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As i stated in the thread for accepting entries for March, this month everyone can vote on the winner!!! personally i think we have some great entries this month, good luck to everyone
here are all the entries again from:
fastivaca
lilred
93FordFestiva93
Axlander9289
el festy
MONSOON
here are all the entries again from:
fastivaca
lilred
93FordFestiva93
Axlander9289
el festy
MONSOON
Originally posted by fastivaca
Introduction:
I’m Ian and I’m live in Calgary, Alberta.
My Festiva is a 1992 GL Sport 5 speed purchased in June 2002 with 100,100km, probably close to 300,000km now (not sure as I’ve changed the cluster a few times and lost track). This is my second Festiva; my first was a white 92 GL Sport that was written off after being rear ended while stopped at a red light. I used to subscribe to Motor Trend and remember reading their Festiva article back in ’88 and have liked the Festiva since. Part of the challenge with the car is that it’s my daily driver so I can’t afford to have it out of commission for very long. I’m honoured to have my car featured in the ff.com 2008 calendar (August).
Mechanical:
- B6 swap (’86 block, ’88 injection)
- FMS lightweight flywheel
- FMS clutch
- 2 ¼” custom exhaust front to back with performance muffler and Ractive stainless tip
- Modified airbox for K&N filter originally intended for Chev Beretta ( I might have a copy of the article that was on the original ff.com)
Suspension:
- FMS lowering springs
- KYB GR2 shocks/struts all four corners
- Adjustable strut bar
- Replaced front suspension bushings, lower control arms etc.
- 13”x5” Mazda alloys, one set for the summer tires, one for the winters
- Currently running Falken 175-60-13 Ziex 512’s in the summer and Continental 155-70-13 Contact Viking 3’s in the winter.
Exterior:
- Clear corner lights (early Kia Pride from England)
- Clear, flush mounted signal lights
- European tail lights
- High mount LED third brake light mounted inside
- Body color door handles
- Early grille
- “Swoopy” power mirrors.
- Stainless steel hydraulic hood struts
- Tinted rear windows
- Tint across top of windshield.
Interior:
- Seats from a first generation Toyota MR2
- Custom console with dual cup holders
- “Hot Wheels” floor mats
- “Personal” steering wheel
- Factory clock
- Tach cluster with custom 200 km/h speedometer (a work in progress)
- Variable speed intermittent wipers
- Chrome interior door handles
- Chrome trim rings for window winders
- Mazda 323 rear view mirror
- Grab handles for front & rear passengers
Sound:
- Kenwood head unit
- Sony 5 ¼” (I think) speakers in the doors
- JBL/Ford 6”x9” three way speakers in custom cargo cover
- Soon to have upgraded Kenwood head unit, Alpine amp/equalizer and Kenwood 10 disc CD changer.
Upcoming upgrades; I’ve got the bits but haven’t had the time to put them in:
- Pacesetter short shifter and new shifter bushings
- “bee-sting” antenna (do I install it front, back or middle?) I even have the antenna delete.
- Mazda 121 head and corner lights (trying to find the grille)
- Power windows
- Remote gas and hatch opener
- Flip up sunroof (not sure on this one, I really like 25horseplay’s power sunroof)
- Bosch fog lights hooked up to factory switch.
- Factory air conditioning
Other bits and pieces:
- August 88 Motor Trend with “the” Festiva article
- December 88 Car & Driver issue with the Festiva included as part of an “8 under $10,000” comparison test. There’s an article on the Taurus SHO in this issue too.
- 1992 Festiva dealer brochure. This one is from the US, I’d like to find a Canadian version
- Original owner’s manual, warranty manual, stereo manual, warranty card and a blank emergency key card in its original cover.
- Factory repair and EVTM manuals
Check out photos:
The car is beginning to show signs of age (so am I come to think of it
) so there are a couple of rust spots that will have to be repaired soon. I'll be trying to get to those over the coming summer...
Thanks
I’m Ian and I’m live in Calgary, Alberta.
