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  • Alice and The Festicle

    Doing this a bit late, but I'm gonna just do a quick catch up.
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    Bought her the day before my birthday in 2015
    Had a lot of fun with her
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    And eventually wrecked her. That's kind of my thing with cars. I have undoubtedly the worst driving record
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    Anyway, I got to work righting my wrongs
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    In the process of looking for a donor, I found this little gem my friends loving named "The Festicle". I also found it quite suiting
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    PO said it was leaking oil into the cooling system. What I make of that is he had a bad head gasket, replaced it, forgot to flush out the heater core, and oil flowed back in to the system from there, because in my rebuild, I pressure tested the block and head and they checked out ok.
    Anyway, I've just finished painting and about to begin assembly.
    A mechanic knows how; A technician knows why.

    Wrecked. Repairs in Progress"Frankie" 1957 Chevrolet 3100, NA 2bbl 283cuin, Muncy Granny 4sp, 3.90 Open Diff @ ~95K miles

    Wrecked. Repairs in Progress"Alice" 1991 Ford Festiva L, NA EFI B3, 5sp @150k miles

    Reassembling"Aurora" 1991 Ford Festiva L, NA EFI B3, 5sp @240k miles

    FB Festiva page: Jared Bennett
    Instagram: jaredbear82

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    A mechanic knows how; A technician knows why.

    Wrecked. Repairs in Progress"Frankie" 1957 Chevrolet 3100, NA 2bbl 283cuin, Muncy Granny 4sp, 3.90 Open Diff @ ~95K miles

    Wrecked. Repairs in Progress"Alice" 1991 Ford Festiva L, NA EFI B3, 5sp @150k miles

    Reassembling"Aurora" 1991 Ford Festiva L, NA EFI B3, 5sp @240k miles

    FB Festiva page: Jared Bennett
    Instagram: jaredbear82

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    • #3
      LooKing Good!
      '88 Festiva LX 5 speed, A/C, Carb, restored $$$ body paint, badly wrecked @ 200k.
      '93 Festiva L, 5 speed, Aqua, bought from the original owner,.Zero rust but very nasty otherwise. Awaits the B6T.
      '91 Festiva L, 5 speed, bought to drive while putting the B6T in the '93. now B6ME powered.

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      • #4
        Very nice!

        Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk
        Festiver
        93 L find/5 speed
        BP/g15mr swapped
        Aspire brake swapped
        Enough little mods I can spend a week trying to remember and still not get them all
        stripped and sold due to rust

        89 festie
        rustful
        maybe v8 maybe field buggy wont know till the time comes

        93 festie
        advanced suspension
        kai/skeeter camber
        b3t/g15mr

        I will own a bpt cd-5 gtx clone one day

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        • #5
          Just began stripping The Festicle for paint prep. The plan was to strip it down to the bones so I wouldn't really need to mask anything, but then I realized I should ask, What Hard-ToFind, non-reusable things (such as adhesive foam pads and fragile clips) should I mask off, instead of removing the items held on by such?
          A mechanic knows how; A technician knows why.

          Wrecked. Repairs in Progress"Frankie" 1957 Chevrolet 3100, NA 2bbl 283cuin, Muncy Granny 4sp, 3.90 Open Diff @ ~95K miles

          Wrecked. Repairs in Progress"Alice" 1991 Ford Festiva L, NA EFI B3, 5sp @150k miles

          Reassembling"Aurora" 1991 Ford Festiva L, NA EFI B3, 5sp @240k miles

          FB Festiva page: Jared Bennett
          Instagram: jaredbear82

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          • #6
            Things that infuriate me:
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            A mechanic knows how; A technician knows why.

            Wrecked. Repairs in Progress"Frankie" 1957 Chevrolet 3100, NA 2bbl 283cuin, Muncy Granny 4sp, 3.90 Open Diff @ ~95K miles

            Wrecked. Repairs in Progress"Alice" 1991 Ford Festiva L, NA EFI B3, 5sp @150k miles

            Reassembling"Aurora" 1991 Ford Festiva L, NA EFI B3, 5sp @240k miles

            FB Festiva page: Jared Bennett
            Instagram: jaredbear82

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            • #7
              Almost done stripping the interior on The Festicle
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              I've decided I'll paint it white, since that's how it came from the factory
              A mechanic knows how; A technician knows why.

              Wrecked. Repairs in Progress"Frankie" 1957 Chevrolet 3100, NA 2bbl 283cuin, Muncy Granny 4sp, 3.90 Open Diff @ ~95K miles

              Wrecked. Repairs in Progress"Alice" 1991 Ford Festiva L, NA EFI B3, 5sp @150k miles

              Reassembling"Aurora" 1991 Ford Festiva L, NA EFI B3, 5sp @240k miles

              FB Festiva page: Jared Bennett
              Instagram: jaredbear82

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              • #8
                Are these brackets structural? Or are they just for mounting the front seats? I'm quite tall, so I would like to mount my seat as low as possible, but they might be in the way. I would like to remove or alter them if they are.
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                A mechanic knows how; A technician knows why.

