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Flew down to Florida and drove this back 1500 miles.Its a solid diamond in the rough.I have started replacing substandard parts from a beater donor car.Waiting for the Mich.cold snap to pass on some of it so i dont break more plastic than i might in warmer weather.Its an auto and not quite as straight as i had hoped for which isnt my preference but decided it was worth it to me.Especially after putting a down payment to hold it and paying to fly down.
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Looks like a nice ride! Congrats!Originally posted by jfd64 View PostThe Festiva Store
Specializing in restoration, tuning and custom parts.Comment
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Nice! Looks like a Junspeed seat cover set on the interior.Last edited by David88; 02-18-2015, 01:23 PM.'89L 110k mi. BP/G swapped
'90LX 68k mi. wrecked 12/14 RIP
'90 F250 4X4 108K mi.
'13 Kia Rio 5 LX 70k mi.
'18 Kia Soul 40k mi. Daily
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Score!
Dan
Red 1988 Festiva L - CUJO
Black 1992 Festiva GL Sport - BLACK MAGIC
I'm just...a little slow... sometimes:withstupid:
R.I.P.
Blue 1972 Chevelle SS-468 C.I.D. B'nM TH400-4:56 posi-Black racing stripes-Black vinyl top-Black int.
Black on black 1976 Camaro LT-350 4 bolt main .060 over
Silver 1988 Festiva L
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Lookin' good! Congrats.Axlander9289, brother of ThisVelologist
Festivas past:
Aqua '92 Festiva L - Sold "Dale"
White '89 Festiva L Plus - RIP "Dudley"
White '93 Festiva GL - Sold to thisvelologist "Frito"
Red '91 Festiva L - Sold to Louieisawesome "Geraldo"
Current Fleet:
Aqua '93 Festiva L with Aspire brakes "Dale Jr."
Black and White '93 Festiva GL Sport (White alloys and spoiler are long gone) "Blues-tiva"
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What kind of wheels are those?
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkDoug's Daily Driver (Dad): '91 Ford Festiva L Manual "Old Yellow" got with 40,xxx mi... about 52,xxx mi. give or take now
Austin's Daily Driver (mine) : '91 Ford Festiva GL Automatic "Whitie III" W/ 0.40 over aspire engine from '94 Aspire "New Blue" rebuilt 92,xxx mi. then... about 96,xxx mi. or more now (on body)
Doug's work car: '95 Ford Aspire Manual "Whitie II" w/ swapped stock aspire engine from '95 Silver Aspire and has it's 5th transmission! 75,xxx mi... now with about 130,xxx mi.
Sold! '89 Ford Festiva Manual "Gaystiva" (sold to my Uncle) - got with 163,xxx..... now 163,xxx Sold!
TRANSFERRED! '89 Ford Festiva Automatic EFI "one hit wonder" Given to bolokid - got with 210,xxx ...... now with 210,xxx miles TRANSFERRED!
'94 Ford Aspire SE Manual "Assfire" - got with at least 350,000 mi
SOLD! '90 Ford Festiva L Manual look for Narion (or click the username) it's new owner on the forum! - got with 193,xxx miles... now has 193,xxx miles give or take SOLD!
R.I.P '91 Ford Escort GT w/ bad engine..... stripping for parts then off to the scrapper!
R.I.P '91 Ford Festiva Manual "Lil Red Rocket" bought brand new in 1991 with ~120 mi... ended with 227,xxx mi.
R.I.P '97 Ford Aspire 4 Door Automatic "Ford Metro" parts car - got with about 144,xxx mi.... ended with 144,xxx mi
R.I.P '95 Ford Aspire Manual Silver (one owner and one family car) got with about 50,000 miles ended with about 90,000 miles
R.I.P '94 Ford Aspire Manual "New Blue" got with 150,xxx.... ended with about 200,xxx (it's engine is the .40 engine in my GL)
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Good job on the traveling south to get a good one. I'm here in Mn (just as bad) and I just can't bring myself to court the local offerings. I just got back a week ago from KY to fetch the yellow one from here. It was rougher than I hoped (or expected) how the spider webbed windshield on the passenger side was somehow "forgotten" to be mentioned or caught in pics is, um....an accident I guess. None the less, it's rust free, and ran good enough to get me and my motorcycle home.
And it's Yellow!!
Any rust free festy is worth a trip coast to coast as far as I'm concerned. I just need a title now.
FXBecause....45 MPG.Comment
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I have been fortunate to find some good ones in Mi that others have brought in from out of state in the past.I was a little disappointed but not surprised the pics do not expose all.It was supposed to operate at high speeds without vibration which wasnt true so i have some tweaking to do there.Of course one rear bearing is sloppy.The front struts,steering gear and inners and outers are newer so either the alignment is off a touch or i may need some bearing work on the front.Normal temp on gauge is all the way to the top which freaked me out a bit initially cause i wasnt aware that was normal.I was stopping a lot the ist night of travel.It also came with brand new in the box set of drums,rotors,brake pads, temp sensor and distributor.I invested 1800 altogether for purchase and travel.The most i have ever spent on one but saw a lot of value in the wheels and the seats as well as getting something rust free.Comment
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Wow, only 1800 for the car and the travel - sounds like a deal to meComment
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Normal temp on the gauge is typically about 40% from the top.Last edited by TominMO; 02-19-2015, 07:51 AM.90 Festy (Larry)--B6M (Matt D. modified B6 head), header, 5-speed, Capri XR2 front brakes, many other little mods
09 Kia Rondo--a Festy on steroids!
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Yeap. Might want to look into whats going on there quick.Originally posted by TominMO View PostBecause....45 MPG.Comment
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They were at 2000 and i had my eye on it for close to a month.I called them and asked what the bottom price was and he said 1200.I threw down a negotiated non refundable deposit of 200 for them to give me a week to work out the details.I was there in 3 days and made the purchaseComment
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At operating temp every festiva ive owned has been below half way up on the temp gage.This one in 70 degree temps was at 75%.I had heat,radiator cap was not even hot to the touch at any stop and i checked it a lot.I didnt lose any anti freeze out of the overflow and it was overfilled at the start.It didnt overheat in the 1500 mile drive so it appears to be an idiosyncrasy to this car.Perhaps a temp sensor?Comment
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