Good for you for having a go. Ignore those that think its a waste of time and not worth it. If you have lernt something good or bad your leaps and bounds ahead of them. Trust me if I had listened to the haters I wouldn't be in Australia and I wouldnt have restored anf painted this in my garage apparently both couldnt be done and were a waste of time. Idiots
I remember when this car was for sale about 2 years ago, was such a shame that someone dumped paint stripper on it. Think it was quite close to where I live in Nottingham, a shithole called St Annes (I could be mistaken) but I used to get my old civic messed with there all the time.