                Wrecked. Repairs in Progress"Frankie" 1957 Chevrolet 3100, NA 2bbl 283cuin, Muncy Granny 4sp, 3.90 Open Diff @ ~95K miles

                Wrecked. Repairs in Progress"Alice" 1991 Ford Festiva L, NA EFI B3, 5sp @150k miles

                Reassembling"Aurora" 1991 Ford Festiva L, NA EFI B3, 5sp @240k miles

                FB Festiva page: Jared Bennett
                Instagram: jaredbear82

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                • #9
                  They are for keeping the intrusion of a side impact less. I would keep them. Or get rid of them and replace with something stronger.

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                  • #10
                    Yes those are structural. They tie directly to the door sill and keep the floor from sagging.
                    Trees aren't kind to me...

                    currently: 2 88Ls (Scrappy and Jersey), 88LX, 90L(Pepe), 91L, 91GL (Skippy) 93 GL Sport (the Mighty Favakk), 94 (Bruce) & 95 Aspire SEs, 97 Aspire (The Joker),
                    94 Justy 4WD, 87 Fiero GT, plus 2 parts cars. That's my fleet.

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                    • #11
                      Would it be a good idea to make two more trusses for each side (left/right), place them on each side of the factory trusses (front/back), and then remove the factory ones? My new ones would probably of slightly thicker steel, but lower profile to allow more room. I think that would be stronger with lateral crush without adding too much twist resistance for chassis flex
                      A mechanic knows how; A technician knows why.

                      Wrecked. Repairs in Progress"Frankie" 1957 Chevrolet 3100, NA 2bbl 283cuin, Muncy Granny 4sp, 3.90 Open Diff @ ~95K miles

                      Wrecked. Repairs in Progress"Alice" 1991 Ford Festiva L, NA EFI B3, 5sp @150k miles

                      Reassembling"Aurora" 1991 Ford Festiva L, NA EFI B3, 5sp @240k miles

                      FB Festiva page: Jared Bennett
                      Instagram: jaredbear82

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                      • #12
                        If you can tie the new ones in first, that should do the trick. You could also U channel from the subframe laterally to the tunnel and then to the pinch weld. But for/aft placement would need serious consideration.
                        Trees aren't kind to me...

                        currently: 2 88Ls (Scrappy and Jersey), 88LX, 90L(Pepe), 91L, 91GL (Skippy) 93 GL Sport (the Mighty Favakk), 94 (Bruce) & 95 Aspire SEs, 97 Aspire (The Joker),
                        94 Justy 4WD, 87 Fiero GT, plus 2 parts cars. That's my fleet.

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                        • #13
                          I don't know that I'm quite to the level of constructing a welding in a U channel without warpage, but I can certainly attach new ones with spotwelds like the old ones.
                          A mechanic knows how; A technician knows why.

                          Wrecked. Repairs in Progress"Frankie" 1957 Chevrolet 3100, NA 2bbl 283cuin, Muncy Granny 4sp, 3.90 Open Diff @ ~95K miles

                          Wrecked. Repairs in Progress"Alice" 1991 Ford Festiva L, NA EFI B3, 5sp @150k miles

                          Reassembling"Aurora" 1991 Ford Festiva L, NA EFI B3, 5sp @240k miles

                          FB Festiva page: Jared Bennett
                          Instagram: jaredbear82

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                          • #14
                            So I can find this later:
                            A mechanic knows how; A technician knows why.

                            Wrecked. Repairs in Progress"Frankie" 1957 Chevrolet 3100, NA 2bbl 283cuin, Muncy Granny 4sp, 3.90 Open Diff @ ~95K miles

                            Wrecked. Repairs in Progress"Alice" 1991 Ford Festiva L, NA EFI B3, 5sp @150k miles

                            Reassembling"Aurora" 1991 Ford Festiva L, NA EFI B3, 5sp @240k miles

                            FB Festiva page: Jared Bennett
                            Instagram: jaredbear82

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                            • #15
                              Just pressure washed the engine bay
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                              Some rust on the LL rails from the battery.
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                              How should I go about cleaning this up? Paint stripper, rinse, scrub with water and baking soda, apply POR15 rust inhibitor, then paint?
                              Also, starting to find rust in the seams.
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                              Suggestions? Thanks guys
                              A mechanic knows how; A technician knows why.

                              Wrecked. Repairs in Progress"Frankie" 1957 Chevrolet 3100, NA 2bbl 283cuin, Muncy Granny 4sp, 3.90 Open Diff @ ~95K miles

                              Wrecked. Repairs in Progress"Alice" 1991 Ford Festiva L, NA EFI B3, 5sp @150k miles

                              Reassembling"Aurora" 1991 Ford Festiva L, NA EFI B3, 5sp @240k miles

                              FB Festiva page: Jared Bennett
                              Instagram: jaredbear82

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