Voting for November FOTM

[Damkid]

This month we have 6 entries!!! and they are from:

taytay91
marinepolice03
Glow_Mouse
rallytiva71
Zman86
dzip105z

Here are the entries again

We are new to the forum and I have learned a whole lot about these cars and I know my daughters car probably doesn't have a chance in the world but its worth a try. Its a 91' with 109000 miles, nothing special, that was given to her by her aunt Terry. She learned how to drive in this car and how to drive a stick (WOW that was fun). The car needs some work but the body is pretty much rust free, the paint is a little faded yet is is silver of course its faded lol. But it runs great for sitting for 4 and a half years. I told her I was going to enter it in the FOTM vote and she said "yeah right dad they wont ever pick my car but that would be kool" but you never know I said. She laughed at me when I told her that I was going to the STL meet in Nov.because she has no idea what kind of following these cars have. Hell I didn't even know until I found this website, but you know how kids are! She loves her little car and me myself im getting addicted to these little guys so much I want one to fix up and trick out. So if you guys in Ford Festiva land would ever decide to pick her car for FOTM her friends would freak out because they never see any of these cars driving around very often. I will get some more pictures up by the weekend of her car inside and out. So don't make up your mind until you see all the pictures. lol Any questions about the car I will certainly answer.

Well lets start with the outside


She still looks pretty good for her age and for sitting for 4 years



Now this is the worst of the dents, im going to hate taking the whole inside apart to get to the inside to fix this. Oh yeah this is my DIY car my daughter and I are going to learn hoe to do body work with the help of my UNC.



She loves the rear wiper but I wish we had the rear defogger window. When my sister in laws boyfriend was still driving it someone broke out the back window and stole all of his electrician tools. So after searching and searching they only found a regular window, so noe my search is on for a rear defogger window.



How funny is this, When i was washing the car yesterday I was thinking to myself I wish this car had pop out windows. Now we have had this car for about a year and a half: and my 11 year old son said " dad it does look" and i'll be damn it did. Boy I felt stupid.LOL



It need a new decal hopefully I can find them still.



This is the worst of the paint which is on the hood but it is silver and everyone knows how silver is.



So I need some honest opinions which looks better the clear or the amber corner light. We just cant make up our minds. The other thing we like about the car is the painted bumpers, they look better than the black ones IMO.Now for the inside.



As you can see it has the better door panels but I think all GLs have them. And the door jams have no rust and are really clean. And dont laugh about the femine hygene products on the floor, (remember she is a girl)LOLOLOL



Now dont laugh at her bad ass sound system, the stock speakers suck and you know how teens are with their music, so I hooked her up with some old speakers from my shed. Hey they look silly but they work and don't sound to bad either.



The dash is really good condition with no cracks. Now after looking at other peoples rides I love the RX7 3 spoke steering wheel.




All the seats are in good condition except the driver seat has one cig. burn hole in it, but no rips or tears.



Big plus The head liner is in excellent condition which surprises me. Most older cars this and the seats are the first to get torn up.



As you can see this is the miles all original, not bad for a 91'. Yes I have seen less miles on other cars but IMO this is pretty good for the year.




Here are two pictures of the motor one is better than the other. Now after 2 cans of engine degreaser and a mess on my driveway (UUURRRGGGHHH) she looks 100% better if you can believe that. The A/C blows cold and the heat works great starts every time and she sounds real good. Right now Im just trying to get ride of the oil leak. I'm using BARS stop leak oil seal conditioner (THANKS to TominMO for the info) so we will see how she does. You know for this being a free car and her first car it will do just fine for now and hopefully it will still be around for my son to drive in 5 years, well if its up to me it will be still around. Now some of the future things I want to do to her Festy are the body work and paint job for sure, Miata daisy wheels, tint the windows put in a new stereo, rear spoiler and I was thinking of a body kit, but not sure, they look pretty good with or without. I not going to go nuts with her Festy but I want it to stand out because I will tell you I have not ever seen one ever fixed up around her in my neck of the woods. But with some dedication and money (hopefully not to much, LOL) hopefully by the end of summer next year it will be finished. With this and that being said, we would appreciate the honor and consideration for being selected as the FOTM November winner

