My name is Sean and I currently reside in Phoenix Arizona
I have been involved with Honda del Sol’s since 2004. I used to own a 1982 Delorean, and I remember seeing a Black Honda del Sol one day and i thought to myself of what a sharp looking car it was. So when I sold that Deloresn, I really needed a reliable daily driver. I found a Captiva Blue del Sol for sale on Autotrader, called the guy up for a test drive, and I instantly fell in love with it after I drove it.
I eventually sold it because someone offered me WAY more than I paid for it, and I realized that this was something that I could do to make some extra cash, buying and selling del Sol’s. So I bought all the local sol’s that were decently priced and resold them after I put some cosmetic repair into them. Then I started traveling to California to find other sol’s that needed minor work and resold them here in Arizona.
Now the project car that i’m working on right now is a 1992 Honda del Sol SiR with Transtop. I bought it back in 2006 from a guy in Buffalo, NY. He bought it from some now defunct import company, and tried to register it, which almost worked but he was missing some paperwork and they only gave him a plate, an issued vin, and registration, but no title.
When I first picked it up, it was a Captiva Blue color, the driverside seat was blown, and had some various dings and scratches. It was a far cry from the "perfect condition" that it was advertised as, but I didn’t care though, it was a real deal SiR, and I flew 2k miles to get here. So I drove this thing all the way from NY to AZ in about 3 days. Had a few issues, a transmission oil leak and a really really weird ECU/fuel cut off problem, but I was happy none the less.
I drove this car like I stole it everywhere. Being on the RIGHT side is hella fun. Plus you get looks everywhere you go, and that’s just what i’m looking for because i’m an attention **** ^_^ just keeping it real folks. lol.
Finally after much debate and consideration, I decided to tear down the car and redo it from the ground up as a Mugen CR-X Pro 3.
The Pro.3 kit from Mugen is just… in my personal opinion... sex. I fell in love with that kit after I saw Noel Hinas "del boosto" black del Sol with the Mugen kit on it. I wanted my car to be just like that, or atleast inspired by that.
Moving on to the present, the del Sol is on it's way to being finished. Only thing that needs to be done is the engine build, and I still have some rare Mugen goodies to collect.
Pics of the process:
My 1992 del Sol SiR (JDM RHD)
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