Thanks for all the comments guys.
So a little more info.
Jan 1990 CRX 1.6i-16, 41,000 miles. 130bhp, but only weighs 975kg, and has no power steering...
I grew up with mum working in a Honda dealership, so spent lots of my formative years around these cars and as a teenager I fell in love with the CRX - it was just so cool!
Bought this from a guy in Yorkshire - given the lack of mileage for the past 20 years (according to the service book, it has done 27k of its current 41k by 1997) and the almost immaculate interior, I'd say it's been sat in a few garages driven on sunny Sundays for quite some time. It truly is in fantastic condition, no fading, no marks aside from a small tear in the rear seat. I was going to replace it, but then I saw the price of second hand parts (!) so I’m going to get it repaired.
My plans - I have a mate who trained as a Honda mechanic in the late 80s and worked for them for 30 years (he now works on Mercs), so it's going to him for a full service, cambelt, gearbox oil, and he'll replace any hoses, rubbers etc that look tired. He'll also check the brakes (but these look good) and give the underneath a really good inspection. I think he's more excited about its arrival than I am!
It'll then get some new boots (I suspect these tyres have been on it for quite a while) and get used over the summer (maybe a few classic jap meets).
Next winter its going to have the suspension stripped down, sandblasted and powder coated and all the bushes etc changed, and then go into my mates bodyshop to have a few little rust spots cleaned up and a good wax oil applied.
This one is staying standard (unlike the Zed that has more mods than a Vespa rally on the Isle of Wight), but I'm going to get a retro style blaupunkt stereo from these guys
https://www.classiccarstereo.co.uk/shop ... cm-82-dab/ looks exactly like it's from the 1990s but has Bluetooth and DAB.
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