My Festiva is a 1992 GL Sport 5 speed purchased in June 2002 with 100,100km, probably close to 300,000km now (not sure as I’ve changed the cluster a few times and lost track). This is my second Festiva; my first was a white 92 GL Sport that was written off after being rear ended while stopped at a red light. I used to subscribe to Motor Trend and remember reading their Festiva article back in ’88 and have liked the Festiva since. Part of the challenge with the car is that it’s my daily driver so I can’t afford to have it out of commission for very long. I’m honoured to have my car featured in the ff.com 2008 calendar (August).
Mechanical:
- B6 swap (’86 block, ’88 injection)
- FMS lightweight flywheel
- FMS clutch
- 2 ¼” custom exhaust front to back with performance muffler and Ractive stainless tip
- Modified airbox for K&N filter originally intended for Chev Beretta ( I might have a copy of the article that was on the original ff.com)
Suspension:
- FMS lowering springs
- KYB GR2 shocks/struts all four corners
- Adjustable strut bar
- Replaced front suspension bushings, lower control arms etc.
- 13”x5” Mazda alloys, one set for the summer tires, one for the winters
- Currently running Falken 175-60-13 Ziex 512’s in the summer and Continental 155-70-13 Contact Viking 3’s in the winter.
Exterior:
- Clear corner lights (early Kia Pride from England)
- Clear, flush mounted signal lights
- European tail lights
- High mount LED third brake light mounted inside
- Body color door handles
- Early grille
- “Swoopy” power mirrors.
- Stainless steel hydraulic hood struts
- Tinted rear windows
- Tint across top of windshield.
Interior:
- Seats from a first generation Toyota MR2
- Custom console with dual cup holders
- “Hot Wheels” floor mats
- “Personal” steering wheel
- Factory clock
- Tach cluster with custom 200 km/h speedometer (a work in progress)
- Variable speed intermittent wipers
- Chrome interior door handles
- Chrome trim rings for window winders
- Mazda 323 rear view mirror
- Grab handles for front & rear passengers
Sound:
- Kenwood head unit
- Sony 5 ¼” (I think) speakers in the doors
- JBL/Ford 6”x9” three way speakers in custom cargo cover
- Soon to have upgraded Kenwood head unit, Alpine amp/equalizer and Kenwood 10 disc CD changer.
Upcoming upgrades; I’ve got the bits but haven’t had the time to put them in:
- Pacesetter short shifter and new shifter bushings
- “bee-sting” antenna (do I install it front, back or middle?) I even have the antenna delete.
- Mazda 121 head and corner lights (trying to find the grille)
- Power windows
- Remote gas and hatch opener
- Flip up sunroof (not sure on this one, I really like 25horseplay’s power sunroof)
- Bosch fog lights hooked up to factory switch.
- Factory air conditioning
Other bits and pieces:
- August 88 Motor Trend with “the” Festiva article
- December 88 Car & Driver issue with the Festiva included as part of an “8 under $10,000” comparison test. There’s an article on the Taurus SHO in this issue too.
- 1992 Festiva dealer brochure. This one is from the US, I’d like to find a Canadian version
- Original owner’s manual, warranty manual, stereo manual, warranty card and a blank emergency key card in its original cover.
- Factory repair and EVTM manuals
Check out photos:
The car is beginning to show signs of age (so am I come to think of it
) so there are a couple of rust spots that will have to be repaired soon. I'll be trying to get to those over the coming summer...Thanks
Originally posted by lilred
Thanx Kyle, I have a 91 festiva L. It has just over 225,000 miles on it. I bought the car 2 year ago from a friend of mine. Back then the car was in rough shape. It was well known for having a red driver side door and teeth. I have since put over 35,000mi on it and have been slowly fixing it up. The next biggest thing that i want to do is get it painted so it is all one shade of yellow. Since i have owned the car i have made many modifications.
