1987 white hatch family addition

Found it on craigslist with a great interior, decent exterior and a blown head gasket. He delivered it to my house for $400 bucks which is a smokin deal for hondas in this region. It has a dark red interior that needs a good wipe down and vacumm. I need to find the plastic handle for the drivers seat and an ashtray and the radio has been previously stole so I need to splice in a junkyard harness rather than the ghetto fix he has but otherwise is perfect. It has a little gathering water in the spaer tire well, any thoughts on common leaks in the hatches? No rust no dents, no body damages.

Its rolling the stock suspension with 160k on it. stock hubcaps and it needs a windshield. he rear bumper has a crack in the center of the bumper cover and a crack in the passenger side taillight.

Plans so far are to find a black interior from a 88 dx hatch and swap it in if thats available. Ill install the spare set of koni reds and sprint springs Ive got as well as the dc sport tower brace, and Ill tint the windows down to charcoal 20%.

Ill install my spare a20a3 with 130k on it this weekend fixing the heatgasket issue while I find a trans and other parts to complete my b18c install progect comming soon.

Im hoping within the month Ill have the sei disk brakes installed as well as everything else listed above and pics should be up by sunday hopefully.

yea i love my black interior because i actually drive an 88 phoenix dx =]

Pimp dude! So how many 3rd gens do you have now? An LXi hatch... One with a B20A... and an up-and-coming B18C swap?

Nice find, cant wait to see the pics

yeah thats about it
89 sei coupe clone, b20a turbo project
89 sei sedan a20a3 currently thinking about engine swap
87 lxi hatch future b18c W/b16 head install awaiting trans

yep thats it for know, ultimatly Id like to rid myself od the sedan. not my cup of butter. The sedan really look too family-ish to me for a performance minded swap. Ive got a second turbo kit for my b20a so it wouldnt take anything but a turbo mani to make it a turbo b18c you know. the wifey would flip her cookies but it would be fun.

Im going to try and model it after ghettoeddys accord. i dont care for the white but his is hotness. Unfortunatly through the winter Im on a budget. $600 a month. Thats weak I dropp that in a week on my projects

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Originally Posted by mykwikcoupe

Im going to try and model it after ghettogeddys accord.i dont care for the white but his is hotness.

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awww im speech less thank you

pics or ban

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pics or ban

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what he said.. :D

Sounds like a super deal! Can't wait to see pics.

i like totally missed this thread, i would also like to see pics , sounds like it was a good deal

hella bought his out from under me :(

j/p you know im broke

sorry found a roof leak around one of my skylights so Im reflashing all my skylights and other roof penetrations. Dang you roof-doo you jinxt me. Anyways pics should be up this weekend hopefully. Its minty interior and ugly engine bay are something to keep you interested in thinking about

The good news is, after that rain storm last night, you know you've seen the worst leaks you're going to have... Glad I finished my roof on Sunday, that was cutting it close. If you can't find the leak, just use lots of Henry!!! I just installed a new skylight on my house, if your skylights are not curb mount, I recommend converting them. The flashing is about 100x better, and it's really not that much work to build the curb and plop the skylight onto it. My old skylight was a deck mount, and the flashing setup for it was super lame.

mine are all deck mounts but they are also 20 year old plastic buccles. I think I found ti though. There was a biuldup of moss around the corners causing the shingles to lift slightly and the wind was blowing it under far enought to get past ther flashing. Im hoping anyways. I need a new roof by next winter but id prefer to expand the house instead. Well see in the end. Pucs comming soon. anyone eager to see what you get with a radiator filled with water for 20 years

congratualtions on the sweet hatchie find get new seals for the real tails thats probly the cause of the leak or the cracked tail lol either way replace both sides tail light seals can make new ones ur self just need some foam

congrats on the car

congrats on the find!! you are in the hatch club now...

I am looking at two sedans this afternoon, some showed up local for cheap...one is supposedly an EX, we will see what they have.
roof-doo jinxed ya... right... you got a hatch and I think some more jdm parts heh heh.. so I brunged you luckness.. lol

he is actually apart of the

"i own a hatch, coupe and sedan club"

lucky bastard :-p

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Originally Posted by ZackieDarko

he is actually apart of the

"i own a hatch, coupe and sedan club"

lucky bastard :-p

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Oh my gawd :uh: indeed , now for an Aerodeck mauuuhaha

if I could get an aerodeck Id be an very happy man. Pics sent to 2ndgenguy for posting. Hopefully he does well. They are as recieved untouched. I have the headlight bucket although no clue to install it.

If I dont work saturday and sunday Ill be installing a low mileage engine in it just for the time being as I finish gathering parts for the b18c installation. Zack isnt up to giving me his trans although it would be sweet. Theres a local shop that gos through the trans pretty well but cost is near the top about 550 for a rebiult factory lsd trans cable type.

Ill be cleaning it well and giving it a good vacumm and wax. It needs some TLC but otherwise its in great shape for its age.

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Oh my gawd :uh: indeed , now for an Aerodeck mauuuhaha

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no, no, no, get it right. SEI Sedan, SEI Coupe, and Hatch club

mike is that $550 for just the rebuild? if it was $550 for a trans AND rebuild that would be a hell-of-a-deal

that complete for both ready to install. The hydro style is 800 I believe but then Id have to get a 400 hasport convertor also

dude a stock b16 cable tran with an LSD goes for that or MORE

$550 is a great deal

http://s34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...0hatch%20pics/

I couldnt get any of the emails to go through. Even as a zipped file its 38mb. Feel free to post on theboard as see fit.