Golden Child
Chrome and gold flake: this CRX rolls low and hard
It takes faith to get on the cover of Hot Car List. It takes faith and a lot of hard work and planning. God damn, didn't I write this once before? Look here, didn't I say last month, and the month before that, and hell, even the month before that it takes more than a JDM-style body kit and a set of clear taillights to get your share of respect in this industry? Individual experiences will vary widely, of course, but the road to import stardom is more often than not one fraught with great sacrifice and financial hardship.
Take Ron Samonte, from San Diego, Calif., as a shining example. This is his '89 CRX, a car that Samonte has watched slowly morph into the import show car of his dreams--and when I say "slowly," I mean just that. If Samonte had a fairy godmother, he could have simply asked her to wave her magic wand and mold the Mugen body kit and custom fender flares into the factory sheet metal. She could have snapped her magic fingers and transformed the CRX's diminutive powerplant into a built, turbocharged and intercooled B16A mill. She could have sprinkled a pinch of magic fairy dust over the stock paint and watched it melt into a full-on lowrider-style, metal-flaked golden skin that entrances all who gaze into its gleaming, clear-coated depths. If Samonte had a fairy godmother, all of this could have been executed in a day, no doubt, and at no cost to him. for more information visit http://www.hotcarlist.com/hot-car-articles.htm
