The ugly side of 40 years old

Scott found his 1987 CRX Si sitting sadly on a suburban driveway. Once the proud ride of a swinging Southern California blonde babe, when the second kid had arrived she no longer drove it and it was taking up space that was designated for the new mini-van. A simple transfer of title and Scott was back into the car hobby again.

I did not start looking for a "hobby" car until my career and my family were well established and I was looking at the ugly side of 40 years old. The article in GRM magazine about going fast cheaply (I am a family man with responsibilities) and the 1st Gen CRX in particular sold me on getting an early Si".

Scott gets the best part of his satisfaction from this car project in creating a solution to a problem that is not readily available on the after market. "That semester spent in Metal Shop in Junior High School", Scott says, "has prepared me to fabricate many bits and pieces." Scott fabricated his own rear diffuser, radiator block plate, battery mount in the cabin and many more one-off parts. And he has reached back into the Old School Hot Rodder's play book to recurve his distributor. The ECU does not control ignition advance on this car so he had to put lighter springs into the distributor's centrifugal advance mechanism for a quicker timing advance. "Along the way I have learned so much more than I thought I knew about cars."