Welcome to the CRX'y Bitches home page...
We really are a couple of sexy bitches!!!!
The Car:
Our car is the awsome Honda Civic CRX 1987 1.6 16v mk1
4 careful previous lady owners ;o)
Reg. Date: 01 Aug 1987
Colour: Red
Original Engine Size: 1,590 cc
MOT Expiry: Oct 2008
Road Tax: Jan 2009
Additions:
K & N air filter
4 x Ripspeed alloys with brand new remoulds
JVC CD player & 4 speakers
Stage 7 V12 turbo/jet hybrid with moho afterburner
Just purchased novelty horn and some rally stickers off ebay, seriously cool...
The Honda CRX was a compact sports car launched by the Japanese motor company, Honda, in the early 1980s. The first-generation CRX model was marketed as the Honda Civic CRX and available in the hatchback body style. The Honda CRX launched in the European market was equipped with a powerful ZC engine that produced output of 130 HP. This vehicle came with 2+2 seating arrangement. It became popular with its good fuel economy along with swift handling and exceptional performance. (You know it baby!!)
In 1987, the chassis design of the Honda CRX underwent significant changes, to feature fully-independent wishbones. The car body style was also revised with an all-new body and refreshed appearance. The second-generation Honda CRX was equipped with either a 1495 cc SOHC engine or an improved version of the previously-used 1590 cc DOHC ZC engine. By 1990, the B16A VTEC engine was made available also as an option with the CRX models.
The Honda Civic CRX was very popular among car enthusiasts and was also the recipient of the Motor Trends Import Car of the Year award in 1984. The CRX was replaced by the new Honda model, the Targa Top, which was also called the Honda Del Sol. The Del Sol was released as the Honda CRX Del Sol; hence, it is considered the third-generation Honda CRX. In 1997, the CRX line was completely phased out by Honda but here we are re-living the dream on a wacky rally......
The Drivers:
Paul Muckle WRC
After escaping being drowned by his parents at birth, Paul Muckle fled to Mongolia and was adopted by a herd of Madagascan double chinned Zebu, a lot of his current knowledge, expertise and no-how was gained through his interaction with these friendly animals in the early years. Some say that he is still occasionally known to “sport” one of the finest double chins the Madagascan Zebu has ever known.
By the age of five, Paul got his first taste of competition and he liked it, he liked it a lot. He was crowned the Siberian goat “puller off” after destroying the local champion with his now infamous ambidextrous “double pull.” His time behind and underneath “large beasts” will put him in good stead for the rally as they have similar handling characteristics to the monstrous Civic CRX he will be co-driving to Barcelona.
Paul passed his test aged 17 and managed to write off a car the very same day trying to overtake a “friends mother” on the winding mountain passes of Brinkley. Taking advantage of the somewhat lax laws in Southwell, Paul took to pranging cars at an incredible rate, all at high speeds and as close to the local schools as possible. The closer the better! On one occasion rumors state that one of his wheels leaving a “freshly” pranged car broke the sound barrier before ending up in Mr Birkett’s office….
After one drug, lager and Chinese fuelled evening, with his old co-pilot Mark "the sweed" Harbord, Paul broke and still holds the record for the fastest speed ever recorded whilst sounding the horn continuously passing a Police Officer, hence the need to beef up the existing CRX horn system.
When he was 19, Paul was discovered by Ron Dennis who asked him to test drive an Alfa Romeo. After setting a series of scintillating times on the famous Brackenhurst circuit, Rally teams were begging Paul to sign for them, but this unassuming Mongolian/Madagascan double chinned Zebu offspring wasn’t looking for a life of glitz and glamour. So, he turned down the offers and moved to England to study Law and enjoy the VAT free clothes he has become so accustomed to wearing.
Since these early years Paul has led a particularly dull and boring life by getting married and settling down to raise the “largest” 9 month old child in the western hemisphere (who also boasts his own speed records in milk drinking and crawling backwards.) But, deep down inside, he’s always had that burning desire to see whether, had he chosen a different path, he could have been a driving god. The natural talent is still there – nobody can break a Greek buggy in as short a time as Paul, just ask George from Mikes's Bikes in Thassos!!!
Assuming the CRX’y beast will make it all the way from Nottingham to Barcelona you won’t see Paul for dust and cigar smoke.
The CRX’y Bitches
