New to the forum, but not new to Hondas I fell in love with Hondas when I was 8 years old. We were driving down to Texas to visit family, and a little yellow car passed us by as I stared out the window. Sure enough, it was the distinctive rear end of a Barbados CRX that had me hooked.
I've had many Hondas since I was 16, but nothing was quite like my first. When I was 16 I bought a TGP 91 Civic Si from Carmax for $1500. I learned so much from having that car, and regrettably sold it when I entered my senior year of high school. I've had numerous Civics/CRX's, and even ventured into a BMW 540i, GTI, and an S2000. Nothing was quite like that 91 Si though.
Fast forward to 2012, and here I am in Texas starting out fresh with a new job, my second baby on the way, new house, and most importantly: a 3 car garage with one empty bay I've scoured craigslist, Honda-Tech, Autotrader, etc. looking for that next project car ever since I moved down here last July in anticipation for this empty spot. I've checked out several cars, but nothing has appealed to me. From Civic's, to NSX's, to STi's, none of the cars I checked out screamed out "buy me".
I almost gave up hope, but my daily routine of searching craigslist is a hard habit to break I typed in my usual search queries, and when I put "CRX" in, a title catches my eye. I believe it was something along the lines of "Extremely Clean Unmolested 1991 CRX Si". I didn't want to get my hopes up, but I admit I was pretty excited when I read that Long story short, I had found CRXCommunity member Charles' CRX for sale. I went back and forth with Charles over the car, and ended up picking it up a couple weekends ago.
The whole purpose of this thread is just to document the car's life in my hands. I usually only use forums to buy/sell things (HT member since 03), but my love for the CRX runs deep, and this site is great! So I want to share the love I have for this car with people cut from the same cloth
So on with the pics!
I took a half day off of work to pick the CRX up from Charles' house. I met his wife, exchanged cash for keys and pushed the CRX down the driveway. Here it sits:
I spent a good amount of time just eyeballing the car, realizing in how good of shape it was. Excited to get it home, I wait for the tow truck to come, it seems like forever (probably only waited 10 minutes or so), but they finally arrive:
All loaded up, I drive back 60 miles to home and await delivery of my new toy. Snagged a shot of the car on the way home:
And here it is, resting in the garage:
I have worked on the car on and off during the week when I get free time. I've been busy taking care of random house stuff, and will update with some pictures of what I've been doing. As of now, it's time to eat dinner, cheers!
I've had many Hondas since I was 16, but nothing was quite like my first. When I was 16 I bought a TGP 91 Civic Si from Carmax for $1500. I learned so much from having that car, and regrettably sold it when I entered my senior year of high school. I've had numerous Civics/CRX's, and even ventured into a BMW 540i, GTI, and an S2000. Nothing was quite like that 91 Si though.
Fast forward to 2012, and here I am in Texas starting out fresh with a new job, my second baby on the way, new house, and most importantly: a 3 car garage with one empty bay I've scoured craigslist, Honda-Tech, Autotrader, etc. looking for that next project car ever since I moved down here last July in anticipation for this empty spot. I've checked out several cars, but nothing has appealed to me. From Civic's, to NSX's, to STi's, none of the cars I checked out screamed out "buy me".
I almost gave up hope, but my daily routine of searching craigslist is a hard habit to break I typed in my usual search queries, and when I put "CRX" in, a title catches my eye. I believe it was something along the lines of "Extremely Clean Unmolested 1991 CRX Si". I didn't want to get my hopes up, but I admit I was pretty excited when I read that Long story short, I had found CRXCommunity member Charles' CRX for sale. I went back and forth with Charles over the car, and ended up picking it up a couple weekends ago.
The whole purpose of this thread is just to document the car's life in my hands. I usually only use forums to buy/sell things (HT member since 03), but my love for the CRX runs deep, and this site is great! So I want to share the love I have for this car with people cut from the same cloth
So on with the pics!
I took a half day off of work to pick the CRX up from Charles' house. I met his wife, exchanged cash for keys and pushed the CRX down the driveway. Here it sits:
I spent a good amount of time just eyeballing the car, realizing in how good of shape it was. Excited to get it home, I wait for the tow truck to come, it seems like forever (probably only waited 10 minutes or so), but they finally arrive:
All loaded up, I drive back 60 miles to home and await delivery of my new toy. Snagged a shot of the car on the way home:
And here it is, resting in the garage:
I have worked on the car on and off during the week when I get free time. I've been busy taking care of random house stuff, and will update with some pictures of what I've been doing. As of now, it's time to eat dinner, cheers!