Accepting Entries For December FOTM

[Damkid]

The last and final month for 2009, and remember the winner of december is the last one for consideration for festiva of the year 2009, so lets see them festivas!!!

And since its December, the more red and green festivas the better, but of course all are welcome

[Damkid]

Any volunteers for december?

[Festiva_Fred]

hmmm I have a green festiva that should be finished this month.. so I may enter it..

[MONSOON]

Submit it, finished or not. Its as much about the story and plans you have for your car as it is about the car itself.

[Festiva_Fred]

Submit it, finished or not. Its as much about the story and plans you have for your car as it is about the car itself.

Okay I'll make a write up for it soon and enter it, it does have a kind of cool story behind it. If I wouldn't have bought it the guy who owned it said he was going to scrap it and the other one I bought at the same time

[Charlie1717]

I'll enter After I finally take some pics of it

[drddan]

I will enter mine.... It is red.... and a story too!

I had been looking for a Festiva for about a year. Not finding any in the area worth considering, most were ready for boneyard or rebuild. Not wanting to take any more projects on, I put it on a secondary burner, still keeping an eye out for one. Well time passed, lost my job in april this year. Things were starting to get rough after a couple months, when my very good friend of many years, Mark, offered me a position as Light Tech/ roadie in his band.
Well, it wasnt a lot of money, but anything is better than nothing and on top of it, I get to hear some great music and hang with good people.
Well, looking forward to the first gig, I jump in my 1990 F-150, the only vehicle I own, and head out with glad heart to the gig which is like 40+ miles away. About 3 miles from the place, I hear this grrwwrrr? like sound and then then THUMP! Engine revs up like I threw it in neutral. Push clutch and it drops to floor and stays there. Ugghh! Make it to shoulder across 3 lanes of traffic. I pull pedal up and it pumps up, shifts gears, but nothing to the rear wheels. Its dead. Tranny gone. So, $200 on charge card, and i'm back home. I called Mark and told him I was sorry, that I broke down and he says no problem, he will pay me for the night anyway!!!! I also call Gino, another good friend who was to meet me there, tell him the story, and CHECK THIS!!!
Gino lives by where the gig was, so he offers to drive the 40+ to pick me up, 40+ to the gig, 40+ to take me home, and then 40+ so he can get back home!!! Amazing guy!!!! Amazing Friends!!!! Sheesh! So I am able to make the saturday night gig and Mark pays me for both nights! Sheesh x2!
Now here is where the Festiva I now own comes in. I go to craigslist friday night, the night of the breakdown, and there is a FESTIVA for sale!!!
A couple actually, one too high $$$$, one needs a lot of work, and both had been on CL for a while. BUT, this one was new on CL and had been posted 12 minutes before I got on CL. I call right then, 10:00pm, and get hold of the guy. He is selling it on consignment thru a small repair shop close by. He said they're open saturday morning, so I told him i'd be there first thing. Well price was $800, and I didnt have $800...yet! I had some $$$ in an IRA, got hold of my agent and got the ball rolling on the money, but 2-3 days before I got it.
I pulled what I had, and again, Gino comes thru and gives me $100! I have $200 for total of $300. Not enough. So I go early and talk to the people at repair shop. As soon as I pull into lot and see the Festy, I knew it was the one! I tell my story(shorter than this version) drive the car, and ask if he'll hold it until my check comes mon or tues and he says yes! Well, I just had to get this Festiva, period! Nice, hardly any rust, drove great. And I needed wheels fast.
I thought about it and the money wasnt going to be on time with the bank wanting to hold it 1-2 days, so I call in a few favors and get up to $700. $100 short. I call him monday morn and tell him I really want this car and all i've got is $700. He says good enough and to come on down and get it!!!
I was there in the wink of an eye!
And now without further ado, some pics:





The car had new fuel pump, new wheel bearings, and new battery. Drove it to station, passed inspection, drove to license bureau, and had plates the same day, been driving it daily since.
I now have a job, am still the light tech/roadie and now videographer also for ARBOGAST, the band and my FESTIVA ROCKS!
My F150 will be on the road next week, too. More photos to follow and my photo album has pics of of it and stuff aquired for it since.
Hope ya all enjoy the story at least, it was a heck of a ride!
And thanks to all the great folk at "THE ST. LOUIS MEET", I now have some really fantastic pics of " The Beast".

[drddan]

more pics...

I think it is time for a photobucket account....

[pr0nst4r]

Nice Dan!

[Flyin4stroke]

My entry..

My car is a 1988 Carb'ed car with a 5 speed... It all started with my friend who was given a 93 festiva efi 5 speed with a blown head... He rebuilt the head and drove the crap out of it, became pizza delivery car and his play car.. Long story short he sold that car and after about a year decided it was a bad idea and bought another one (my current car) but this one he wanted to be a turbo'd car.. So we talked about what it would need to do the swap and figured well if we can find everything then we will attempt it... Late one night i look on craigslist find a xr2 mint with 100k miles and its in st. augustine. So we go get it.. We take the motor out of this donor car and swap it into his car... Then it sits for almost a year he ran out of money on the project and he was just short of it being 100% road worthy needed tach and boost gauge and etc.. Also he couldn't afford to insure the car and get the tags and everything... So he tells me i can buy it from him, so i do... I have done alot to this car and we have been through thick and thin... I built this car for him but in the back of my mind new i would own it one day which is crazy to think about...

After a year and a half since starting the project she is coming along quite nicely I have repainted the car sonic blue, put some 15's on it, and it has the b6t swap... This car could be a daily driver in my mind, i put about 200 miles on the car and the motor before taking it on a 1200 mile trip to FM3.. It was awesome times, and even better knowing that i could do something like that with something i built basically from nothing... The week i got back i had 12 inch tires and ran out at the track and put down a 13.9 the car runs like a scalded dog... It surprises me every time i drive it, and gets alot of looks when its pulling around town LOL... Biggest thing about this car is it has been transformed into something it never looked like it could have been... The pics dont do the car justice but still look good...

Before anything

Paint

After

Still needed some work but heck not bad for my first one..

Engine

Before I left for FM3

Wheels, tint, and Buff


One for the road...


Thanks for looking, Good luck....

[sasquatch]

thats one nice car loving the b6t part about it!!!

[pr0nst4r]

Wow, this month is shaping up nicely!

Nice progression there Mike! And it was built down the road lol!

[Flyin4stroke]

Thanks, and yeah she was sat in G-town for about 2 years.. Your gonna love Zippy all over again!!

[sasquatch]

Your gonna love Zippy all over again!!

its its as fun as driving the 323 ill have a blast!!! but im sure with all the work thats being done it will be even better

[Flyin4stroke]

There is just something about saying its a 13 second festiva that isn't like anything else.. Especially at the track when you go down with a corvette and look over at the end at his amazement!! Makes you love it more and more everyday... LOL