What have you done to your Festiva today!?

[rockin86ranger]

You're in the minority, though. Most of the people driving trucks do it as a lifestyle choice, then try to justify it by saying "I need it to haul stuff" wherein stuff is usually defined as "the leaves that fell in the bed last night off that old oak tree".

I also have a couple of large trucks, myself. I use them for trucks. Things that my Festiva can't or shouldn't have to handle, that's what the trucks are for.

1989 F250 Diesel, soon to be 4 speed manual with a 10FT ICC work body on it.

197x F150 4x4 360 3speed, may end up with a turbo 7.3 Int. in it as well, since I have a spare diesel and have never been much of a fan of gas engines.

I completely agree, but most of the time even my ranger can handle everything I need. It's pushing it sometimes but it can do it. I only get big blue out (85 Chevy C30 Crew Cab) when I need to haul a car of big load of scrap, also helps when you have to haul off a few hundred tires (luckily we don't have to do it very much now). But that is the light truck, we have a gmc wrecker that weighs close to 14,xxxlbs with a 305 in it, the crew cab atleast has a worn out 350.

I am actually eyeballing an older IDI diesel right now, it is a 250 but I really want a dually. I might get the 250 anyways then convert if I really want it later. And the 70s F-Series are my favorite body style. Dad had a 78 when I was about 8 it was a Reg Cab long bed dark brown with a 460 in it, talk about a fun truck. It would spin tires til you ran out of road or gas(which is the most likely). But a 78-79 is on my list of future projects, 460 is a must but I really want to put a 3-on-the-tree behind it (To be unique and for theft provention, and if I flip the shift collar I can have the old lady beside me with no problems)

[KJ4YXY]

Nothing :cry_smile:
I'm at an Envirothon competition and my car is only about 50 miles away from the place of competition on my farm...
We almost drove by the road to my farm and I was thinking to my self WHY???
At least I am missing school!!

[neanderpaul]

Nice job!

[caprisecca]

ohh incase u were wondering my method, 3 gallons of boiling water and 1 gallon of simple green commercial grade degreaser, let soak until cool enough to put hands in and scrubbed off with green scratch pad.

[caprisecca]

cleaned and painted my valve cover today. shoulda took a before pic... but oh well,

and the inside with my two kiddos in the background

[BigElCat]

Scoutmaster has a complete running EGT that he's gonna scrap if I don't take it. This does sort of commit me to finishing Eagle Scout... Darn

Maybe there's a badge for motor swapping. :p

[kellen302]

^My dad does that frequently... got the go ahead from the school fr the engine swap, Scoutmaster has a complete running EGT that he's gonna scrap if I don't take it. This does sort of commit me to finishing Eagle Scout... Darn

[runner406]

I sprayed grass from the mower all over the side of it by mistake

[crazyrog17]

Met forum member 2ghetto today to get another headlight for the lady's car.

It was broken when we got it, replaced with a brand new one that was broken in an accident the day after being installed (!), and then replaced again with this one.

[eurotiva]

Drove mine as I do everyday. I like my car

[avitsefdrof]

tough day

I removed the old body side moldings and blocked and primed the two sides of the car.....at the very last panel....my lil compressor burned up.....good thing it wasn't in the middle of painting it....whew! Only hood, hatch and roof left then its fresh bc/cc B1 paint!

[Christ]

Also, just finished this up:



I also put in the 2 piece speedo cable I had, which is about an inch longer than the single piece that came out of it. After doing so, and while installing the new one, I realized that I didn't have to, when I put the new one in, it routed itself alongside the steering column support instead of through it like the first one was... I didn't know that had to be done when I installed the tach cluster, else I wouldn't have bothered changing the cable, and just rerouted the stocker through the correct area to mate up to the new cluster.

Almost all cars that had an option for a tach come pre-wired whether it has one or not, and the Festiva is no different in that regard. Plug and play, put 'er right together. Swapped out a non-tach white face for it.

Unfortunately, this cluster shows 116k more miles than my car has, but it doesn't make much difference to me. If it bugs me enough, I'll take it back out, roll the miles back (with a how-to), then reinstall it.

I especially like that it has a trip meter on it, though. Unfortunately again, no 1/10 mile indicator.

So it has it's benefits and drawbacks, but I rather like to keep an eye on engine RPM for various reasons, and that was the main reason for switching it. That, and the gas gauge was always wrong before, since someone had turned the needle down so that F was actually at 3/4 on the gauge.

Eventually, I may swap the gauges out again for a custom plate with aftermarket gauges in it.

[Christ]

Because I haul more tires than that, and I don't like them moving around with me. My truck also weighs in at a little over 10,000lbs thank you very much.

Nice packing skills though

You're in the minority, though. Most of the people driving trucks do it as a lifestyle choice, then try to justify it by saying "I need it to haul stuff" wherein stuff is usually defined as "the leaves that fell in the bed last night off that old oak tree".

I also have a couple of large trucks, myself. I use them for trucks. Things that my Festiva can't or shouldn't have to handle, that's what the trucks are for.

1989 F250 Diesel, soon to be 4 speed manual with a 10FT ICC work body on it.

197x F150 4x4 360 3speed, may end up with a turbo 7.3 Int. in it as well, since I have a spare diesel and have never been much of a fan of gas engines.

[rockin86ranger]

Because I haul more tires than that, and I don't like them moving around with me. My truck also weighs in at a little over 10,000lbs thank you very much.

Nice packing skills though

[Christ]

This:





And you needed a 7,000LB truck for what, now?

245/50R16 tires on (2) 16x7 wheels, 205/60R16 tires on (2) 16x7 wheels
225/60R15 x 4 on GMC Sonoma wheels
165/80R13 on 13x5 wheels (wheels are stripped off in the pics)
and a single 245/50R16 tire for a spare not on a wheel. Plus my Craftsman junkyard kit.

And yes, the hatch and both doors were closed fully. And the rear seat is still installed, as well as the (obviously) passenger seat.