damn, looks like a different car! I think she'll like it!


Ok, it might need lowerd a bit, looks like it's in 4x4 mode!








The re-done dash, it's now balck & looks a million times better than the tan crap.



I hope you guys enjoyed the pix! feel free to comment, it's been one hell of a transition for that thing.

Ohh & just so that everyone knows.. theres really not a lot of money into this.. we kept a tab, here it is.

100 - Car (rusty with blown head gasket)
30 - head gaskets (we found timing belt in trunk!)
30 - Black fabric (front seats & start of rear)
35 - all dragon embroidery
20 - 4cans vinyl & carpet paint (black floor instead of spending 200 bucks on a new floor mold)
8 - shift knob
25 - Chrome Dragon Pedals
0 - Front bumper mount & bolts ..junk yard felt bad for us!
210 - 1gal Metalic Purple paint w/ reducer
6 - vaccuum hoses
7 - spark plugs
35 - valve cover gaskets
16 - intake manifold gasket
100 - clear
75 - primer
175 - tires
200 - wheels
100 - rear quarters
20 - trim paint
10 - tape
20 - sanding supplies
15 - body filler

total 1237