ENGINE/TRANS:
Custom made cold air intake
Custom made header
2in exhaust
FMS clutch
BODY:
Modified grill(not shown in pic)
custom made chin spoiler
flush mounted turn signals
smoked lenses(not shown)
tinted glass
15in Motegi MR-7's w/ cooper tires
old style tail lights
SUSPENSION:
KYB GR-2's
INSIDE:
sony XPLOD cd player
Dual speakers
10in MTX sub
off brand 120w amp
Here is a shot of the CAI and custom header. I really dont have any recent pics with the smoked lenses and wheels and grill all on at the same time... the car is in winter mode
ENGINE/TRANS:
Custom made cold air intake
Custom made header
2in exhaust
FMS clutch
BODY:
Modified grill(not shown in pic)
custom made chin spoiler
flush mounted turn signals
smoked lenses(not shown)
tinted glass
15in Motegi MR-7's w/ cooper tires
old style tail lights
SUSPENSION:
KYB GR-2's
INSIDE:
sony XPLOD cd player
Dual speakers
10in MTX sub
off brand 120w amp
Here is a shot of the CAI and custom header. I really dont have any recent pics with the smoked lenses and wheels and grill all on at the same time... the car is in winter mode
Originally posted by 93 FordFestiva93
Well, here my story, i have been into Festiva ever since i first saw one, so small and fun looking, when i was 16, i finally got one i was a sparky young chap who was quite good at bodywork, so i decided to make a "Trucktiva" (pic in my sig) after that i bought a white 89L, it was sitting in a field for some time, i bought it for 100 dollars 
threw some break lines in to it and i was off roaming the town once again happy and cozy as can be in my Festiva. i have been trying to make one of these fast and unique for some time now, but a kid like me couldn't get a good enough job to do that, i then FINALLY caught a break, i won a contest on the radio called "Hubs To Dubs" where i could get $1,000 worth of work don't to my car well some jealous person vandalized my car that night, smashed 4 of the windows and cut all the tires. it would have cost me like 400 dollars to fix it all, so i gave up my dream and sold it in search of a new Festiva... a full year later, i found one a Red 90L Plus with "FOR SALE $700" on the window, i called, and bought it for $400, and now I'm finally getting back on my feet, i have a BP swap about to go underway, and everything going great and i have been trying to get a nice enough Festiva to win FOTM for years now. that's all
^^ thats my BP
threw some break lines in to it and i was off roaming the town once again happy and cozy as can be in my Festiva. i have been trying to make one of these fast and unique for some time now, but a kid like me couldn't get a good enough job to do that, i then FINALLY caught a break, i won a contest on the radio called "Hubs To Dubs" where i could get $1,000 worth of work don't to my car well some jealous person vandalized my car that night, smashed 4 of the windows and cut all the tires. it would have cost me like 400 dollars to fix it all, so i gave up my dream and sold it in search of a new Festiva... a full year later, i found one a Red 90L Plus with "FOR SALE $700" on the window, i called, and bought it for $400, and now I'm finally getting back on my feet, i have a BP swap about to go underway, and everything going great and i have been trying to get a nice enough Festiva to win FOTM for years now. that's all ^^ thats my BP
Originally posted by Axlander9289
My first Festiva memory comes from 1990. I was four years old, visiting my grandparents at Christmastime in Steubenville, Ohio. My grandfather, who always kept his cars impeccably clean, was backing his 1988 Festiva L out of the garage, while I was in the front yard playing in the fresh eastern Ohio snow, and in a bout of youthful playfulness, I whipped a snowball right into the side of his spotless Festiva. Instantly he stopped the car jumped out, scooped up a handful of snow, and in a bout of grandfatherly playfulness rubbed that handful of snow in my adorable little four-year-old face. I always had this memory when I rode in this car, which I frequently did whenever visiting my grandparents. My grandpa used to drive me around in it just to spend time with me, while I enjoyed time with him and his car that I thought was cool even as a preschooler.
Skip ahead thirteen years.
