Accepting Entries For November FOTM

[KJ4YXY]

What the heck. Ill enter mine.

This is my Festiva. Untitled (Festiva)
This was originally my fathers, until he passes, and it was siting at our house.
We moved it to my step dad's farm in 2004 I think. I remember the trip. warm summers day, and The first time I got to sit in the front seat!
It sat there for many years, '09 I think when my friend came and looked at it. He did some looking and found out that it needs a new fuel pump. So my step dad bought one and I put it in all by my self! Then I drove it around my farm. IT was awesome. I immediately realized that Manuals are the way to go. It slowly started to get some engine problems. Electrical probably because of the mice living in it.
So I tinkered with it. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't.
Then during my summer break of '10 I painted it green with the light green stripes.

Then the next summer me and my friend went to pull a part and bought a door for it.
I managed to do a bad job putting it on though...

So then this summer I started prepping it to drive. working on the interior and the body.
But in the mean time I managed to put a small dent in it.

But over time fixed it.

And then I put in new carpet and blackend the interior.... Carpet was FUN!


And then I did the joyus task of painting.



And lastly me and my step dad hauled it away to the motor shop.



And the random gas station pic!


It has successfully been fixed at the motor shop... it turned out it needed a new alternator and a new battery and the radiator needed rewiring.

Now it is at the body shop to do some final touchups inside and out.
Then I will get a stereo system.
Then I will paint my bumpers black or silver.
Maybe do a bit of touching up on the runs in the paint.

And that has been the story of Untitled (Festiva).

[Advancedynamix]

Ok?? You have pics of it though don't you? You don't have to have possession of it in order to enter, just need to own it lol

Even that is debatable. Some members continue to enter them even after they have been sold. :p

[Advancedynamix]

Kj4yxy, nice car. Your interior is coming along nice. Glad to hear it didn't take much to get it running right.

[KJ4YXY]

Kj4yxy, nice car. Your interior is coming along nice. Glad to hear it didn't take much to get it running right.

Thanks - I cant wait to start driving!

[Flw Sock]

I figure I'd enter today, because I'm constantly adding stuff and I've came to the realization that I will never be fully ready to post this, but I figure I've done a lot of work on it and it's worth posting now.

This is my Festiva, which I named The Pimptiva. Pimps only drive pimp cars, right?

Anyway, about 6 or 7 months ago I was looking for a new car that got good gas mileage because my mean bosses weren't giving me any hours, and therefore I couldn't afford to drive my trucks that get 14mpg on the highway. I had been looking at Festivas for a long time, because I thought that would be a sweet candidate for a car that I could totally pimp out with lights, speakers, and other typical teenager things. I also have a fetish for rare cars. After already looking and buying two cars before, I knew what the requirements were for my Dad to come with me to check one out. It had to be a decent deal for starters, but it also had to be within like 15-20minutes drive LOL. So, after searching for what seemed like forever, I found a Festiva for $500 that the guy said he think needed a ball joint and control arm. Being a race car driver and getting in crashes all of the time, those are the two most replaced parts my Dad and I have done. So, we scooted over there THE DAY I FOUND IT ON CRAIGSLIST, which is totally unheard of for my dad. After some haggling, we managed to scoop it up for $400 THE SAME DAY WE LOOKED AT IT, which is also totally unheard of for my Dad! Usually, we go to check out a car, and then come back a few weeks later hoping the person is softer on the price. After about 2 hours of trying to get it on our trailer, we brought my baby home. She was in rough condition, and to get it on/off the trailer, we had to keep kicking the drivers side front tire in because of the damaged ball joint, etc. There was A LOT of work to be done with it. While doing the control arm, we were forced to cut a small whole in the frame to get one of the bolts out, because the housing had broke! Despite the seized bolts and all the set backs, my Dad and I cranked it out in about a week. Once we replaced the drivers side axle, control arm, ball joint, and outer tie rod, we took it out for a spin. Once you get out of my subdivision, you go right into a highway. So, I began to stop at a stop sign before I get on the highway, and notice the brakes go ALL the way to the floor. After that incident, we bled the brakes for like 4 hours, to try to be sure we had to drop the money on a master cylinder. I ended up having to buy a master, and we put that in. It's ran perfectly ever since. Unfortunately, I don't have pictures of when I first bought it, or when we were working on it. It's probably a good thing, because after I bought it, it took me over 8 hours to clean it properly. It was nasty!!

http://i.imgur.com/khFcl.jpg (Picture is too big to display on this page)

http://i.imgur.com/ZFl5X.jpg (Same thing with this picture)






I still have to install a red/black shift boot. I'm still looking for a candidate jacket or something at the local goodwill that I can cut up to fabricate a sweet shift boot that will cover the entire shifter whole.






