Does anyone know what happened to my car? FestivaGTR

[jdobbs86]

A couple of years ago i owned the "shell" of this car, after an acquaintance purchased the whole car then tore it apart for the GTR engine :nono:. I was forced to sell the car back to him, along with everything I had collected to finish it since I was living in an apartment (at the time) and my parents wanted it out of their garage. The plan was to make a 24Hrs of LeMons car so I sold it back to him for super cheap. The same guy then turned around and sold the car and parts for a profit to buy a miata :nightmare:.

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/708975/1988-ford-festiva/

I now own my own home with my own garage and would love to have another Festiva. banana time

I just figured that I would ask since a car like the one above might have shown up on here at some point.

BTW I used to have another account on here, but for the life of me I can't remember the login credentials?:cry_smile: So now I'm starting all over...

[nonamekid]

I remember when you built the car. Sorry about the car and I hope you can find it.

[jdobbs86]

I remember when you built the car. Sorry about the car and I hope you can find it.

Sorry, for clarification I didn't actually do the initial build (wish I had). I owned it after most of the hard word was done lol.

[bravekozak]

Were you 88FESTIVAGTR?
Just a wild guess.

[jdobbs86]

Lol I have legitimately no idea...might have been but that was probably the Oklahoma genius that originally built that car

[bhazard]

I have it

[bhazard]

http://www.fordfestiva.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43352

[bhazard]

Did you ever have the title?

[jdobbs86]

lol amazing i knew it would show up! but no I never had a title to for it...original owner supposedly found it in a junkyard, never filed for a salvage title. Which is odd, because I think he was a cop? Congrats on the car though...sorry for all the burn marks ...and the busted windsheild

[jdobbs86]

....eh herm you don't happen to have anything left from that do you? (even just the shell)

[bhazard]

I got the shell and a crapload of parts. Including the GTR harness. I'm gonna build the shell with a boosted BP and built automatic.

[bhazard]

Busted windshield is a family tradition. Not sure what burn marks you're referring to. The interior is completely gone.

[jdobbs86]

Lol alright so long as you didn't scarp it...and yea the interior did find its way to the curb...and are you sure its a gtr harness? I never had that

[jdobbs86]

If you have any questions about what's what feel free to ask

Edit: not saying you don't know your stuff I'm sure you do...there was just a bunch of crap in that car that I lived with forever

[bhazard]

If you have any questions about what's what feel free to ask

Edit: not saying you don't know your stuff I'm sure you do...there was just a bunch of crap in that car that I lived with forever

Not much to ask about. The car is BARE except for what appears to be an aspire swap with a boxed in rear beam I'll be replacing. It has stock struts with a cheap coilover setup. The springs are way too high rated, like 300-400 lb springs.

Pretty sure its a GTR harness, had JDM HVAC controls, no AC, but had an ABS controller that I looked up and found references to the GTR. I don't think the GTX had ABS.