My grandparents had since retired and moved close to my immediate family in Kentucky. The red Festiva is long gone, having been traded in on a new Escort wagon in 1992. I've listened to my grandpa rave about what a great little car his Festiva was for over a decade at this point, listening to him brag about its bulletproof reliability and fuel economy. Additionally, my great-uncle had picked up a 1988 Festiva L Plus, and he bragged similarly. I was a senior in high school, driving an '89 Escort Pony Automatic that I hated. I knew what I had to do. I had to find a Festiva, which by this time, were super cheap. I mentioned this to my grandpa, who is a hopeless car nut, and he agreed to do whatever he could to help me with finding one. It wasn't long before I found an aqua 1992 Festiva L. It belonged to a friend's father. He had tried to trade it in, and the dealership wouldn't take it. I bought it for $100, and promptly parked it in my grandfather's garage to replace the badly slipping clutch while he was in Florida. My buddy, Doug and I would go down and work on the Festiva whenever we had the chance, and one chilly evening in February, the Festiva was ready to hit the road. I sold my Escort in May and started driving the Festiva. I got the car just in time to drive to my senior prom with a girl who was less than excited about going to the prom in a Festiva. That summer I put in a JVC head unit and Jensen speakers in the rear, as well as a very clean GL interior from a 60k mile car that was inexplicably in the junkyard.
I took the little Festiva with me to Illinois in the fall for my first year of college where we had all manner of adventures, including the Festiva being vandalized twice. The first time, a drunken frat boy jumped on the hood, luckily the campus police caught him and he was forced to pay restitution based on a $700 estimate I got at a Ford body shop. I simply found a $50 junkyard hood that was the same color and bolted it up, and pocketed the rest of the money! The second time, I wasn't so lucky. Someone smashed the rear glass and the cops weren't able to find out who it was. I was still ahead from the previous incident though, when I found a $60 junkyard tailgate with defrost that I put on. I returned home that summer to find that my grandfather had bought a 1988 Lincoln Town Car that he wanted to sell me. For reason's I still don't fully understand, I sold my Festiva for $650 and bought the Lincoln. The following week the price of gas jumped 50 cents a gallon. I missed my Festiva right away, though between the vandalism and the final sale I had made quite a bit of money on it.
Skip ahead two years.
I was a junior in college, home for the summer working at a Ford dealer. The Lincoln sold the previous spring, and I was driving a hand me down Taurus wagon. I'd occasionally entertained thoughts of getting another Festiva, but could never find one. Then, one day my grandpa called me and said he found a 1989 Festiva L Plus 4 speed on a used car lot. I went and looked at it, and the next day he bought it for $1200 with the intention of giving it to me as a graduation present in a year. I checked the service records, and the clutch wheel bearings and brakes had all been recently replaced, and it had cold AC to boot! He let me drive it to work all summer, where it was beloved by all the veteran Ford technician and salesmen who remembered them from when they were new. Driving a Festiva again was the best feeling in the world. I've got a semester of college left before I can start driving it. I plan on giving my Taurus to my sixteen-year-old brother, and making the Festiva my principal, and only vehicle, at least it will be until I can find additional Festivas.
The '89 L Plus:
Current Modifications:
Passenger Side Manual Mirror
LX-Style red moulding stripe
Planned Modifications:
5 speed transmission
Aspire Brake swap
Me and Grandpa changing the oil the day he bought it:
Grandpa cleaning it up:
Reenacting The photo at the top of the page:
The cover of the 2008 Festiva calendar, from my hockey stripe:
Creatively stored until graduation:
Thanks for reading, everybody!
Skip ahead thirteen years.
My grandparents had since retired and moved close to my immediate family in Kentucky. The red Festiva is long gone, having been traded in on a new Escort wagon in 1992. I've listened to my grandpa rave about what a great little car his Festiva was for over a decade at this point, listening to him brag about its bulletproof reliability and fuel economy. Additionally, my great-uncle had picked up a 1988 Festiva L Plus, and he bragged similarly. I was a senior in high school, driving an '89 Escort Pony Automatic that I hated. I knew what I had to do. I had to find a Festiva, which by this time, were super cheap. I mentioned this to my grandpa, who is a hopeless car nut, and he agreed to do whatever he could to help me with finding one. It wasn't long before I found an aqua 1992 Festiva L. It belonged to a friend's father. He had tried to trade it in, and the dealership wouldn't take it. I bought it for $100, and promptly parked it in my grandfather's garage to replace the badly slipping clutch while he was in Florida. My buddy, Doug and I would go down and work on the Festiva whenever we had the chance, and one chilly evening in February, the Festiva was ready to hit the road. I sold my Escort in May and started driving the Festiva. I got the car just in time to drive to my senior prom with a girl who was less than excited about going to the prom in a Festiva. That summer I put in a JVC head unit and Jensen speakers in the rear, as well as a very clean GL interior from a 60k mile car that was inexplicably in the junkyard.
