Who's old enough to remember the World's Fastest 1.5l CRX?
 

So, If you can remember when our industry consisted of show/race cars that

looked just as good as they ran, you might be able to remember this car. These

pictures go back a long time, and show the way our scene used to be. Some

people call it the beginning of the ricer fad, but those of us who were there

remember things a little differently. This car was built by Jason Whitfield of

Rage Performance fame, and the now dearly departed and sorely missed

Shaun Carlson of NuFormz fame. These two honestly changed the way we all

did things. Not single handedly, as there was an entire movement going on

across the North American continent, but surely they were some of the sports

greatest proponents and pioneers. Without them, I'm sad to say that our

sport likely wouldn't have ever been as badass as it is today. And while we

are all saddened by the fact that Shaun is no longer with us, it makes me

happy as hell to be able let people know that there is a project that just

might be able to pay tribute to one of the scene's forefathers. So a few old

timers were sitting around reminiscing about this car and the memories we all

all had of it. Jason said he could rebuild it. A bunch of people called him

out on that statement, and a dream was reborn. This car was one of the

most seen cars of it's time. From event rave cards, all the way to the cover

of turbo magazine. But it wasn't just a show car. It actually got raced, even

with that crazy ass paint job. The car had a 1.5 litre SOHC in it, and went

all the way to 10.29 @ 149.59 at an event - 10.09 testing. Not bad for what

seems like a lifetime ago.

Jason and a few other friends want to rebuild this car. As close to original

as parts and time will allow. If you want to follow along please go to

https://www.facebook.com/pages/CRX-B...58777104188895 and like the

build. Don't forget you can click, on the like button under this post as well.

Thanks for reading,and enjoy the trip down memory lane.

Here's a few

pictures to help you remember.

Re: Who's old enough to remember the World's Fastest 1.5l CRX?
 

Man!!! This car was way ahead of its time.. I mean who was thinking of wire tucking back then? Who would have the nerve to cut up a real Mugen body kit?? Only Jason & Shaun I guess... :thumbup:

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Dang old school!! this car was show and go back in the days..

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That car was ahead of its time. I think it was hard to appreciate it fully even back then because most didnt understand what it took to build a car like that. Looking back at it, I realize that I see it in much more detail and than I did when I saw it in person.


haha Don. we both said the same thing. LOL. we all feel the same about it i guess.

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damn brings back memories..

.. i actually like it a lot more before the graphics. when it was just painted the green.. damn car was clean.. Chromed trans and everything else. every line was steel braid.. crazy.. and it was fast too..

... things have changed a whole lot since then....

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WOW! That's a monster still to this day.

Not a Mugen kit though, no wrap around bumper lenses and the mesh on the back is inside, just a WW kit.

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What abt the mugen badge on the skirts? Did WW make indentations for that? 88-89 didnt have wrap around lenses. 90-91 did.

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What happened to the original?

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I actually remember this car :) probably one of the first few crx's that inspired me...

Yes ahead of it's time...

When good quality parts were only available...

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I use to have pictures of their CRX on my wall back in the day ;)

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awesome ride! i believe it was also known as the worlds fastest chrome. lol i never saw it in person but i always remember drooling over it in the magazines. coolest part of the build was seeing them strip and prep the bare shell in a (i think shauns) front yard. loved how the early race cars had the show and go look. cars like the bergenholtz crx, jeremys l'natural crx, the kubo civic, kenny trans civic etc would be running killer times one weekend then put on the street wheels, shine it up and be at HIN the next! :thumbup:
-Roger

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Clayton thank you for posting this up - yes we are in the planning stage of a Copy_Build for the Nuformz Crx....this is something the V8 world does but the Sport Compact has not one yet.

I would love to keep you all posted here and on FB page and Onecamonly

http://www.facebook.com/pages/CRX-Build/158777104188895

Looking for companies that are interested in the rebuild as we speak

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i liked the build on fb, i wanna see more pix and some video's

bump for wondering what ever happened to this amazing piece of work

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That car was so clean and like most of you have said when I looked at pics of it back in late 90's I had no clue what it took to build something so nice.

Glad to hear you are thinking about doing a rebuild.

Marc P

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I remember that car...i used to have pics of it up on my wall when i was a senior in high school. Anyone have a link to or know what all was done to the car? Cool as hell to se it rebuilt. Is it gonna be the same car? Or is it another CR-X thats being formed into the old one?

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It was suppose to be a red civic first, rememeber reading about it in turbo mag but it got wrecked or something like that...

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yup.. the red hatch was wrecked..

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Damm thats 1 of OG rides right there awesome 2 see it come back 2 life

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I still have the Turbo mags following the build and the feature. One of my favorite cars from back then, glad to see it being rebuilt. :thumbup:

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clean ol' school!

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the first time i seen that car in person my jaw hit the ground, truly a work of art.

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This is the car that got me into this hobby!

Good post, Clayton.

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Ahead of its time!

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DANG! I remember this car at Pomona. My daughter was a newborn and now she is 13 :) good stuff! Been a while. Loved seing fast Honda's back in the days!!!!

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I had that copy of Turbo magazine :beer: