Convertible Honda CRX?

Saw one of theses today, and early Honda CRX...convertible.

Looked way too nice to be a DIY job, car was very clean and well trimmed. Wish I had been able to get a picture. Got on the 'net and found that yes, these were a thing from 84-87.

Straman Convertible Honda CRX

Yep, it was a thing. There used to be a blue one kinda near me when I lived in Atlanta.

reminds me of a mini-LeBaron..

kind of neat, though. Wonder how the chassis flex is...

I lived in Portland Maine in 1991 and I remember seeing a yellow first generation Civic convertible parked at a service station in Cape Elizabeth. It was obviously a conversion, but was reasonably well done. It looked clumsy with the top up though. I guess there were a few, but it was the only one that I've seen in person.

The yellow car had a different top without the little triangular window.

I drove a white CRX as pictured above and would often sketch out convertible layouts for the car. The one that I thought would have worked best was a flip top like the Ferrari Superamerica rocked 10-12 years ago.

So simple and light on a car like the CRX. I think it would have worked well with some chassis bracing.

The Stramann CRXs seem to have had a much better survival rate than the hardtops, so they're not as rare as you might think these days. Well, relative to clean hatches anyhow.