I took the little Festiva with me to Illinois in the fall for my first year of college where we had all manner of adventures, including the Festiva being vandalized twice. The first time, a drunken frat boy jumped on the hood, luckily the campus police caught him and he was forced to pay restitution based on a $700 estimate I got at a Ford body shop. I simply found a $50 junkyard hood that was the same color and bolted it up, and pocketed the rest of the money! The second time, I wasn't so lucky. Someone smashed the rear glass and the cops weren't able to find out who it was. I was still ahead from the previous incident though, when I found a $60 junkyard tailgate with defrost that I put on. I returned home that summer to find that my grandfather had bought a 1988 Lincoln Town Car that he wanted to sell me. For reason's I still don't fully understand, I sold my Festiva for $650 and bought the Lincoln. The following week the price of gas jumped 50 cents a gallon. I missed my Festiva right away, though between the vandalism and the final sale I had made quite a bit of money on it.
Skip ahead two years.
I was a junior in college, home for the summer working at a Ford dealer. The Lincoln sold the previous spring, and I was driving a hand me down Taurus wagon. I'd occasionally entertained thoughts of getting another Festiva, but could never find one. Then, one day my grandpa called me and said he found a 1989 Festiva L Plus 4 speed on a used car lot. I went and looked at it, and the next day he bought it for $1200 with the intention of giving it to me as a graduation present in a year. I checked the service records, and the clutch wheel bearings and brakes had all been recently replaced, and it had cold AC to boot! He let me drive it to work all summer, where it was beloved by all the veteran Ford technician and salesmen who remembered them from when they were new. Driving a Festiva again was the best feeling in the world. I've got a semester of college left before I can start driving it. I plan on giving my Taurus to my sixteen-year-old brother, and making the Festiva my principal, and only vehicle, at least it will be until I can find additional Festivas.
The '89 L Plus:
Current Modifications:
Passenger Side Manual Mirror
LX-Style red moulding stripe
Planned Modifications:
5 speed transmission
Aspire Brake swap
Me and Grandpa changing the oil the day he bought it:
Grandpa cleaning it up:
Reenacting The photo at the top of the page:
The cover of the 2008 Festiva calendar, from my hockey stripe:
Creatively stored until graduation:
Thanks for reading, everybody!
Originally posted by el festy
Name: Evan Meneilley.
Location: Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Year, Make & Model of car: 1993 GL Sport, April in the Festiva Calendar.
Age: 16.
