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1993 Barn Find (a trailer park actually) --- I just bought a 1993 Festiva L with 56,670 original miles. A little old lady living in a trailer park in Tucson who couldn't walk anymore had her son post the car for sale on CL for $2,000. The best part about the ad (besides the car of course) is there were instructions not to call until 4pm, so that maybe kept the other buyers away who didn't want to make anyone angry. I took the risk, called at noon, and got an appointment to see it right away. Drove down from Phoenix almost two hours and could not believe what I saw. An original white 93, blue interior, L trim (and an aftermarket non working ac). I could not figure out why the car had an aftermarket air conditioner with such low miles so after making my deal of a century I asked about it. The little old innocent lady turned into a hard ass about her price, but after some negotiation and giving her most of the advantage in the name of integrity, we came to a fair deal. Once I got the notarized title in my hands I asked about the aftermarket ac. As the story goes the lady who could not even stand up said she used to be a professional prize winner. According to her, back in 1992-93 there was a prize promotion being offered by some toothpaste company (she and her husband thought maybe Colgate but could not remember). It required a letter be sent in to enter the contest for a new Ford Festiva. She said normally it is just postcards required for contest promotions but they wanted letters for the Ford. She said she sent in about 500 letters and was soon notified she won the car. The car not coming with ac and in the L Trim package made more sense since it was a contest prize car. Her husband explained that a few years later he took it down to a place near his home in Southern California (dry and hot Riverside almost it's entire life, then Tucson which is the same weather) where they lived at the time and had ac installed. He said the ac was working a couple years ago but recently quit. They said since it was a prize she won they had always taken good care of the car and tried not to drive it too much. It looks like they averaged 2,500 miles a year!!! Mine now...owners manuals, buyers info cards, booklets, key card, and two original keys.
My dad got one of these when he started working at Boeing in 1992 on his second career, and 20 years later when he retired he still had that car with almost 250k on it. He drove 100 miles r/t to get to work so the Festiva made sense for him. I always wanted one like it and finally got my chance. 93 Ford_pic01.JPG93 Ford_pic02.jpg93 Ford_pic03.JPG93 Ford_pic04.JPG
My dad got one of these when he started working at Boeing in 1992 on his second career, and 20 years later when he retired he still had that car with almost 250k on it. He drove 100 miles r/t to get to work so the Festiva made sense for him. I always wanted one like it and finally got my chance. 93 Ford_pic01.JPG93 Ford_pic02.jpg93 Ford_pic03.JPG93 Ford_pic04.JPG
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