Dude, your getting rex...

Over the weekend, my 13 year old little brother bought his first car, an 1988 CRX. It was sitting in the backyard of some guy that lives in our neiborhood for about a month. My little brother would always say to me that it would be cool to get that CRX every time we drive by it. One day he hopped on his Dyno and pedaled his self up to the owners door, and asked if he would sell it. The guy said yeah for $150. My little brother was like, how bout $100. The guy said sure, and he got hiself a rex. Hes got 3 years to work on in, wich should be just enough time to fix it up. It needs LOTS of work.

Just thought that I would share this meautal(sp) bonding of a little boy and his CRX. Here are some pics of it.

Another...

Its got this in the same spot on the other side of the car...

is that the boi in that picture?

When the hood was opened, I was suprized to see 2 things:

1. A pink valve cover
2. An OEM Honda battery

is that the boi in that picture?

Yeah, on the far right with the black hat, thats my baby brother. :wink:

well that's pretty cool...tell the little guy i said congrats....maybe you could get him hooked on AF too...lol...that's not too bad of a deal...100$ it doesnt look too bad of shape....could be worse...

Originally posted by VelocityCivic91
When the hood was opened, I was suprized to see 2 things:

1. A pink valve cover
2. An OEM Honda battery

pink valve cover...now that's customizing! :gay:

does the car start up?

It has no drivers side glass window, so the rain got to the interior.

Originally posted by VelocityCivic91
It has no drivers side glass window, so the rain got to the interior.

from the pic the seats look in pretty fair condition...did it mildew anywhere?

does the car start up?

Yup, sure does. Drove it home (like 6 houses down the road). :iceslolan

Has a oil leaking problem though.

from the pic the seats look in pretty fair condition...did it mildew anywhere?

No, suprizingly, but they did have some rips in the lumbar.

We took them out... with about a can and a half of that rust unlocking stuff. In the process of getting the mad rusty brackets off the floor, we managed to rip up about 1 inch square pice of the floor with the drivers side seat bracket.

From the looks and sound of it, that rex is deep with rot.

My advice would be to inspect that frame a million times. Id really hate for your brother to get hurt in that car. If anything, you definitly got $100 in parts there.

Why do the tails look like they were in a fire?

What does a 13 year old need with a car ?

Originally posted by sparq
What does a 13 year old need with a car ?

he is doing it up for when he is older,

doesnt seem to bad, well good for the money, hope it turns out ok,

Vehicles that are rotted like that usually aren't worth the money you would get from scrapping it. I mean, sure if you can pull some alright parts off there, but you know how much work and money it would cost to get the body good? Like, if there's rain and shit going inside the car (for how long?) then the floor could be rusty.
I dunno.. I just don't think restoring a car thats super rusty is worth the money beacuse the rust is just gonna keep comming back. Sure, we probably all have some (mine is getting repaced RIGHT NOW) but its okay when you can take car of it when its small.. But when you start welding floors in and shit.. :bloated:

13 years old? Can you even work to earn money when you're that young? :confused:

hopefully it isnt rotted too badly.. tell your bro goodluck

looks like the previous owner touched it up with a rattle can..

shit i just saw that pic of the quarterpanel. that crap cant be repaired. nasty :bloated:

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/605401nawz.jpg

oh wrong one :bigthumb: but once you get the whole thing gutted out..you'll be able to see where the rust is.

wow, now thats a beater, id definatly check for any kind or structural damage to see if its even safe to ride in, keep us posted.

i was 12 when i first started working, folding pizza boxes for 5bux an hour.

yea and i started working when i was 13 too..i was a paper boy when i would go to collect the money from the people for the subscriptions or whatever..it would be around 300 bucks..and this was i think every two weeks but im not sure..and holidays kicked ass..one time i got about 250 for christmas...ha ha ha...it was great.

Yes, it does have a little rust here and there, but the entire car is not shot. The last couple of days, me and a couple of my friends went to some local junkyards and found about 6-8 fairly good condition CRX's. About the rust situation, we are going to cut the sections out on the CRX's that are in the junkyards, and weld the new peices in the place of the old section (after we cut it out first ofcourse). My dad has some friends of his that do bodywork and painting, so it shouldn't be too bad
to fix.

Why do the tails look like they were in a fire?

The entire car was spray painted. The previous owners nephew spray painted it with a crap load of colors (like the valve cover).

My advice would be to inspect that frame a million times. Id really hate for your brother to get hurt in that car.

Frame wise, it is in good shape. Not any nasty rusting areas, just some surface rust here and there.

I think it can be fixed up, it is just going to take time. My bro has got 3 years to fix it up ( the main reason he got a car now). It has just got litle things that need to be repaired.

He is getting a job in a couple of months (when he turns 14) at Publix being a bag boy, and he "says" that he will save up every penny to put in to his car.

see thats good that hes getting a car now so that he can save up just for that car and not have to worry about insurance or anything of that sort.