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The winner for November FOTM is................
Rallytiva71, Congratulations!!!!
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Rallytiva71, Congratulations!!!!
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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!!!
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!!!
My Festiva: 92 1.3L, 5 speed, No options (yet), and 173,000 mi on original engine.
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