alexm
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Wow, very nice piece of history you got there.
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funkmaster
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Cincinnati OH
7-14-2003
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awesome write up.
What sort of process is involved in geting your car in a mag? Not tooting my own horn too loud I hope but I have magazine aspirations for my car as well.
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2ndGenGuy
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| « Re: convertible 1st gen CRX featured in HondaTuning (seekerONE) | « » 2:59 PM 5/7/2008 |
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Man that's badass! Going to have to pick that issue up! I love seeing some old-school stuff in the magazine! Top notch work too!
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seekerONE
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12-31-2001
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| Quote, originally posted by funkmaster » | awesome write up.
What sort of process is involved in geting your car in a mag? |
I actually got really lucky on this. I have been to lots of car shows and I have spoken to alot of people who say they are "associated with a magazine" but none of those people ever came through. A friend of mine "suggested" my car.
He was making the arrangements for his own photoshoot with the editor when my friend was asked to round up a few other suitable cars. The photographer was coming to Florida from California and the editor wanted to maximize the usefulness of that trip. When my friend mentioned my car, the editor was interested. Of the four cars that were shot over the two days, my car appeared in the magazine first. The friend is John Wilson from LHT Performance. He was very familar with my car because they had installed the custom version of their LHT400 turbo kit. But I had worked on his project car prior to that time. That project car was the subject of the original photoshoot and is the cover car for the June issue of HondaTuning. That car is a K20 powered, street driven Honda Insight. I was the electrical technician on that project. http://www.tamparacing.com/for....html 
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The HamsterBall
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9-19-2002
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| « Re: convertible 1st gen CRX featured in HondaTuning (seekerONE) | « » 2:33 AM 5/8/2008 |
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nice car. i hope you don't daily drive it though. only because you compromised the safety of your already compact and unsafe car.
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seekerONE
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12-31-2001
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| « Re: convertible 1st gen CRX featured in HondaTuning (The HamsterBall) | « » 11:20 AM 5/8/2008 |
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Actually I drive it al the time. The first one that the company did (they converted a total of 310) was crash tested and certified to pass the required levels (at that time).
Of course the cars made now are much safer.
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Bakeoff
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How is a 1st gen CRX unsafe to start with? I'm confused...Anyway, congrats on the coverage. Got any pics with the top up?
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doublethink
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| « Re: convertible 1st gen CRX featured in HondaTuning (seekerONE) | « » 7:33 PM 5/8/2008 |
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the s2000 seats are a nice touch.cool car  what kind of armrest is that?
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Skunk.Werks
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8-22-2003
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| Quote, originally posted by Bakeoff » | | How is a 1st gen CRX unsafe to start with? I'm confused... |
It is because most people these days, unfortunately, drive 5,000lbs+ death machines. ...if everyone drove CRXs we wouldn't have that problem would we!
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Infinity_Racer
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6-26-2002
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do you have pics with the top up? just curious to see what it looks like 
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seekerONE
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sarasota fl
12-31-2001
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To be honest, the car with the top up isn't really very pretty. I don't have alot of pictures with it up and this is the only one I have online
I prefer topless pics like this one 
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hushypushy
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Very unique, very interesting car How much did these cost back in the day, in comparison to a stock CRX?
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seekerONE
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| Quote, originally posted by hushypushy » | How much did these cost back in the day, in comparison to a stock CRX? |
The conversion was $5995 according to some old literature i have found.
The conversion could have been done on any trim level (mine was a DX model).
A CRX Si model back then was about $11K.
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Nice whip!
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