History of Car:
It all starts back in January 2005 when I am just 13 years old, I am looking on our local classified site kijiji.ca at the car ads and stumbled across a ford that I have never seen before called a festiva, I say to my self what the heck is a festiva? So I check on google images to see for my self, I see this small ford and wonder to my self why I am attracted to this car?? Maybe because it appeared to be good on gas and it had the ford emblem on it?? To this day I still don’t know why. So I call my dad over and tell him that I want this car, he laughs at me and says why? I say I don’t know I guess I just like the look of it and that it is a ford. He brushes the idea away and leaves the room. This festiva was only $300 and after a couple of days I finally get my dad to email the lady and get some pics. When he gets the pics he was probably expecting that he shows them to me and just brush the topic away because I am only 13 at this time. This festiva was an aqua L that was rotted to no return. A couple of months later I see another festiva that is located an hour and a half away, by my grandparents house, they go and look at it and tell my dad that the rockers were rotten, so again my dad tells me and trys to move on. That October I turn 14. The next year during the heat of the summer I get my first glimpse of a mint festiva downtown at a garage, they want $2400 for it but my dad and I go and take a look at it anyway, this car was a 91L red 5spd with 140kms, with not a spec of rust on it and a factory sunroof! My dad and I talk it over and he says he would think about it. So we get home and explain the situation to my step mom, she explains that the car it too much and that I am way too young to have a car, which I understand now. The car sits in the parking lot for over a month and I talk my dad into go and test drive the car, so I call a couple of days later and ask the person at the shop when a good time would be to come and test drive it, she then explains to me that they just sold it the day before for $1400. I am appalled by this and phone up my dad almost in tears and tell him the news. He explains to me that there will be more out there. So I move on, still wanting to some day own a festiva of my very own. That fall while I am in the mall I pick up an isell (our local classified magazine) and look through and see a 92 GL and a free 93L parts car that came with it for $1000, as soon as I get home I call up the guy and get him to send me some pics, the car was a 5 speed and looked good from the pics but had been spray painted a dark red color. So a few days later my dad and I make the trip up to Ottawa where the car was located, as it turns out the winshield was cracked, and there was enough rust on the hatch and doors that made it “just not good enough said my dad”. On the ride back home my dad explains to me that I should just start to look for a different car because of the luck we were having. About a week short of my birthday my dad is in Ottawa on bussines and spots a red GL Sport 5 speed for only $300 that he was going to buy for my birthday for me, but unfortunately the doors were rotten so my dad leaves this GL Sport behind! (I didn’t know GL Sports were so rare until I got mine!!!) At this time I was losing hope to find my “cheap dream car” That January I was studying for my exams and decided to take a break and look on kijiji and see what was new, for some reason I go to the Oshawa region and put in festiva in the search….. I let the page load to find a 93 GL Sport for $750 with 117000kms. I try to calm my self down and click on the listing. I immediately call up the guy to check if it is still around, it is. I call my mom over to the computer to show her, she said that I could maybe go and see it after my exams were over. My cousins live in Oshawa and I get them to look at the car for me since it was a 2 hr drive. As I patiently wait for them to tell me how the car looked I though to my self, could this be the one?. They call me back a few hours later to tell me that it is in exceptional condition. I call up my dad (parents are divorced) and tell him the news, he says he will call him and states to me that after my exams were over we could go up and look at it, this was the middle of an intense semester and it would be over a week until my exams were over. The week passes with me studying and constantly thinking about this car, the week finally passes and I finish my exams. It is a Friday night and I would go to my dads in the morning and we would leave at 7am to go see the car. For some reason my mom and step dad let me sit the front of the car on the way to my dads, (they never do!) we arrive at my dads and I see a small red car behind a snow bank before we pull in the drive way, “I say to my self whose car is that?” Then it comes to me, “No way!” I yell out as we pull into the driveway. My dad and step mom were standing beside a 1993 Red Gl Sport! I couldn’t believe it after over 2 years of looking for a decent festiva I had finally got one!! As it turned out the day I first called my dad about the car he left the day after and went to Oshawa to get it. As the next semester started I told all my friends that I had finally scored a festiva, all they pretty much did was make fun of it and laugh, but I didn’t care. To this day it still gets made fun of almost daily. That march, 2007 now, I spent $450 getting it safteyed, wheel bearings, exhaust manifold fixed, refinish rotors, and brake lines. Over the course of the summer I still could not drive it as I was still 15. I have done lots to it since I have bought it, repainted wheels, tune up, oil change, waxed, new speakers, engine detail, and various other stuff. This past October I finally got my G1 which means that I have to drive with a driver in the front with me, I finally get to drive my car for the first time on the road! Since our winter are so harsh here I decide to not pay the insurance money and store it in my grandparents barn for the winter where it currently rests, insurance for a 16 year old is not cheap!
Current Modifications: Replacement speakers, front and back, painted wheels, new Nordic winter tires ($13 each at Canadian Tire), full tune up, all service manuals and dealership brochure.
