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89 Wagovan resto mod

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It's been a while since I have been active on DSO, mainly because I moved to Hawaii as the worship pastor of a church. However that doesn't mean that I have given up on the world of Honda's, building heads, etc. I mean, I built a 91 wagon and shipped it to O'ahu so that I could enjoy my ride on island. Sad that I had to leave her there when we moved back, so I decided to build another wagon.


WARNING: many pics to come.

So I got an 89 wagovan that was an auto, fwd, 1.5 car. No title, but clean exterior and no rust. I set it back, knowing that I would need the parts for a later build. Here's the parts car:



no title, somewhat sucky interior, bad motor, good parts car.

Then I found a rusty, running car, that had a clear title. Guy was asking $1200 for it, until I found all of the rust in the rocker panels. It ran well, didn't smoke, still had the Wagovan trans (4.05 final drive), and a bone stock d15b2. I offered substantially less than that for the car and he sold it. Trailered it home and began taking it apart for resto.

Initial pics:


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What an awesome build. Super inspirational!
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Thanks! Another Canuck?!? It has been a long road, from a Swiss cheesed, $600 car to a 300 whp street sleeper. Now hopefully it will go straight lol.

Just passing through, or are you building a car as well?
Well, I bought mine for $500 and it's not a 300whp sleeper but maybe some day it will be! I am building an EJ8, I bought it 3 years ago and tried to keep it as just a stock daily but.. well that didn't happen so hopefully I will acquire an actual beater and I'll be able to go down the same route as you.
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Car looks great in that colour and the headliner is a nice touch! Everything just fits together so nice.
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Headliner was "easy" enough to do. You could do yours on the red civic : )

Still pondering the starlight twinkle set up. I think it would be amazing to have blue lights in the headliner that would vibe with my 90's music and the pop punk that I'm still addicted to lol.
I actually made use of my old plaid flannel bedsheet and turned it into a headliner for the Civic. I didn't get it as nice as you (I have wrinkles) maybe due to the thickness of the flannel? Not sure.

I think the lights in the head liner would be pretty neat. I have no idea how difficult it would be to do, I assume it would require a ton of patience but sounds like it would be a fun project for you to do!
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Pics of said plaid headliner or it didn't happen!
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Plaid is life.
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We are all our own worst critics, but I have to agree with them on this car looking so good. It really does. I love this build. I can't wait to see what you do next..
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So lets see which you all like better. One of them cost a ton of money and came from Bulgaria (because I couldn't find any in AU or NZ that I could get shipped). The other, well, you'll see the difference.

Which do you like better?

USDM:

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Or EDM from Bulgaria?

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A little perspective and I cleaned that splooge up off of the bumper. IDK wth that was......

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It was a hard choice but I have to go with the clear EDM.
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