Project B6T Rustiva

[thered56]

Finally. It begins.







It's going to be kept fairly simple for the time being. I'm leaving it to the owner to upgrade from this in the future. Right now, I'm on the lookout for a full Aspire swap and a G series tranny. I'm looking to have this on the road in time for Westiva. This is my first engine swap. When I get the engine with tranny in place to make some mounts, I think it may end up being a little bit different than others due to the larger intake manifold (JDM).

Thanks to hotrodin4me for the lead on this $150 Festiva.

A shot of my "office":

[Damkid]

Looks like both festiva's have no rust, I like :thumbright:

[sasquatch]

looking good, cant wait to see it at westiva or maybe sooner

[thered56]

Looks like both festiva's have no rust, I like :thumbright:

Pretty close to none. He's eventually painting it orange (not sure how close to a rust colour). I'm gonna completely gut the engine bay and spray it before throwing the engine in for the time being. Raltiva does have just a bit of rust spotting up on it. It's been as you see it for a few years now, but I'm hoping to give it a paint job soon. I keep a 60W bulb in the shelter to suck up some moisture.

looking good, cant wait to see it at westiva or maybe sooner

Bring a welder over and I'll pay you to help me with some mounts.

[skimsucka]

lookin sweet i love your work surface natural terrain hope you dont loose any hardware in it

150$ i love a good low price festy im liking those stock decals as well

[thered56]

lookin sweet i love your work surface natural terrain hope you dont loose any hardware in it

haha yeeeaaahh...well I will definitely be putting some concrete down in one form or another. I just don't wanna push my landlord too far...heheh I have 3 cars (soon to be all Festi's) and my roomate has 3 Legacy's. 4 of these are in the back yard. lol
He lets us put our cars out back and let me holes so I could secure my shelter on pier blocks. It's a good thing his wife lives in Vancouver!
I'd also like to build a little engine/tool shop that I can easily tear down and build up again should I move. We'll see...

[M3NTAL]

Sounds like you have a used car lot there hahaha

Good luck with the build bro.

[thered56]

^^ lol That's what my landlord says! But that's how I got him to let me put up the shelter. Tidy up! hehe

[kumalaba]

i like it!