Planned Modifications: Window tint, B6 swap in spring with my grampa, 14” wheels.
Car just before I show up to see it for the first time.
taker out for a spin with grandma! Grill insdie getting waxed!
Grampa watching me driving.
Wheel before paint.
Vote for me!
Location: Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Year, Make & Model of car: 1993 GL Sport, April in the Festiva Calendar.
Age: 16.
History of Car:
It all starts back in January 2005 when I am just 13 years old, I am looking on our local classified site kijiji.ca at the car ads and stumbled across a ford that I have never seen before called a festiva, I say to my self what the heck is a festiva? So I check on google images to see for my self, I see this small ford and wonder to my self why I am attracted to this car?? Maybe because it appeared to be good on gas and it had the ford emblem on it?? To this day I still don’t know why. So I call my dad over and tell him that I want this car, he laughs at me and says why? I say I don’t know I guess I just like the look of it and that it is a ford. He brushes the idea away and leaves the room. This festiva was only $300 and after a couple of days I finally get my dad to email the lady and get some pics. When he gets the pics he was probably expecting that he shows them to me and just brush the topic away because I am only 13 at this time. This festiva was an aqua L that was rotted to no return. A couple of months later I see another festiva that is located an hour and a half away, by my grandparents house, they go and look at it and tell my dad that the rockers were rotten, so again my dad tells me and trys to move on. That October I turn 14. The next year during the heat of the summer I get my first glimpse of a mint festiva downtown at a garage, they want $2400 for it but my dad and I go and take a look at it anyway, this car was a 91L red 5spd with 140kms, with not a spec of rust on it and a factory sunroof! My dad and I talk it over and he says he would think about it. So we get home and explain the situation to my step mom, she explains that the car it too much and that I am way too young to have a car, which I understand now. The car sits in the parking lot for over a month and I talk my dad into go and test drive the car, so I call a couple of days later and ask the person at the shop when a good time would be to come and test drive it, she then explains to me that they just sold it the day before for $1400. I am appalled by this and phone up my dad almost in tears and tell him the news. He explains to me that there will be more out there. So I move on, still wanting to some day own a festiva of my very own. That fall while I am in the mall I pick up an isell (our local classified magazine) and look through and see a 92 GL and a free 93L parts car that came with it for $1000, as soon as I get home I call up the guy and get him to send me some pics, the car was a 5 speed and looked good from the pics but had been spray painted a dark red color. So a few days later my dad and I make the trip up to Ottawa where the car was located, as it turns out the winshield was cracked, and there was enough rust on the hatch and doors that made it “just not good enough said my dad”. On the ride back home my dad explains to me that I should just start to look for a different car because of the luck we were having. About a week short of my birthday my dad is in Ottawa on bussines and spots a red GL Sport 5 speed for only $300 that he was going to buy for my birthday for me, but unfortunately the doors were rotten so my dad leaves this GL Sport behind! (I didn’t know GL Sports were so rare until I got mine!!!) At this time I was losing hope to find my “cheap dream car” That January I was studying for my exams and decided to take a break and look on kijiji and see what was new, for some reason I go to the Oshawa region and put in festiva in the search….. I let the page load to find a 93 GL Sport for $750 with 117000kms. I try to calm my self down and click on the listing. I immediately call up the guy to check if it is still around, it is. I call my mom over to the computer to show her, she said that I could maybe go and see it after my exams were over. My cousins live in Oshawa and I get them to look at the car for me since it was a 2 hr drive. As I patiently wait for them to tell me how the car looked I though to my self, could this be the one?. They call me back a few hours later to tell me that it is in exceptional condition. I call up my dad (parents are divorced) and tell him the news, he says he will call him and states to me that after my exams were over we could go up and look at it, this was the middle of an intense semester and it would be over a week until my exams were over. The week passes with me studying and constantly thinking about this car, the week finally passes and I finish my exams. It is a Friday night and I would go to my dads in the morning and we would leave at 7am to go see the car. For some reason my mom and step dad let me sit the front of the car on the way to my dads, (they never do!) we arrive at my dads and I see a small red car behind a snow bank before we pull in the drive way, “I say to my self whose car is that?” Then it comes to me, “No way!” I yell out as we pull into the driveway. My dad and step mom were standing beside a 1993 Red Gl Sport! I couldn’t believe it after over 2 years of looking for a decent festiva I had finally got one!! As it turned out the day I first called my dad about the car he left the day after and went to Oshawa to get it. As the next semester started I told all my friends that I had finally scored a festiva, all they pretty much did was make fun of it and laugh, but I didn’t care. To this day it still gets made fun of almost daily. That march, 2007 now, I spent $450 getting it safteyed, wheel bearings, exhaust manifold fixed, refinish rotors, and brake lines. Over the course of the summer I still could not drive it as I was still 15. I have done lots to it since I have bought it, repainted wheels, tune up, oil change, waxed, new speakers, engine detail, and various other stuff. This past October I finally got my G1 which means that I have to drive with a driver in the front with me, I finally get to drive my car for the first time on the road! Since our winter are so harsh here I decide to not pay the insurance money and store it in my grandparents barn for the winter where it currently rests, insurance for a 16 year old is not cheap!
