My new festy

[gestiva]

man im tired...
just drove 381 miles round trip to pick up my newest festy.
its a 1989 L with 169,899 miles with no rust(i aint found any)
runs, but makes loud nocking noise at higher rpms.
just drove it 15 miles down road at 40 with no problems.(noise was not noticable)
THANKS SPARKY FOR ALL UR HELP WITH THIS FIND...
this is the car all my work is gonna go into(BP swap, aspire swap,etc)
since its a nicer body.
will post more pix tomorrow
btw... only paid $200 for it, plus $75 in gas picking it up

[festivaWES]

Looks nice!!

[Sparky]

Hey, glad to see you got home ok....I can't wait to see all the good things you're gonna do with this one!

[V8Festiva]

That car looks like a car that was at Madness 2.

Is it a automatic?


Dean
Raleigh, NC

[Sparky]

It's a 1989 L 4-speed that was owned by a guy who hadn't any idea these little jewels had such a following, so I don't think it's the one you saw at FMII. We couldn't find a lick of rust on the body anywhere...Gestiva is going to have a ball working with this one, methinks.

[stevewl1164]

A loud knocking noise? From the engine? Oil low?

[Smedley]

Nice project car. Can't wait to see what you do to it. Just remember to check all the wheel bearings, please.

[batstiva]

Nice project car. Can't wait to see what you do to it. Just remember to check all the wheel bearings, please.

Me thinks that will be the first thing he checks, given past experience.

Nice car, gestiva. Looks like a good solid project car. :thumbright:

[doylerl]

That looks to be in really good shape! Nice find!

[gestiva]

drove it last night bout 30 miles around town. never got above 35mph.
just putting along, the knock isnt noticable.(kinda sounds like a sewing machine)
for sure first thing tuesday is all wheel bearings...
shocks are bouncy. brakes are really good. adusted ebrake and it works good.
in the next weeks to come will follow:
engine replacement/rebuild
wheel bearings
wash and wax
clean inside seat/carpet
swap to 5 speed
list to make it a DD

[neanderpaul]

Nice score!

[eurotiva]

reminds me of a young euro....

[drddan]

Nice find! And well worth the trip. If it had the hockey stick stripes, it would look exactly like mine. I like the black around the door windows.

[gestiva]

just washed it( not waxed)

washed it. much nicer in person. needs waxed

[gestiva]

inside

just vaccumed it. shampooing it in the morning