What should I do? CRX pruchase!

[pinbrew]

Hello guys, new to the forum, and fixing to purchase my first gas saver!!!

I am looking at a CRX here in town.. It is a DX model, 1990 , automatic , very very very clean, garage kept, 120k original miles..

Now I am really looking for a Hf, but seems like all of those I have found have been molested with some sort of engine swap or something else, or they are just in poor shape..


So my question is this,, If I buy the said CRX ($2500), how hard and what parts would be needed to convert it to a manual transmission HF...

Or should I go with some sort of VX swap??

Or should I just hold out and keep looking for a good used original HF ( which I might add is hard to do )

I can do all the work myself so labor costs are not an option, and after the $2500 purchase, I will have about $1500 to spend to convert it...

What would you guys do and why...

thanks

john