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The original Beater.
Well I guess I'll finally do this. This will be my festiva story thread. I came across some old pics so I decided to start it. Many more pics still need to be found and uploaded but this will do for now. This thread is dedicated to my first festiva. It is greatly missed.
I'll start with festiva #1, my beater. The car that started this whole thing. I was in need of a car to replace my camaro as a dd since it got terrible gas mileage.
What was I thinking? Right? Drive a festiva over that? Damn right! lol. Times are tight and gas isn't cheap.
There they are. I got both of 'em for 275. Awesome.
I was planning on keeping "festiva69" for parts but sold it to my friend for 35 bucks. He just had to get head and corner lights, and a new ignition and lock set since the car was keyless when I got it. We had the sweetest beaters in town.
My paint was in good shape, but it was...boring. So, my first paintjob. I'm also sporting a stupid wing at this point, z-28 hood louvers (I miss them) and swapping the 12's for rx7 14's.
At this point, during the early stages of festiva ownership, The greatness of the car was not yet apparent to me (as was evident by the calvin dude sticker) I was still having fun painting the little guy every week. Ill add pics of the paintjobs as I find them.
This was paint phase 2 ( and pics I took of the rear wheel after sliding into a curb in the snow. I need a new axle beam this time.)
Thats what you get when you add a slow day at work, boredom, a box of various types of spraypaint, and disregard for any and all dignity.
The following spring (I think). I really liked this look.
Oops, it was mud.
Then there was this abomination...
I don't know why I have the 12's back on the front, probably to pull off the mismatched wheels ricer look.
Some help from Schad and his gf (I sold him the other car)
Then the slate was wiped clean for something else...
(Notice the sad camaro in the background getting absolutely no attention)
Oh God, my shortest lived paint. This paint job only lasted a day.
Look, its starting to turn green...
Intermission...... time to start a new post... To be continued!
I'll start with festiva #1, my beater. The car that started this whole thing. I was in need of a car to replace my camaro as a dd since it got terrible gas mileage.
What was I thinking? Right? Drive a festiva over that? Damn right! lol. Times are tight and gas isn't cheap.
There they are. I got both of 'em for 275. Awesome.
I was planning on keeping "festiva69" for parts but sold it to my friend for 35 bucks. He just had to get head and corner lights, and a new ignition and lock set since the car was keyless when I got it. We had the sweetest beaters in town.
My paint was in good shape, but it was...boring. So, my first paintjob. I'm also sporting a stupid wing at this point, z-28 hood louvers (I miss them) and swapping the 12's for rx7 14's.
At this point, during the early stages of festiva ownership, The greatness of the car was not yet apparent to me (as was evident by the calvin dude sticker) I was still having fun painting the little guy every week. Ill add pics of the paintjobs as I find them.
This was paint phase 2 ( and pics I took of the rear wheel after sliding into a curb in the snow. I need a new axle beam this time.)
Thats what you get when you add a slow day at work, boredom, a box of various types of spraypaint, and disregard for any and all dignity.
The following spring (I think). I really liked this look.
Oops, it was mud.
Then there was this abomination...
I don't know why I have the 12's back on the front, probably to pull off the mismatched wheels ricer look.
Some help from Schad and his gf (I sold him the other car)
Then the slate was wiped clean for something else...
(Notice the sad camaro in the background getting absolutely no attention)
Oh God, my shortest lived paint. This paint job only lasted a day.
Look, its starting to turn green...
Intermission...... time to start a new post... To be continued!
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