Guess I could add to this thread.
So it's my senior year, and I really wanted a car. Not just any car though, my mother had bought a 1991 honda accord coupe brand new, in 91. So I grew up with a CB in the family. Around 2006 the car finally took a dump and died. I had always had a special place for that car so I knew, when I was getting my car. I'd most likely be getting one almost if not identical to the one I grew up with.
I searched high and low for 1990/91 Honda accord coupes, in midnight blue (Madison blue pearl) with ivory interior. To no avail did I ever find a coupe. Most were beat up sedans and the occasional wagon. So I tried to find 9091 coupes with ivory interior and sunroofs. I found one, in July of 2012 right before senior year started all for $850 but moms made me pass it up after she offered me her car.
Still all throughout my senior year I was searching high and low for EX CB coupes with ivory interior. Finally I lucked out when I graduated and found a 1993 LX coupe for the low low AND it had ivory interior, but it was Arcadia green. No probs though, it was about as close to what I wanted anyway. It had a 9091 front end. It had a knocking engine, but when I test drove it, it purred as smooth as a kitten, and shifted fine. The oil light flashed and I thought the guy was an idiot for selling it so cheap becuase it didn't have oil in the crankcase.
So I buy it, check the oil levels after I put in 2qts and I think I'm good to go. I get 15 minutes down the road and all I hear is metal on metal and a loud pop afterwards. Well there goes cylinder #1.
Fast foward a couple months, I've sourced another F22a1 for $250 and get it installed for $300. I leave for school but we couldn't get it to crank. Turns out a few ecu harnesses weren't connected. Then the fuel injector o rings were shot, replaced those, then the dizzy went bad, replaced that....with another bad dizzy, then the trans started shifting hella hard. Then I realized how much money I spent on the car and on repairs and then seat time I had with it. I decided to part ways with it sadly, I picked up a sweet 5 speed CD5 coupe a week after I sold my CB.
I'll always love my first CB, I'll eventually get back into one.
So it's my senior year, and I really wanted a car. Not just any car though, my mother had bought a 1991 honda accord coupe brand new, in 91. So I grew up with a CB in the family. Around 2006 the car finally took a dump and died. I had always had a special place for that car so I knew, when I was getting my car. I'd most likely be getting one almost if not identical to the one I grew up with.
I searched high and low for 1990/91 Honda accord coupes, in midnight blue (Madison blue pearl) with ivory interior. To no avail did I ever find a coupe. Most were beat up sedans and the occasional wagon. So I tried to find 9091 coupes with ivory interior and sunroofs. I found one, in July of 2012 right before senior year started all for $850 but moms made me pass it up after she offered me her car.
Still all throughout my senior year I was searching high and low for EX CB coupes with ivory interior. Finally I lucked out when I graduated and found a 1993 LX coupe for the low low AND it had ivory interior, but it was Arcadia green. No probs though, it was about as close to what I wanted anyway. It had a 9091 front end. It had a knocking engine, but when I test drove it, it purred as smooth as a kitten, and shifted fine. The oil light flashed and I thought the guy was an idiot for selling it so cheap becuase it didn't have oil in the crankcase.
So I buy it, check the oil levels after I put in 2qts and I think I'm good to go. I get 15 minutes down the road and all I hear is metal on metal and a loud pop afterwards. Well there goes cylinder #1.
Fast foward a couple months, I've sourced another F22a1 for $250 and get it installed for $300. I leave for school but we couldn't get it to crank. Turns out a few ecu harnesses weren't connected. Then the fuel injector o rings were shot, replaced those, then the dizzy went bad, replaced that....with another bad dizzy, then the trans started shifting hella hard. Then I realized how much money I spent on the car and on repairs and then seat time I had with it. I decided to part ways with it sadly, I picked up a sweet 5 speed CD5 coupe a week after I sold my CB.
I'll always love my first CB, I'll eventually get back into one.
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