What have you done to your Festiva today!?

[fastivaca]

Car wash and an oil change ling with some more work on the FMS bumper.

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[drddan]

Finishing up the bolt together of the Aspire engine and tranny. New flywheel and clutch too. Now I can get it headed towards the GL Sport and bolt it all in!

[scitzz]

Replaced bad bearings and struts in Daniels car today with timken bearings and kyb gr2's. After last weekend's transmission in his car, he is now ready to get it inspected. Another Festiva rescued!

Here he is putting the trim back in, surprise action pic..



Running around outside the asylum again with my tappy talky appy

[1990new]

Friday I put a new exhaust pipe and muffler on Bessie and yesterday I changed the oil in Nellie. After the trip to St. Louis last week Nellie now has 98,309 miles on her.

[Chobobulous]

Pushed it onto the street need to make room in the garage to pull the new heart. Also learned it wasn't the original engine!

[Pu241]

I have a four foot Ridgid pipe wrench for when the going gets tough.
That did not help me change my door latches yesterday.

Nor would it have helped you get this inner tie rod end off with only 16-18" of ground clearance and an axle shaft in the way!

[bravekozak]

Captain, I have more than enough length after snipping the wires on the U.S. latches. All I have to do is to shorten and reterminate the existing re-purposed connectors. I hooked everything up to the door connector expecting to use it for door speakers. I changed my mind. I will take a picture and show you how easy it is. If I am really desperate for door speakers or door lights, I still have the connectors for non-existent door lock switches available inside each door. I also have about four unused positions in my 13 position door connectors. The terminals must be in three rows in order to fit easily through the door holes.

[Captain Burrito]

I'd be interested to see how you set that up. Already had someone siphon gas after breaking through the gas door. Got a locking cap on that now.

[bravekozak]

Note to others a pipe wrench with a 1 foot cheater bar is the way to go!

I have a four foot Ridgid pipe wrench for when the going gets tough.
That did not help me change my door latches yesterday. I replaced the Canadian latches with U.S. latches. One of the arms was bent on the Canadian latch, so when I slammed the door shut for the first time, it wouldn't open. I had to pull out the power lock acruator rod and make another one. The new one is about a quarter inch longer. Next time, I will supply power to the latch and join the return wire to the Viper yellow. I am looking forward to opening the door without de-activating the alarm. Burglars will be in for a special surprise. With the price of gas going up, you can't afford to take any chances. I don't remember seeing anyone wire up door alarms in a Festiva. If it works like it should, I will take a video.

[Pu241]

Removed and replaced the driver side inner tie rod.
What a nightmare!
Note to others a pipe wrench with a 1 foot cheater bar is the way to go!

[TorqueEffect]

Looked to check if the timing was off a tooth on my B6.

No, it isn't off, it is smack dab perfect, camshaft sprocket at 12 and 3, and the crankshaft sprocket key notch lining up perfectly with the mark on the block. So there should be no reason the dizzy has to be bottomed out to get into proper timing.

[sc72]

Thanks for the pic's, it's just my two cents but my favorite Corvette is the 61 Vette in pic's 1 and 2 the reason is simple, it has a combination of old and new styling, the bug eye head lights from years past and the new style back half or Stingray tail section that lasted through 67. The 62 was the first year for the 327, and on a side note you spoke of an old Charger, well back in the 60's myself and a few friends decided to do some stock car racing so I chose a 57 Convertible (easy to get the roll cage in) the other fellas chose other styles or Chevy's and Fords The last guy says hey I got a 66 Charger given to me but it doesn't, so he dragged it over to my Mom and Dads to work on it, Great looking car, Grey w/ a Black interior, but we all laughed when he raised the hood and showed us a nice clean 426 Hemi, that's right a Hemi, to this day it's the only 66 Dodge Charger that I have seen or heard of with that engine, if we only knew what that car would be worth in later years.

[Captain Burrito]

Took the side trim off my festiva yesterday. The double back tape took paint with it so I'm gonna end up rattle canning the lower part black tonight. Thinkin next weekend ill do the rest of it dark blue.

[greywolf200]

Where in the world would you get parts for the truck/wagon in #6?

There is a whole universe of Corvair owners(I've had 4) out there, just like Festivas. I know a guy with two pickups and about half a dozen vans. I've also recently picked up a Capri. Should have it running shortly.

[greywolf200]

I took a bunch of photos at a classic car meet in the park in Lewiston after.

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Your taste in cars seems to be just as eclectic as mine, thanks for sharing.