My '91 Festiva L

[An Amish Woman]

Finally bought a Festiva! After about a year of looking.

It'll need a bit of work, but everything seems to be fairly easy to fix. It has a 5 speed manual and a few dents in the fenders and quarter panel. The dude I picked it up from said his wife hit someone the week before and broke out the head light. So, I need a new grille and the clip that holds on the radiator is kinda bent. It didn't hurt anything else though.

My plans are to make it into a nice show car. I'd really like to do a B6T swap, but I'm not sure yet. It kinda seems like it would be a chore, because I don't know anything about turbos.

Anyways, comments and suggestions are appreciated!









I've had this hand painted shift knob for a long time. Just need to get a smaller connector for it.

[Pu241]

Nice find!

Little bit of work and she will back on the road!

Or you could just sell it to me now!

[Prafeston]

I have a drivers side headlight if you are interested..

[An Amish Woman]

Mmmm, I think I'll keep it for a bit.
Unless you have a '69 Chevelle project car with matching numbers.

I was going to do a headlight swap actually. Pricing some as we speek

[TominMO]

Since you are Amish, I suppose you wil be wanting information about hitching a horse up to it, to pull it. ;-)

[An Amish Woman]

Haha, funny you should ask. Got it covered!

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[TominMO]

Haha, funny you should ask. Got it covered!

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Nice comeback! Looks like a Dacia or Lada or some other eastern European junk.

[An Amish Woman]

I've been waiting to use that forever!

[TominMO]

I've been waiting to use that forever!

I know the feeling. :-)

[FestYboy]

first thing is to fix the core support and get it straight, that will allow you to easily replace the headlight housing without having to "rig" it. the wrinkle in the LR fender is from trying to lift the car from the fender well. not impossible to fix but it's in a PITA spot. then attack the rust on the rear fender lips. get it scaled and sealed ASAP (you can fill areas with JB if needed, it works rather well.)

[An Amish Woman]

I'm just going to replace the core support. Or is it part of the engine bay?
Haven't been able to get a good look at how much rust there is on it. From a quick walk around it don't look to bad. I'm kinda anxious to look under it and see what that's like.
I probably won't get it plated until spring. So winter will be a good time to do some small mods to the inside of the car.


I've noticed there's alot of road noise in Festiva/Aspire. Does anyone have any suggestions on Dynamat or a cheaper substituent?

[TominMO]

For road noise suppression, I find carpet foam to work well. Under the carpeting, in the cavities behind the rear seat plastic, inside the rear seat bottom, and even on top of the headliner. My Festy is pretty quiet with this treatment, and I haven't even done the doors. It's ~$30 for a roll at the big-box hardware store, and it will basically do two cars.

You can also keep air noise from entering the engine bay, which helps. Cover the bumper opening and pass. side of the grill. Also useful in the winter, to get better heat.

[nc_festiva]

I used the website alot when sound proofing my truck. Its moved more towards selling at this point but still tons of great info. No need to dynomat the whole car. Just use tiles on each panel. Its all on there and it great info.

http://www.sounddeadenershowdown.com/

[bravekozak]

Amish, you need a Festiva shift knob.
Since green is the direct complement of red, you need a green grille.
Well , what do you know. I just happen to have one!

[nc_festiva]

love that shifter knob? Where'd you source it from?