Newbie, wanted to introduce myself

[StillAHondaFreak]

Hey guys, I just wanted to take a second and introduce
myself to the forum.

My name is Tim, Im 22, and I live in Palm Bay Florida
with my wife, daughter (9 weeks old as of
yesterday!!!) and my two dogs.

As you can tell by my screen name, Im an absolute Honda Junkie, My first Honda was a 1993 Honda Civic EX Coupe (the one explained in my signature), then I had a 1995 Civic DX Coupe which I planned to put the
boosted Prelude engine into, but got an offer for the engine that I just couldnt pass up, this car was purchaced at one of those buy here, pay here places, where I wasnt informed that the tax, tag, and title were due at the end of 60 days, so Im actually really glad I didnt put the engine into it, because the bastards came and took it.... with the system in it!!!
Then, I got a 1984 CRX that I purchased for $150 that wouldn't start, figured it was worth it, even If i cant get it started, I can sell most of the parts on WWW.ThePartsTrader.com turned out to have a cracked block and a warped head, but I sold all of the parts for $800!!! Some guy in daytona beach was building a track car, gave me $600 for the stripped rolling chassis!
Next I bought A 1991 CRX SI (with the money from the 84) which had bad piston rings and 140k miles, only paid $500 for it so I drove it till It threw a rod.
And my most recent honda was a 1976 Civic CVCC, yes, I said 1976! Paid 50 bucks for it, wouldnt start, turned out to be a bad distributor.
Drove that one untill the tranny gave out, then sold it to a friend for $80 which is what I paid for the distributor, so I basically paid $50, and it lasted me 4 months.
As for my truck, It was given to me by my father inlaw, he couldnt get any fuel pressure to it so he bought a new Nissan Frontier and said if I could get it running, I could have it. Fair enough, but 2 days after buying the frontier, he looked at it again and realised that it had 2 fuel filters! So, he fixed it and gave it to me anyway!!! Cant beat that!

Sorry this is such a long thread, but as Im sure you can tell, I'm a car nut, not just hondas either, although Id prefer them over anything else.

If your curious what I do for a Living, its not that hard to figure out..........I'm an Automotive Technician, and im currently goping to colledge to get my associates degree in automtive technology, and to become A.S.E. certified.

For those who are curious, I am currently working on the Tamiya JACCS Accord, and the Revell ITR.
I just recently got back into modeling, I needed a hobby that didnt take up too much space and that would keep me out of trouble (when you have the quickest civic in your county, some jackass is always trying to street race you, and you can only let someone talk so much smack before you have to put them in there place, dong so has cost me over 1300 bucks in fines, 1 more point, I lose my licence for a year! No licence, no job (Being a auto tech, that is the one job requirement no matter who you work for) Anyways, I decided to get back into it around thaksgiving, and As luck would have it, I got an Aircompressor and a Badger crescendo 750 kit for christmas.

Once again, Im sorry about the long post, but My daughter is finally sleeping, and I got carried away. Don't get alot of free time anymore!

Hope to hear from you guys soon, and hop to learn from you all, and mabey I can offer some advice to, feel free to ank and Honda related questions.

Thanks for you time and for reading my post.

[.porkchop.]

welcome! :jumpie: !!

nice to hear from u, and all the neat car stories u got.
damn u rolled the civic? and no insurance claim? shieet..is the engine ok? sounds like a sweet setup

[Jay!]

Welcome to AF!!

Congrats on the new kid!

So, how long until you build an NSX?

[StillAHondaFreak]

Thanks, I am really happy to have her, she and my wife are my world, Nope, no insurance, they took one look at the engine, and the guy literally started laughing, and said "sorry kid, you aint gettin shit from allstate!" now Im with progressive!!!

As far as the engine, like I said, I WAS goning to put it into the 95 DX, but some guy out in California (friend of a friend of a friend) was in town visiting, and heard about it, came over to see it, and handed me 15000 cash and said take it or leave it, I took him to luch after i helped him put it in the back of his truck!!!!


I will probably be building the Tamiya NSX, but not untill I can find a 1992-1995 civic coupe, I heard hasegawa used to make one, but i think theyre hard to find N.I.B., If you hear of one, please let me know.

[Fooesboy]

Welcome to AF !



I look foward to some pics.

[Asmenoth]

Welcome to the forum!

Hey, look, I'm in Florida, my name is Tim and I have a wife too....wierd.


Mabye not so weird Welcome!

[StillAHondaFreak]

thanks alot.

You guys are so friendly!! Everywhere else I've been, the people seemed to be rude and snobbish so i told them all to :finger: get bent:finger: Its nice to talk to people I cna get along with :hehe:

[Asmenoth]

Oh, you will probably get that here too. But most...if not all of them, are pulling your leg...as sarcasm doesn't translate well on a message board.

[magicmanjk808]

welcome to af

this place is awesome

[OPM]

Originally posted by jay@af
Welcome to AF!!

Congrats on the new kid!

So, how long until you build an NSX?

new kidyou talk about it like it was a model kit he just bought

[Asmenoth]

That's not a store bought kit....it's a custom job.

[OPM]

Originally posted by Asmenoth
That's not a store bought kit....it's a custom job.

lol yes

[Jay!]

Originally posted by StillAHondaFreak
not untill I can find a 1992-1995 civic coupe, I heard hasegawa used to make one, but i think theyre hard to find N.I.B., If you hear of one, please let me know.

Two ideas for that:

* Watch ebay like a hawk. Set up your 'favorites' so that ebay emails you everythime something "hasegawa civic" is listed.

* Post about it on here (like you just did). There are modelers on here from around the world, that go to model shops around the world. All you need is one to notice the kit on the shelf, and remember that someone was looking for it... Then I'm sure something can be worked out...

[kicker1_solo]

[exhaust smoke]

WELCOME TO AF!

Thought you had joined the wrong Forum when I first read your thread!

Modelling starts off as space saving until you become addicted! What future Honda kits do you plan on building? Just a matter of interest, I have a Fujimi Honda Civic winging it's way to me as I write, but it's gonna take a week though . I've planned a Veilside bodykit for that one!

Hope to see some pics from you soon.

Meanwhile, enjoy the ride:bonghitte