Rustbelt rarity

[mjk1967]

spied this yesterday in MN...

 

[AutoMechanic]

Definitely a rarity if you are in the rust belt. Heck those are a rarity nowadays in the south even.

 

[Trav]

I almost forgot about those cars, I cant remember the last time I saw one.

 

[ctechbob]

Yep, even rare around here. I'd love to have a 91 SI, but most of those have been beaten into their graves by now.

 

[clinebarger]

Those got tore up in the 90's & Early 2000's by the Ricer crowd.....So it wasn't just rust . Same thing with 2 door Civic's & Integra's.

 

[ctechbob]

Those got tore up in the 90's & Early 2000's by the Ricer crowd.....So it wasn't just rust . Same thing with 2 door Civic's & Integra's.

Ricers yes, but a ton of Autocrossers snapped up the Si versions of both the Civic and CRX because in the late 90's/early 2000's they were an extremely competitive car for certain classes.

 

[mjk1967]

So would I... LOL

Could you stuff a J30 in a 1989 Prelude SI ?

 

[Kurtatron]

I have never seen a crx with rear louvers. Are they stock? What year crx is that?

 

[ecotourist]

I "sold" 2 of them one morning. I was talking to a colleague who normally drove expensive cars. I was telling him about the CRX in such glowing terms that he went out and bought one. He liked it so well he bought one for his wife a few days later.

 

[vavavroom]

Louvers!

 

[earthbound]

those had what 95hp...??

 

[WylieCoyote]

those had what 95hp...??

Not in non-Si form. More like 76. Si had 91.

 

[WylieCoyote]

I have never seen a crx with rear louvers. Are they stock? What year crx is that?

I think I spy a high-mount brake light under the louver, which would make this an '86 or '87.

 

[SeaJay]

Maybe it was just driven in from Arizona and now registered up North?

 

[Just a civilian pilot]

Those were very nice cars.

 

[SevenBizzos]

Yeah, he's obviously storing it and got a bit anxious. Great find!

 

[mjk1967]

Remember the HF model?

 

[Focus82]

spied this yesterday in MN...
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Cool cars.

 

[Dave Hess]

My sister had the same CRX with 5 speed trans. Was a great car.

 

[ctechbob]

Remember the HF model?

Yep, weak, but could post some seriously great mileage numbers.

Fuel Economy of the 1991 Honda Civic CRX HF

1991 Honda Civic CRX HF. Search by make for fuel efficient new and used cars and trucks

www.fueleconomy.gov

Makes me wonder what a modern powerplant would do in a lightweight car like that. Sure today we're safer and more advanced, but as I've said before, you can't argue with physics. All that advancement has added so much weight to new cars its like we are advancing, but sitting still at the same time.