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Here's his entry again
Here's his entry again
Originally posted by Axlander9289
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I'll throw my hat in the ring.
I bought my third Festiva, this '93 L back in November 2014 after finding it on Craigslist in Missoula, MT. My main motivation for buying it was jealousy of my brother's (January 2015 FOTM winner ThisVelologist) newly purchased Festiva. My first Festiva that I bought back in 2004 was an aqua '92 with similar graphics, so it was pretty much love at first sight when I saw this one. I drove it 350 miles back home to Billings including through a bizzard at the Continental Divide east of Butte without incident.
Once I got it home and set to work on it, getting it cleaned up, putting in new headlamp assemblies from Amazon, a modern stereo and speakers, passenger side mirror from a GL, and a 195 degree thermostat to cope with the harsh Montana winter. Just before Christmas, the timing belt jumped a tooth. Not wanting to do the job myself in an unheated garage, it went to a shop for a new timing belt and a few other minor tweaks like a crank seal and water pump while they were at it.
As the weather warmed up, I would take it for long drives out in the boonies every weekend, and take glamour shots.
I also gave it a thorough detail
and restored the bumpers with some Plastidip.
I went on a junkyard run, and found they had a few Festivas and Aspires laying around, so I picked up everything I needed for an Aspire swap, and did the rear brakes,
(Full disclosure, I'm running Aspire spindles and drums on the stock Festiva axle)
Then took a break to spray a spare hood with some left-over Plastidip.
Then I swapped over the front knuckles and brakes.
Here it is as it sits today with ANGRY HEADLIGHTS!
Festiva center caps, and obligatory FF.com decals from bobbyspider
In the long term, my plan is to hand paint some Rush album cover art on the hood, and install some coilovers. It's got just under 100k on the clock so I won't have to replace the engine for another decade or two.
Thanks for your consideration.
I bought my third Festiva, this '93 L back in November 2014 after finding it on Craigslist in Missoula, MT. My main motivation for buying it was jealousy of my brother's (January 2015 FOTM winner ThisVelologist) newly purchased Festiva. My first Festiva that I bought back in 2004 was an aqua '92 with similar graphics, so it was pretty much love at first sight when I saw this one. I drove it 350 miles back home to Billings including through a bizzard at the Continental Divide east of Butte without incident.
Once I got it home and set to work on it, getting it cleaned up, putting in new headlamp assemblies from Amazon, a modern stereo and speakers, passenger side mirror from a GL, and a 195 degree thermostat to cope with the harsh Montana winter. Just before Christmas, the timing belt jumped a tooth. Not wanting to do the job myself in an unheated garage, it went to a shop for a new timing belt and a few other minor tweaks like a crank seal and water pump while they were at it.
As the weather warmed up, I would take it for long drives out in the boonies every weekend, and take glamour shots.
I also gave it a thorough detail
and restored the bumpers with some Plastidip.
I went on a junkyard run, and found they had a few Festivas and Aspires laying around, so I picked up everything I needed for an Aspire swap, and did the rear brakes,
(Full disclosure, I'm running Aspire spindles and drums on the stock Festiva axle)
Then took a break to spray a spare hood with some left-over Plastidip.
Then I swapped over the front knuckles and brakes.
Here it is as it sits today with ANGRY HEADLIGHTS!
Festiva center caps, and obligatory FF.com decals from bobbyspider
In the long term, my plan is to hand paint some Rush album cover art on the hood, and install some coilovers. It's got just under 100k on the clock so I won't have to replace the engine for another decade or two.
Thanks for your consideration.
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