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ok i guess i'll 'throw my hat in the ring'
i found my (wifes) 1989 festiva LX on craigslist.com using craigshelper.com. it was in Columbus Ohio, and the guy had no way of sending me pics, although i was still interested for the price he was asking. after a few days of trading e-mails we talked and he was able to text me some shots from his cell phone, and i couldn't wait to go pick it up. he worked everyday but sunday so i had to wait till sunday to go get it. he agreed to drive it one hour towards me to shorten my trip. (it made me a little more comfortable that he was willing to drive it an hour away from home, he must have felt it was road worthy)
after church a buddy and i took off in the Cubstiva to meet in Wal-mart parking lot. i drove it for maybe 3 mins, i knew i wanted it. after the deal my buddy said "you didn't even try to talk him down" and i said "i just wanted him to leave, he had no idea what he had!" i'm sure we were both thinking "Sucker".
Once we got it home, the wife and drove it as is for a few weeks but i had bigger plans, like repairing the dents and rust and a paint job. my wifes had her heart set on a Mini Cooper type paint scheme, i fought it for a while but gave in. (happy wife, happy life)
it took about 20 days to get it all done, with all the wok that needed done and with work and kids i had to fit time in that i could work on it. my dad handled the welding and i did everything else except the clear.
we're really happy with the way its turned out and have future plans to swap bumpers with "FestYboy" @ Ohiotiva and then paint the GL bumpers to match. i also saved enough charcoal paint to cover a spoiler if and when i ever find one and can afford it. i'm looking for 'cooler' rims or atleast some 13 inch chrome trim rings.
sorry if this is too many pics, i've tried to document the whole process since we've had her, she is yet to be named, we've been calling her the "kimtiva LX" or the the "minitiva" (the red L that we sold was the original "kimtiva" named for my lovely bride.
coming home
the damage and repairs
sealer ( i kinda liked this look)
First color
laying out tape and paper
Base coat
Top coat
with tape off pre-clear
thanks
derick
i found my (wifes) 1989 festiva LX on craigslist.com using craigshelper.com. it was in Columbus Ohio, and the guy had no way of sending me pics, although i was still interested for the price he was asking. after a few days of trading e-mails we talked and he was able to text me some shots from his cell phone, and i couldn't wait to go pick it up. he worked everyday but sunday so i had to wait till sunday to go get it. he agreed to drive it one hour towards me to shorten my trip. (it made me a little more comfortable that he was willing to drive it an hour away from home, he must have felt it was road worthy)
after church a buddy and i took off in the Cubstiva to meet in Wal-mart parking lot. i drove it for maybe 3 mins, i knew i wanted it. after the deal my buddy said "you didn't even try to talk him down" and i said "i just wanted him to leave, he had no idea what he had!" i'm sure we were both thinking "Sucker".
Once we got it home, the wife and drove it as is for a few weeks but i had bigger plans, like repairing the dents and rust and a paint job. my wifes had her heart set on a Mini Cooper type paint scheme, i fought it for a while but gave in. (happy wife, happy life)
it took about 20 days to get it all done, with all the wok that needed done and with work and kids i had to fit time in that i could work on it. my dad handled the welding and i did everything else except the clear.
we're really happy with the way its turned out and have future plans to swap bumpers with "FestYboy" @ Ohiotiva and then paint the GL bumpers to match. i also saved enough charcoal paint to cover a spoiler if and when i ever find one and can afford it. i'm looking for 'cooler' rims or atleast some 13 inch chrome trim rings.
sorry if this is too many pics, i've tried to document the whole process since we've had her, she is yet to be named, we've been calling her the "kimtiva LX" or the the "minitiva" (the red L that we sold was the original "kimtiva" named for my lovely bride.
coming home
the damage and repairs
sealer ( i kinda liked this look)
First color
laying out tape and paper
Base coat
Top coat
with tape off pre-clear
thanks
derick
, They had 2 festivas before, that is how I got into them. We had been looking for Festivas locally and on Craigslist for a while, and had no luck, then I pointed this one out to my dad a few times. It had been for sale on Craigslist for a few months already so we weren't sure if it was still for sale now, but it was. So we called the guy and met with him, took the car for a test drive then bought it. We drove it home the same day (175ish mile drive) and it ran great. I haven't done too much to the car, just cleaned it up some and added a few things to it.
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