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I've been lurking a lot lately and this is my first post, but I've just bought a "new" 1988 Festiva L that has been sitting in a shed since 1995 and only has 67k! It had quite the layer of dust/pollen/dirt that collected over the past 17 years, but a day of steady rain and a quick wash cleaned it up fairly decent (will post a clean picture soon) The old lady that owned it paid $5,959.23 for it back in May 1988 (found the dealership purchase receipt in the dash!). Car is the absolute base with no options. AM radio, 4spd, manual steering, one side mirror, etc.
The little old lady parked it in '95 and died in '97 and it didn't move until I had it towed last Saturday. She picked up cans daily and the poke-sticks she used to stab cans are still in the floor/hatch, along with quite a bit of yarn and a blanket she knitted. The carpet/back seat is dirty from all the cans that she hauled to-and-from the recycling center, but I plan to pull out the seats & carpet and clean them thoroughly. It will run for 4-5 seconds at at time, but the carb. needs to be rebuilt. Luckily, a co-worker of my brother just happens to have a festy carb that was rebuilt but never installed that he is going to sell me for the price of a rebuild kit! This little car seems to be in good shape and doesn't seem to need much to get back on the road. I plan to change ALL fluids before trying to start it again. And get new tires & brakes before doing more than test drives around the yard.
The little old lady parked it in '95 and died in '97 and it didn't move until I had it towed last Saturday. She picked up cans daily and the poke-sticks she used to stab cans are still in the floor/hatch, along with quite a bit of yarn and a blanket she knitted. The carpet/back seat is dirty from all the cans that she hauled to-and-from the recycling center, but I plan to pull out the seats & carpet and clean them thoroughly. It will run for 4-5 seconds at at time, but the carb. needs to be rebuilt. Luckily, a co-worker of my brother just happens to have a festy carb that was rebuilt but never installed that he is going to sell me for the price of a rebuild kit! This little car seems to be in good shape and doesn't seem to need much to get back on the road. I plan to change ALL fluids before trying to start it again. And get new tires & brakes before doing more than test drives around the yard.
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