Updated 1-16-05

As the title states I am beginning my first REAL project car.

Its a 1988 CRX STD. 5 spd and all stock. Only 134,000 miles on the car.
I picked it up on Memorial Day (monday, may 31st). The kid wanted 350 bucks for it So I told him I would give him 260 for it

It drives smooth in fact the kid, with in the last 2 years, has dropped almost 2 grand on the car to keep it running smoothly (records to prove it ).

I guess enough talk I'll just show some pictures now.

These 3 are the night I got it sorry that its dark and gloomy (flash sucks in the dark and light for that matter j/k)



All the work was done on it during the previous night but figure I'd wait till morning to take pictures.



The Red Civic in the background is my daily beater.





It turned out to be a whole lot of rust on the running boards...







All that is wrong with the front is the radiator, rad support, hood, headlights.
I'm going to replace the entire front end rather than working on the rust spots and misc. scratch and bruises.

The engine bay is going to be treated to a pull and gut type method This weekend I am planning on pulling the motor and start on the MPFI wiring to the STD/DX engine harness. I'll also be adding VTEC.

By the end of the summer I plan on having a fully built b16a2 w/hydro tranny. And hopefully have the car exterior/engine bay color matching.
I know this is pushing it but when you don't have a life, like me, you tend to have a lot of free time.
Wish me luck and keeping the flaming to a minimum, thanks.



Modified by vtecn8ive at 8:09 PM 1/16/2005

 

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Its a 1988 CRX STD. 5 spd and all stock. Only 134,000 miles on the car.
I picked it up on Memorial Day (monday, may 31st). The kid wanted 350 bucks for it So I told him I would give him 260 for it
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I read this and was about to verbally assault you for arguing about a $350 price tag, but when I scrolled down, I now know why...
to the cancer spots
But good luck anyway, have fun with it

 

I would have paid 350 for it but I figured might as well trying lower first and luckily it worked

 

looks like fun

good luck!

 

have fun with the rust

 

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HAHA! LMAO!

 

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That comes stock with all cars from Minnesota.

 

good luck. my lil bro is tackeling the rust on his rex soon.

 

have fun with it...and good luck with the rust

 

good luck, it will all be worth it in the end.

 

Word... that is certainly a project

 

hahaha...looks just like mine when i got it! good luck with the project

 

you're gonna have hellacious body repair experience when your done with that one! good luck with your project man

 

just slap the SIR front on

 

ehh, looks like you have some major work on your hands

 

Hope you have a good paying job

 

dam thats going to be very expensive to fix all that rust...good luck to you though...

 

The hardest part is trying to find a donor CRX that I can get some parts from so I can fix the rust and weld up the parts with other CRX's clean parts.
(if that makes sence to you )

 

Good luck!

 

Well in order to fix the rust I picked up a rear clip. I also got a new rad-support. 260 with tax. not that bad. I'm going to be gutting the interior today and in about 2 weeks I plan on taking all the sound dampening. I'll let everyone know how its coming together and try getting some pics up. O-yeah doors and rear bumper are now off (alot of hidden rust).

 

nice progress. keep us updated

 

Good luck! Nice update.

 

You can always consider rust as free weight reduction..... But good luck on the project man.

 

I delt with one rusty car from MN and that was enough, the rest I are from warm states or garged.
Cool to see another mid-west H-Ter

 

looks like a 88 hf am i correct?