[Damkid]

marinepolice's entry

ok here it goes:
i bought the car back on 03-2009 it is a 90 L-plus with 218,xxx. on the way home the fuel tank had a leak and the alternator went out, i made it to musclecar's parents and replaced it the next morning. after i fixed the alternator i drove it the the shop where it took them a month and half to fix the fuel tank and exhaust. here is where it gets interesting, i unjured me knee on 4-4-09 and wouldnt work or drive for 3 months. my wife had to teach her self how to drive manual trans. i painted the interior gloss back and dark blue, and installed 13 inch rims, when i was ok'ed to drive and work i bought fms lowering springs and gr2 struts and replaced the carpet with gloss black diamond plate. and yes it is a Daily Driver
here are the pics when i bought it



here is what it used to look like






And this is how it looks right now, and this was my first time painting with a spray gun




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hope you like it i love my car

[Damkid]

Glow_Mouse's entry

okay since im allowed. Here's my spire!

Back in 2004, My sister's friend had a car for sale, and at that stage i wasnt too picky about what i wanted, As long as it had 4 wheels, an engine that turns over and something i could really see sporty. So i paid in AUS $$. 5.5k instead of 6k. Which was a bargain to say the least. It was more or less brand new, 1 owner. 97.000kms on the OD. Had stock hubcaps everything was stock. I do have the original prints of the car around here somewhere.

1yr had past since i bought it, comin to the end of the school year, my senior year 2005, I took my car to school for the first time, and unfortunately someone was either a bitch or really dumb and scraped my right side door, left a dent and a black mark, i intend of getting that dent out one day. Black mark's gone but! After learning about Fordaspire.com, I immediately started designing an intake system, with a little help from my father in the engineering trade, I managed to fabricate a nice intake system that needless to say, Gives my spire plenty of kick. After that it was all go go goes on the engine mods. But not before i could ship up some sideskirts from NSW AUSTRALIA. www.ssv.com.au Thank you very much.

The car had an experimental wing. Something RICE but something i wanted to try. Worked out for 1.5yrs until i was busted by cops one night. Wing was removed the following day. The entire project was first inspired by an aftermarket cannon exhaust muffer fitted by my cousin in 2006. After that, everything changed. I was really happy with the way it turned out, sounded great. Mind you, there was no other modifications on the car at this stage. Just a stock radio, and everything else stock. Just the muffler. Then i went beserk, Started querying part retailers, Body Fabricators, performance garages, Wrecking yards! Anything and everything i could possibly do to modify my car's performance and cosmetic appearance. With the addition of the exhaust redo, the old spire was sounding a bit RICE fartcanish...Which wasnt a bad thing until someone pointed out the difference between pro performance and just trying to stand out.

*Breathe!*

Continuing....
2007 rolled in. Got an mp3/sd/cdr/usb radio for my birthday and some 6x9's xplod speakers for a starter setup soundsystem. Universal Studio's should of never made "the fast n furious" movies. All my ideas have forked off every single one of those movies. From actuators under the hood, To chassis neon. After that nothing much happened with the car until 2008 when i started working a decent job, I had saved up enough cash to afford 15" rims for her. By this stage i had my sideskirts painted and on the car. Mid 2008 yr. A lot of things started happening to the car, Installation of a starter intake system. K&N filter installed to the stock pipe. 2 weeks later alloy intake was installed, Aftermarket headers were ordered from www.hitechheaders.com.au, shipped and fitted in a month of each other. 1 guage bought, Tacho. Sat mounted to the dashboard for about 6months unhooked. 6th month in 2008. Bought a Haynes repair manual, learnt a ton about the car, wirings, general fitting info, servicing specs. Tacho was immediately hooked up and operational. Low rpms...

*beathe*

Wasnt happy with the sluggish performance, low takeoff speed. Ordered Topgun 10mm sparkplug leads ordered from www.topgunleads.com.au and BSK Sparkplugs. Left it overnight. Took the missus to work...Car redlines often now.
Faster acceleration, harder revs. 2009 Rolls in. New rear bar is fabricated to suit the car...

(after 8months of waiting...)

