Accepting Entries For January FOTM

[MJD]

I thought about entering mine (again), but it seems if you dont do all kinds of work all over your car, you don't get any votes! I'm broke. I've done what I can and my car looks nice. I even entered in december when there was a call for a RED car, and everybody voted for the blue one (with all the turbo's, etc)
I feel like it's just so much a waste of time to enter.

Dan -- Just saving and keeping your car is worth a lot. I do not have anyone near where we live, in the parts cars business, but to make the effort to hold on to one keeping it on the road is very noteworthy I feel.
Congrats on doing what you can with your Festiva. There are many who would recognize you for doing honorable Festiva things !!

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mjd

[Flyin4stroke]

I won December and i dont have any money to put into my car.. I did what i could thats why people see it and are surprised..If i had money to put into this thing i would have just bought a Scion.. Dont be hurt by it just enter you car in a diff. month turbo cars are rare on the site and really cool to see i think... So i think they draw a little bit more attention.. Turbo's = Votes

[sasquatch]

oooooo we should do a month of nothing but turbo cars...

[Flyin4stroke]

That would be like throwing meat into a lions den!

[sasquatch]

:twisted: perfect

[drddan]

I won December and i dont have any money to put into my car.. I did what i could thats why people see it and are surprised..If i had money to put into this thing i would have just bought a Scion.. Dont be hurt by it just enter you car in a diff. month turbo cars are rare on the site and really cool to see i think... So i think they draw a little bit more attention.. Turbo's = Votes

I am glad you won, but I think I was trying to make a point. I don't see a lot of stock cars winning FOTM. Unless they are almost showroom quality and that is rare for festy's, since they are all 20 yrs old. I thought my story would push it since it was about being down on my luck, out of a job, and some really good people coming to my rescue. A little heartwarming, and not about cold mechanical stuff.

[Damkid]

Voting starts this evening for anyone wanting to submit last minute

[Glow_Mouse]

Next year! I promise! Supercharging my spire and doin finishing touches on the bodywork. I PROMISE To enter then!

[Smedley]

Next year! I promise! Supercharging my spire and doin finishing touches on the bodywork. I PROMISE To enter then!

GlowMouse, I loved your car last time you entered.

[takeone51]

ok now i can finish my entry... Well a little story behind the car, I won it haphazardly on ebay here in florida for $300 it was a parts car but it was in running condition.. I did a little work to get it in reliable form so i could drive it and added some parts i had around that i wasn't sure if i was going to put them on my other car . So i put on the mazda 121 bumper and taillights i got in a junkyard in germany while visiting family. Then i said to my self this car needs some wheels, i scoured the internet and found a cheep pair on ebay the seller had no clue of the bolt pattern and such just the knowledge of the car it was on before that was a 88 mercury tracer and also i thought an rx-7 leather steering wheel would look nice. The hood was rusty so i found a red car in a local junkyard with a decent hood and sweet interior, i later met Greg (Eurotiva) and he hooked me up with alot of priceless stuff and a perfect white hood!! Thanks again greg .. i also just got a new windshield from him to take care of the spiderwebed one.. So in progression here are pics beginning to end..

first started workin on it






After!!

[turbogirl]

^^^ And His Wife did ALOT Of Detailing to it too!!! lol ( I had to add my part of it)
When He picked it up it had an inch thick of mold growing on it! The car was green and NASTY Dirty! I never would of thought it would of cleaned up so good.

[MJD]

ya its still the winter car and i am going to undercoat it. They dont salt all that much here just dump a ton of pea gravel everywhere plus i keep my cars very clean.

Great looking Festiva !!

[MJD]

[QUOTE=takeone51;290274]ok now i can finish my entry... Well a little story behind the car, I won it haphazardly on ebay here in florida for $300 it was a parts car but it was in running condition.. I did a little work to get it in reliable form so i could drive it and added some parts i had around that i wasn't sure if i was going to put them on my other car . So i put on the mazda 121 bumper and taillights i got in a junkyard in germany while visiting family. Then i said to my self this car needs some wheels, i scoured the internet and found a cheep pair on ebay the seller had no clue of the bolt pattern and such just the knowledge of the car it was on before that was a 88 mercury tracer and also i thought an rx-7 leather steering wheel would look nice. The hood was rusty so i found a red car in a local junkyard with a decent hood and sweet interior, i later met Greg (Eurotiva) and he hooked me up with alot of priceless stuff and a perfect white hood!! Thanks again greg .. i also just got a new windshield from him to take care of the spiderwebed one.. So in progression here are pics beginning to end..



DANG !!

I like this car of yours too .............

[kirby1977]

I thought about entering mine (again), but it seems if you dont do all kinds of work all over your car, you don't get any votes! I'm broke. I've done what I can and my car looks nice. I even entered in december when there was a call for a RED car, and everybody voted for the blue one (with all the turbo's, etc)
I feel like it's just so much a waste of time to enter.

Dan, I'm in the same boat mate. But don't lose heart... one thing I have noticed in my short time on this site is that most people here don't really care if you have a rattler or a fully worked Festi. It's more that you actually have one and love it! (Unlike other sites I have been on where if you don't work the car up you're seen as a fool)

I don't have a lot of money, so it's going to take me a while to do stuff to my Festi but slowly, bit by bit I'll get there. I see your point about the Turbos etc but I think most of the people here don't really care..