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Originally Posted by California98Civic

First, I think this is a wicked cool "ecomod" idea!

I'm not sure what you are suggesting.

Originally Posted by California98Civic

Keeping the old steel and plastice

If this is a saying I've never heard it before.

Originally Posted by California98Civic

I have never restored a car. But confronted with your plablem, I would slow down, don't force or cut anything, research, and ask people. What your doing. You mention RockAuto. What about CARiD? I went over the and entered 1973 Honda Civic and got a hit for brake drums with some specs:

EDIT: Also, HondaPartsNow seems to have 1973-1979 Civic parts schematics and such online, which might help you... maybe they have some of the parts, too... information:

I've asked some people I know for suggestions. Nothing fruitful yet.

The only ones available at CarID are the same ones that I got from RockAuto.

Here is a picture in case my description wasn't clear what the problem is.



The rear wheels were stuck when I got it so I am redoing brakes first. I bought (pretty much) everything from the master cylinder to the wheel cylinders. I've got the master cylinder off (which was frozen) and the rear brake assembly removed (including the backing plates). I'm using a combination of sand blasting and electrolysis to clean all the parts that are being reused.

The spindle cap is the same paint I will be using on the rims.



I'm still trying to figure out how to redo the center caps. This is what they are supposed to look like. I bought some "super chrome" powder coat to try. Then I am going to order some red powder coat and try it on the worst one of the bunch. I've already bought a few extra. We'll have to see how it turns out.