George Webbs sticker, my first mod I did to this car....
+10hp



The exhaust is a funny story. When I first bought the car, the idiot had the muffler so it was right below the gas tank, and about 1 inch from the ground tops at all times. Whenever I had a passenger in a car, they would have to lean and put the side all the way up, otherwise it would scrap. Going downhill? Scraped the entire way. This is the new exhaust, I thought it looked cool since it's new.... SHINY!!!




And now..... time for a treat for everybody, just scroll down.


























Look at those custom wheels and grill!!!!

Taking The Pimptiva to get rust proofed next week!

I missed the 30 minute mark for editing when I thought of this, thought I would add it.

The Pimptiva is a 1993.

FUTURE PLANS:
I'm already taking The Pimptiva to get rust proofed next week!

I'm still conteplating whether or not to paint everything black on the enside. Door cards, trunk card, all the grey plastic in the back.... BECAUSE RACECAR

LIGHTS (you guys will get pictures, don't worry) instead of neons or any of that typical stuff, I'm going to put christmas lights all around. Christmas lights as dash lights, christmas lights as neons, christmas lights as wheel neons, it will be nothing short of awesome.

TRAIN HORN I was going to do this earlier, but then I had some unexpected expenses I had to pay off first. Hopefully within 6 months or so I'll have this baby in here. Do not fear, I will be going around town scaring the living crap out of people with it, and there will be videos!!

ESCORT SEATS When I went to the junkyard to pick up the escort center console, the seats weren't in bad condition either, so I might be going back to grab those.

LEATHER SHIFT BOOT Like I said before, I just have to find a good candidate jacket or something leather that I can cut up and stitch if I have to, this will look really clean once I get done with it.

REMOTE START Would be great for the winter months so I don't have to shiver while driving.

ELECTRIC LOCKS I've been thinking about installing these, but I don't know if I can justify the $50 at this time for the set.

REAR DEFROST I'm still looking into this, but I think it would be really helpful if I could install some defroster kit on the back. The Festivas have big rear windows, and how am I going to use it in the winter if its frozen over?

OTHERS? I'm always looking at the custom interior/exterior thread, and getting other crazy ideas from friends. I'll never be done, playing with this car is too much fun!

[Advancedynamix]

:banghead: your car doesn't need to be home to enter, just post pics and the story that goes with them :lol:

But to answer your question, I try to get the voting started on the 23rd of each month

Such a slacker!

[Damkid]

Wow no kidding! I'll get right on it

[DriverOne]

Maybe I'll put Red up in November. It's a good-lookin' car...

[KingFish]

Well here goes my entry...

I'm pleased to introduse to you all, Fido. He is a 1989 L.



Pleased to meet you all. I just moved from Excello Mo were I lived with a real good kid named Fred. He was a great guy, but I decided to go to the city to live with some nut case named KingFish. So we have know each other for a few weeks now, and already we have had some fun.
As soon as I showed up, I thought it would be a good idea to see if this yahoo knew what he was doing. So I spit up a few quarts of oil on the way to my new home. KingFish did alright though, he gave me a newer longblock he had from an old friend, Bruce. I run real good now with my HLA valve train and fresh gaskets.
We went on a little test drive the next day of about 800 miles, just to make sure everything was tight. On the way, my old shifter dropped right out of the floor!! King got me a new one today but has not gotten around to installing it yet.
I could tell King missed hos old buddy Bruce. I decided to let him spruce up my old door cards seen here



with some nice GL cards that have a map pocket we found at the PnP.



I finally slowed down long enuf for KingFish to get some work done. I have my new shoes a much cleaner driver side headlight and a pass side manual mirror now.



King was complaining about how sparse the cabin was, so we talked it out and decided on GL door cards, upper door finisher, and tach cluster and a LX shifter (it is for a 5 speed, but I won't tell if you don't), After a good scrubbing (an entire roll of paper towel and half a bottle of mean green) the dash looked pretty good too.



Here is a nice shot of the door with upper finishers, GL card and B2200 door handles installed.



But somthing was not right, the front looked great, but the hatch was lacking.



King fixed that up with some C-pillar finishers he fond on the same lost soul he got the cards from.



SO for now we are both happy with the cabin.

As I said before, when I first met King, I had to find out if he was any good. I spit up my engine to test him. I found out he could turn a wrench if necessary, but I also found out he had a temper. The SOB kicked me after I played a little joke and knocked for bit with the new engine.



I know he is sorry, and we have come to terms with it, but he did have a responsibly to correct the damage he had caused. We drove to the FestivaRanch to visit Freshtiva and got some stock springs my rims and paint matched fender off of a fallen comrade, Booger.



Sexy right?



That about does it for now. I hear talk of a new carb soon, but I will believe that when I see it.





Plans for the future include A/C; I have all the parts, just need assembled.
Escort carb swap, just need to finish the adapter plate.
I am also throwing around the idea of building my B6-E with a intake manifold adapter to go carbed.
Keep aan eye on this one folks, it's gonna be a good one.

[Advancedynamix]

um... I think it's too late.

[Damkid]

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