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The winner for October FOTM goes to................
Ford Fester!!! Congratulations!!!
Here is his entry again
Ford Fester!!! Congratulations!!!
Here is his entry again
Originally posted by Ford Fester
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OK so heres my entry for this month. I present to you JUNIOR!
Junior gets his nickname from his father which was my first festiva, whose nickname was Towmater. Towmater had a class 4 hitch and was red hence, Towmater, thanks Charlie for the nickname. Towmater is still around but he had serious rust issues and i had to retire him as our figure 8 racecar in my sig pic. Here is a pic of Towmater on the left and Junior the day i got him on the right.
So Towmater was about to retire his road worthy use and I needed a rust free chassis to use for my new DD. Rust free chassis are hard to find in these parts so I did some very hard Craigslist searching and found one for 500 bucks. Drove Towmater 120 miles down to Iowa to inspect a possibly new festiva. I wasnt necessarily looking for a red festiva but found one. It was very rough on all the replaceable body panels which i wasnt too worried about, but it was rust free. Had a transmission issue. I picked Junior up for 350 bucks and Towmater towed him home. Got it home and cleaned it up. Found out i needed alot but someone had already put new tie rod ends and sway bar bushings in. Packed the rear wheel bearings and installed some aspire springs and shocks so i could fit my 15" honda accord wheels. I completely stripped the interior because the previous owner had drilled holes in the dash, also Junior had a custom made cigarette lighter ignition switch so I replaced that with Towmaters, since the doors from Towmater would be installed on Junior. Here Junior is completely stripped inside.
So after stripping junior i started installing the panels and bumpers from Towmater.
So after i got Junior up and running with a new transmission and stage 1 clutch i got it out on the road and put some miles on it. Got the exhaust done and finished up some details like the escort center console swap and a rear wing.
Soon after getting the exhaust fixed knew junior would replace Towmater hence the Nickname Junior Since he is Towmater Junior, i had to get a bigger motor in him since thats where Towmater was lacking. So i went to the junkyard and picked up a B8.
pulled out the wimpy b3
Test fitted the B8
Painted and finished up
Another weak point was the brakes so I went to the junkyard and picked some Capri xr2 brakes and cleaned them up rebuilt them and assembled with new aspire lower control arms.
Here he is all cleaned up and ready for a road trip....where to you ask? How about arizona to see Advance Dynamics.
Might as well go up pikes peak since its on the way.
And we met up with Charlie!
On our way back home we found out the B8 that we put in Junior was getting worn out so we decided to put the old B8 in Towmater and rebuild a new B8 for junior so....we got another B8 from the junkyard and tore it down
Cleaned parts and ordered and assembled an overhaul kit.
So after getting the engine about ready we needed to prep the engine bay. I removed all wiring for a wire tuck and removed the brake boost so I could install the Miata brake boost and master cylinder that Advance Dynamics made for me. Primed and painted the engine bay. I decided to got white....BECAUSE RACECAR.
So after the engine bay was ready i worked on tucking and stretching the wiring and then installed the engine and transmission.
Got it running just yesterday..finally. I will see you at madness. Heres some other pictures to enjoy juniors life. his Birthday is 10/15/90 which is my dads 30th birthday.
Junior towing one home...
Junior at the Grand Canyon
With his class 4 hitch installed in the bumper...
some more before pics
pics of the seats
also has advance shifter linkage mod and civic short shifter...so many upgrades it should be an aspire....
Thanks for checking him out, he is my workhorse.
Junior gets his nickname from his father which was my first festiva, whose nickname was Towmater. Towmater had a class 4 hitch and was red hence, Towmater, thanks Charlie for the nickname. Towmater is still around but he had serious rust issues and i had to retire him as our figure 8 racecar in my sig pic. Here is a pic of Towmater on the left and Junior the day i got him on the right.
So Towmater was about to retire his road worthy use and I needed a rust free chassis to use for my new DD. Rust free chassis are hard to find in these parts so I did some very hard Craigslist searching and found one for 500 bucks. Drove Towmater 120 miles down to Iowa to inspect a possibly new festiva. I wasnt necessarily looking for a red festiva but found one. It was very rough on all the replaceable body panels which i wasnt too worried about, but it was rust free. Had a transmission issue. I picked Junior up for 350 bucks and Towmater towed him home. Got it home and cleaned it up. Found out i needed alot but someone had already put new tie rod ends and sway bar bushings in. Packed the rear wheel bearings and installed some aspire springs and shocks so i could fit my 15" honda accord wheels. I completely stripped the interior because the previous owner had drilled holes in the dash, also Junior had a custom made cigarette lighter ignition switch so I replaced that with Towmaters, since the doors from Towmater would be installed on Junior. Here Junior is completely stripped inside.
So after stripping junior i started installing the panels and bumpers from Towmater.
So after i got Junior up and running with a new transmission and stage 1 clutch i got it out on the road and put some miles on it. Got the exhaust done and finished up some details like the escort center console swap and a rear wing.
Soon after getting the exhaust fixed knew junior would replace Towmater hence the Nickname Junior Since he is Towmater Junior, i had to get a bigger motor in him since thats where Towmater was lacking. So i went to the junkyard and picked up a B8.
pulled out the wimpy b3
Test fitted the B8
Painted and finished up
Another weak point was the brakes so I went to the junkyard and picked some Capri xr2 brakes and cleaned them up rebuilt them and assembled with new aspire lower control arms.
Here he is all cleaned up and ready for a road trip....where to you ask? How about arizona to see Advance Dynamics.
Might as well go up pikes peak since its on the way.
And we met up with Charlie!
On our way back home we found out the B8 that we put in Junior was getting worn out so we decided to put the old B8 in Towmater and rebuild a new B8 for junior so....we got another B8 from the junkyard and tore it down
Cleaned parts and ordered and assembled an overhaul kit.
So after getting the engine about ready we needed to prep the engine bay. I removed all wiring for a wire tuck and removed the brake boost so I could install the Miata brake boost and master cylinder that Advance Dynamics made for me. Primed and painted the engine bay. I decided to got white....BECAUSE RACECAR.
So after the engine bay was ready i worked on tucking and stretching the wiring and then installed the engine and transmission.
Got it running just yesterday..finally. I will see you at madness. Heres some other pictures to enjoy juniors life. his Birthday is 10/15/90 which is my dads 30th birthday.
Junior towing one home...
Junior at the Grand Canyon
With his class 4 hitch installed in the bumper...
some more before pics
pics of the seats
also has advance shifter linkage mod and civic short shifter...so many upgrades it should be an aspire....
Thanks for checking him out, he is my workhorse.
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