Oh dear I've bought yet another car needing serious attention: cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140913250636
'77 Accord hatchback.
This cropped up upon Ebay with no reserve and since most of its body looked reasonably respectable, and knowing that I have some bits that could save it I was weak at the thought that anything selling for less than $200 was likely to bought by someone interested only in its scrap metal value.
I went to visit it and it isn't good. NO rust, rear quite good, but well used/worn, split seats & dash, the first foot of its left front rail badly crushed and the minor subframe (mounting an engine mount, sway-bar & frt trailing arm) attached to it pushed back an inch or two. Similar to, but slightly worse than this:
This was my Accord many years ago after an altercation with a ditch, and I had the structure expensively & professionally repaired after providing a replacement front. The inner guard being pulled straight and the first 50cm? of front rail replaced along with Radiator support.
My MIG welder may need a tune-up before I try it, but should I be repairing this myself the same way, replacing the front section of rail, or taking it right back to the firewall including strut tower as I have seen evidence of upon another Accord.
I also have this sad silver '78 hatch as a parts donor that I made the mistake of buying before finding out it had no syncromesh on 2nd gear and the left rear 1/4 was heavily drowned in body filler after a substantial rear impact had corrugated the car (note tow bar), Aside from many other obvious faults. I also have another inner guard (without rail), grille, bonnet & rust damaged '77 guard (no good bumpers though).
This is the front panel structure ( no High-Tensile steel 'til the '82models).
'77 Accord hatchback.
This cropped up upon Ebay with no reserve and since most of its body looked reasonably respectable, and knowing that I have some bits that could save it I was weak at the thought that anything selling for less than $200 was likely to bought by someone interested only in its scrap metal value.
I went to visit it and it isn't good. NO rust, rear quite good, but well used/worn, split seats & dash, the first foot of its left front rail badly crushed and the minor subframe (mounting an engine mount, sway-bar & frt trailing arm) attached to it pushed back an inch or two. Similar to, but slightly worse than this:
This was my Accord many years ago after an altercation with a ditch, and I had the structure expensively & professionally repaired after providing a replacement front. The inner guard being pulled straight and the first 50cm? of front rail replaced along with Radiator support.
My MIG welder may need a tune-up before I try it, but should I be repairing this myself the same way, replacing the front section of rail, or taking it right back to the firewall including strut tower as I have seen evidence of upon another Accord.
I also have this sad silver '78 hatch as a parts donor that I made the mistake of buying before finding out it had no syncromesh on 2nd gear and the left rear 1/4 was heavily drowned in body filler after a substantial rear impact had corrugated the car (note tow bar), Aside from many other obvious faults. I also have another inner guard (without rail), grille, bonnet & rust damaged '77 guard (no good bumpers though).
This is the front panel structure ( no High-Tensile steel 'til the '82models).