Rear bar is fitted. Blue Stripes, Sapphire color. Tribal design found off the net. Printed and attached to the car. Did a gearbox in the start of 2009, replaced the parts $890 new gearbox and clutchkit. Just recent re-adjusted the clutch. By this time neons were fitted and connected to a single stage switch. Front,rear,both sides, interior,enginebay and boot. Amplifier and sub woofer installed. Aftermarket steering wheel was installed 1 week after the first intake modifications were complete. Had to order the bosskit from Sydney. Brand Calibre.
So now im waiting on the front bar to be finished.

So yea, that's my car in a nutshell.

Thanks for readin. ~mouse

ps. In case yall didnt already pick this up, I was goin for that tuner look. I plan on lowering her and attaching all those goofy supporter stickers to the doors. once of course. I get my turbo system all setup and working properly.



The Glowspire. 97 Model WD Festiva/Aspire


My baby.


Night shot of her lighting up the night.


The modified rear bar.


Glamour shot just after it was washed.


Another one, but on the side. Beautiful isnt it?


an interior shot, Unfortunately my camera blurs everything if there's not enough light.


An engine shot of the current setup. Wanting to change it. Soon!

Well there we are. Glowspire from down under!

~mouse

[Damkid]

rallytiva's entry

Well Guys ,I'm Going to give it a shot for November,The story goes Like this:

About 4 Years ago I did a Vinyl Lettering Job For a Business Located In My Building, He asked me to give him a couple of weeks to Pay me the Bance Owed on The Job,I agreed I figured he was a neighbor What can Happen!! Right!
Anyways about 4 Months went by & No Payment ,so I went down to see him to collect my Money & Of Course he was broke, So I ask him If There was something that we could do to take care of the problem,so he told me about a 1989 Ford Festiva He owned That need it some Work & That he Be willing to turn the title to me to pay what he Owed me, I agreed & That's how I ended up Owning This awesome Little Car, Up Til then I always Been a Honda Guy, I had me share of show & Race cars, So I wasn't sure what to do with the little Tiva It was Challenging to say the Least,The car had so much Oxidation on the Paint that it look Like Primer,it Felt so rough That I Thought it was,The Front axle was Damaged to the point that the driver wheel faced left & The Passenger faced Left,I toke a few minutes to look at the car after I loaded in My Trailer I Look at it for at least 15 Minutes trying to imagine what I could do with it,What ever it wasit had to be original,possibly unique & that fit my Personality, I Raced 1/4 mile,8 track,drag racing & Demolition Derby,However one thing I never done my self is Rally Racing But I always been a Huge Fan, At That Moment I Decided The Festiva Was going to be the Coolest most Radical Rally Inspired Car I Could build Of Course all Under the Wife's Radar,As You All Must Know One Must Lear To Work Under a Extreme Budget When Married, So That's How Rallytiva 71 Was Bourne,I toke it was back to my shop ,I Washed off Years Of Dirt & Misstreatment,I bought the best compound & Waxes I could & I Buffed,waxed & Polished The Car Til It came Back to It's Origina Metallic Charcoal Gray Beauty, That same day I worked on both Front axles, I was Able to drive it about 12 Hours after I got It, & The more I drove It The more I wanted to hook it up, Of course to aquire the wife approval I had to Tell Her I would Use the car For the shop & to advertise the Business,Wich I had to do for about a Year & as I did I Bought a thing here in there Every Chance I got,After about a Year & a Ton Of complements from different People everywhere we drove & Customers that came to the shop,The Tiva Kind of Grew on Her, as I noticed I coudn't pass the Opportunity to tell her on how I could really make the car a unique ride,She finally agreed that I should do more to it, That's when I Bought my 16"x7.5" Konigs & Modified the supention a bit,I also bought the racing seats , a few months later I added the 1500 watts Stereo System & Power Windows & Finally a nice H&R Exhaust, I look Back Now, & The Only Thing I regret is not thinking about taking Pictures of the Whole Process ,I have a Few Pictures That Show a couple of different stages on the Tivas Makeover,I have to say It's been so much fun so Far & I'm No where near done for now I'll upload the Latest Pictures & Hopefully in the next day or two I'll be able to find & upload other pictures showing some of the process,I hope This wasn't too boring Enjoy The Pictures & Thanks!!!

