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[walth]

nice

[Festiva_Fred]

nice

Thanks.

[Maxtiva]

Nice progress so far.

[Festiva_Fred]

Nice progress so far.

Thank you.

Bumpers are back on now, should definitely have this car back on the road sometime next week





Still need to swap radiators, tie rod ends, connect the brake lines and bleed the brakes, and finish up the interior.

[91blufestiva]

bump for updates fred! i wanna see a spoiler on that beast!!

[walth]

give the poor guy a break blue...it's not even been 2 days yet!! haha

[batstiva]

Looks very good, Fred! Nice work, as usual. :thumbleft:
And FWIW, you should not put that spoiler on that car. You should box it up and ship it over here.:p

[Festiva_Fred]

give the poor guy a break blue...it's not even been 2 days yet!! haha

Yeah Josh!! :p I've been busy with other stuff lately.. like getting enrolled at a Tech School...

Looks very good, Fred! Nice work, as usual. :thumbleft:
And FWIW, you should not put that spoiler on that car. You should box it up and ship it over here.:p

Thanks! lol right.. :p You'd like that wouldn't you?

[batstiva]

Thanks! lol right.. :p You'd like that wouldn't you?

Nothing tried, nothing gained.

[Festiva_Fred]

little more progress on the car

I've been sick for 2-3 days in a row.. starting to feel better now so I worked on the car some, should be done sometime next week I'm hoping, could have got it done by the end of this week if I didn't get sick..

Anyway on to the pics.

Put a opened up airbox and newer filter on the car



Old one



New radiator



Installed the FMS strut brace

[Festiva_Fred]

Well guys, she's about ready to hit the road again Got all the brake lines/hoses hooked up today and bled the brakes, all thats left now is changing the tie rod ends, and finishing the interior

[Festiva_Fred]

Soon these will be my only cars...




The 93' is going to get a new drivetrain sometime.. most likely I will put it back to a 5-spd and put a B6 or B8 into it.

[Festiva_Fred]

Update

Installed the spoiler and "open" grill, I will paint them to match later on.







Yesterday there was a chance of hail, so I had moved the car under a shed roof to protect it since the garage was taken by my dad's car. This morning when I went to move it, it had sunk down in the mud from all the rain we had and it got buried up to the wheel :lol: I jacked it up, then put boards under the tires and it made it out fine after that.



Right now this car is my only driveable festiva, and soon my only festiva. I will be doing more work on it this summer, and it will be my DD for now. But I should be getting another festy this summer too, a running Red 5-spd w/AC and 120k miles on it, for only $100!!

[freshtiva]

"But I should be getting another festy this summer too, a running Red 5-spd w/AC and 120k miles on it, for only $100!! :iconbiggrin: "

Did you go look at that yet ?

[Festiva_Fred]

"But I should be getting another festy this summer too, a running Red 5-spd w/AC and 120k miles on it, for only $100!! :iconbiggrin: "

Did you go look at that yet ?

Not yet, I should be soon though, and when I do I'll take pics