Current Modifications: Replacement speakers, front and back, painted wheels, new Nordic winter tires ($13 each at Canadian Tire), full tune up, all service manuals and dealership brochure.
Planned Modifications: Window tint, B6 swap in spring with my grampa, 14” wheels.
Car just before I show up to see it for the first time.
taker out for a spin with grandma! Grill insdie getting waxed!
Grampa watching me driving.
Wheel before paint.
Vote for me!
Originally posted by MONSOON
Roger V
Bainbridge,GA
1988 Festiva LX
Saved from the crusher, even swap for non running Escort.
This is my new baby. I hooked up with a scrapyard in near where I work and put them on the lookout for a Festiva, Aspire or Escort and this is what they hit me with. When I went to look at it to see if it was even worth my time. I looked it over in the dark with a flashlight. And knew I had something special in front of me. I didnt learn til after showing everyone here how special it is.
When I went to meet the owner of the scrapyard to see how much he wanted for it. He couldve knocked me over when he said" Tell you what since youve helped us out by weighing trucks for us. How does car for car sound?" (I had spoke with him before he'd found the Festiva about coming over and hauling off the Escort)
Inside I was screaming. But managed to contain myself and say"Well if thats alright with you."
This past Sunday(Feb 17) they brought it over and hauled away the Escort.
Now the fun begins!
No mods(Yet)
May do FI swap in it
Header and exhaust from FMS
Stiffer springs
14" wheels and tires
Dynamat or equivalant
New carpet
Seats from aforementioned Escort(Although that could change to 6 way power seats from an SHO)
Tinted windows all around
JVC El Chameleon deck
5.25 and 6 X 9 Cerwin Vegas
Bainbridge,GA
1988 Festiva LX
Saved from the crusher, even swap for non running Escort.
This is my new baby. I hooked up with a scrapyard in near where I work and put them on the lookout for a Festiva, Aspire or Escort and this is what they hit me with. When I went to look at it to see if it was even worth my time. I looked it over in the dark with a flashlight. And knew I had something special in front of me. I didnt learn til after showing everyone here how special it is.
When I went to meet the owner of the scrapyard to see how much he wanted for it. He couldve knocked me over when he said" Tell you what since youve helped us out by weighing trucks for us. How does car for car sound?" (I had spoke with him before he'd found the Festiva about coming over and hauling off the Escort)
Inside I was screaming. But managed to contain myself and say"Well if thats alright with you."
This past Sunday(Feb 17) they brought it over and hauled away the Escort.
Now the fun begins!
No mods(Yet)
May do FI swap in it
Header and exhaust from FMS
Stiffer springs
14" wheels and tires
Dynamat or equivalant
New carpet
Seats from aforementioned Escort(Although that could change to 6 way power seats from an SHO)
Tinted windows all around
JVC El Chameleon deck
5.25 and 6 X 9 Cerwin Vegas
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