[Damkid]

Zman's entry

What the hell, I will throw mine into the ring....I've been driving this car on a daily basis for a year at the end of October, and it has probably been the best car I've ever owned. Sure, being 6'3 220lbs, I get quite a few odd looks in my directions, but while all those suckers are in debt with their new car payments that cost more per month than I paid for my car, I keep on enjoying 35mpg and minimal insurance premiums. I put 25,000km on it this year with almost no problems, lets hope for 25,000 more!





I bought my first Festiva in September '08. I needed a cheap economical beater for the winter so that I didnt have to drive my SR20DET Nissan 240sx in the snow. It was in pretty sad shape when I bought it after sitting on a chicken farm for a few years. The interior was DISGUSTING. My mom and I spent four hours just getting it clean enough to sit in without shuddering in disgust. Some pictures from the day I brought it home...













I got it to work where I did some work in order to get it road ready. Valve cover gasket was leaking extremely bad, so it was replaced. Changed the fuel filter, gas tank (car came with a brand new one), thermostat, cam seal, re-wired the horn and the front turn signals, installed a Pioneer deck from my old car, 2 new tires, painted the rims with black rocker gaurd, had some Ford blue engine paint in my toolbox, so I painted the pulleys and the valvecover. Also painted the grill flat black for some reason. First day legally on the road Halloween 08...





Semi-clean interior and no more heart seat covers.

I found the amount of cargo room suprising.










I was having trouble finding parts when I needed them, so i just bought a car with no title to use as a parts car. It donated its sending unit, centre console, a bunch of engine sensors, hood, grill, all its lights, rear springs and ebrake cables so far...



Then, one day, I got sick of looking at the crummy white rusty paint, so I headed to Canadian Tire, where rockergaurd happened to be on sale for half price. This was the outcome...










I bought cheap speakers to go into the stock locations, but they blew up rather quickly. I eventually tired of hearing all the crackling and popping. This was my solution. I also installed MTX 6.5" coaxials in the doors, but I do not have any pictures. It sounds pretty good to me...






My oil pump gasket went bad, and the car was leaking so much oil that I couldnt keep up with filling it, so I had to fix it. This has been the only major issue so far...










A couple weeks ago, I was bored, so I bought a Cherrybomb and welded it up...



Heres how it sounds now http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3e1VOsryOw

Of course, the Cherrybomb was stupid loud inside, so I needed to insulate it a bit...



A week after that, I was browsing the local classifieds, and came across these. I couldnt resist. It handles so much better now...



And the week after that, the opportunity came to me to buy a 1989 Festiva L with a Manual transmission. An auto to manual swap is now in the works and should be done in the next month or so. Besides the transmission, I got a complete set of tinted glass, a pair of near mint seats, A ford factory repair manual, a cool orange instrument cluster and four brand new snow tires. $200 well spent...








Thats the story so far. Enjoy some random pictures from over the last year.


We were bored at work, so we spruced it up a bit...










My little pick-up truck after we stripped my Nissan...

[Damkid]

dzip105z's entry

Bought this recently from the estate of a 93 year old neighbor, he bought it new, in Germany and had it shipped back to Ohio where he lived.

49,000 actual miles.

Made a big splash at the Festiva Madness in Raleigh, NC last week.

[batstiva]

Good group of contenders this month. Best of luck to all!!

[pr0nst4r]

You got my vote Zman; it's come a long way. Keep up the good work!

[MONSOON]

Damn tough choices this month. I think Im going to vote for...................

[eurotiva]

We got to limit how many entries or let me vote multiple times........

[taytay91]

C'mon Missouri members give my your vote.LOL Oh and by the way I got the stock 12" aluminum festy wheels going on Saturday!!!

[Damkid]

It sure is nice to see this many entries in a month, good luck to all!!

[Zman86]

Thanks for the votes everyone, I think rallytivas going to take it though. Though a little over the top for me, there is a ton of work into that car, much more than mine. And I love the little eyelids on the headlights!

[NovaSS]

Im not even going to vote on this one, every one has done some fine work, each filling a section I love .

[rallytiva71]

Thanks for the votes everyone, I think rallytivas going to take it though. Though a little over the top for me, there is a ton of work into that car, much more than mine. And I love the little eyelids on the headlights!

Thank You For the Complement Zman, I think You Did an Awesome Job Your Tiva, In My Honest Opinion Everyone Who Displays Their Tiva With Pride Deserves To Be Tiva Of The Month, That Means All Of Us