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hoo hoo hooh hoo i gotta say, we got hit pretty good with the fluffy stuff last week, and though the festys cant come out and play just yet, my 81 ford 3/4 ton loves them corners! nothin like plowin through a 3' pile of the white stuff. as long as there are no drugs involved...
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Whats wrong with that :lol:Originally posted by resuwrecked View Post
1988 323 Station Wagon - KLG4 swapped
1988 323 GT - B6T Powered
2008 Ford Escape - Rollover Survivor
1990 Festiva - First Ever Completed KLZE swap (SOLD)
If no one from the future stops you from doing it, how bad of a decision can it really be?Comment
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When my wife and I were living in Seneca, SC about 4 years ago we got a pretty bad ice storm mixed with snowfall just before Christmas, and my 94 Aspire 5-speed had no problems getting anywhere! We still went out looking for a tree! The car pretty much just slid across the top of the snow. It even climbed over small trees that had fallen in the road, and off a shoulder to get around one it couldn't climb. I swear, if it had a winch on the front end, it'd be close to impossible to get it stuck.Originally posted by Damkid View PostIn love with a MadScientist!:thumbright:
There's a fine line between breathtaking ingenuity and "That's the stupidest thing I've ever seen!"
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I hope that I will not get bitten by this. Not immediately but after my mustang will be sold I have no problem with that.Originally posted by resuwrecked View Post
BPT, G5M-R, BP26 Exintake swap + Fidanza cam gear, NSRT4 FMIC + 2.5" piping, HKS SSQV BOV, Exedy clutch, 3" downpipe + 2" all the way back, Aspire brake swap, KYB GR-2 & FMS coil spring , FMS EURO body kit + Carbon fiber hood, Falcon RTX 15X6½ + Toyo proxes T1R 195/45R15Comment
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Dirt you better buy some electric gloves. Something about holding on to those snow thrower handles just freezes your hands in no time.sigpic
The Don - Midwest Festiva Inc., Missouri Chapter
Link to my festiva pictures below
https://fordfestiva.com/forums/album.php?albumid=10
Celebrating 25 years of festiva(s) ownership.Comment
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Viper
If I won the jackpot, I'd build a snowblower with a Viper engine. All the power would go into throwing the snow about one city block in either direction. Shouldn't this be under the what would you do with a million$ thread?Comment
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those are nice snowblowers. We have one aswell. My dad forgot to put oil in it one year and it seized up. When it seized the connecting rod detonated...if they ever break they are easy to rebuild, just remember to put oil in it.Tyler
91 Festiva, 5spd, B8 swapped, now for paint and suspensionComment
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There is a fairy tale that says if you put a good enough wax job on that snowblower, the snow is scared away for the winter......
MichaelHave owned 9 so far
White 89 L converted to LX "The Curmudgeon" Being a Curmudgeon right now.
Blue 89 L converted to LX "Shtinky" FMS crate engine,cam,flywheel,hail dents
Smurf Blue 90 LX "Smurffy" He Ran Away From Home!!!!!! Says Willie loves him more than I did!
Red 88 L converted to LX "Rasta, Mon" Now retired
Where did all these @#*&%$ Toyotas come from around here?Comment
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"This is a spray-on lubricant 500 times more slick than teflon" - Clark GrimswoldIn love with a MadScientist!:thumbright:
There's a fine line between breathtaking ingenuity and "That's the stupidest thing I've ever seen!"
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Ill try to take some pics of my snow fence tomorrow. Best snow defense Ive ever seen. I think you'll agree. Earth to Levitan,,,, come in. How is it in the Blizzard ?
Never mind Dan, just saw this, glad you are surviving
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The Don - Midwest Festiva Inc., Missouri Chapter
Link to my festiva pictures below
https://fordfestiva.com/forums/album.php?albumid=10
Celebrating 25 years of festiva(s) ownership.Comment
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I figure if my new toy does not work...I will have to do something like this....
"FLTG4LIFE" @FINALLEVEL , "PBH"
89L Silver EFI auto
91GL Green Auto DD
There ain't no rest for the wicked
until we close our eyes for good.
I will sleep when I die!
I'm a little hunk of tin, nobody knows what shape I'm in. I've got four wheels and a running board, I'm not a Chevy, I'M A FORD!Comment
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Whoa dude! 4 years and 4 months this has been dead!
Last edited by MONSOON; 04-19-2014, 07:20 AM.Search Master - Honorary Member of Midwest Festiva Inc., Gulf Coast Chapter
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Sure it's an old thread but nice to see someone pick up and appreciate a golden oldie. Betcha GenevaDirt is still using it. That Ariens is from the late 60s-early 70s when steel used in the blower and chassis was nearly twice as thick as it is now. These are sturdy and simple machines and most all parts are still readily available. Ariens of Wisconsin proudly stands behind it's products. When the time comes (Tecumseh stopped making engines in 08 and also moved their operations off shore) you can adapt a different engine (Briggs or even a Honda) on to the machine. I bartered for my neighbour's 1972 Ariens 20 years ago and have never regretted it. Rather than toy with Festys last fall I took a month out to entirely disassemble and clean up my old machine. New bushings/bearings throughout and a complete carb rebuild on the original Tecumseh 7 horse. Just like there are Festy nuts there is a website out there devoted to identifying and restoring old Ariens "Sno-Throws".Comment
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Gotta try again. Looks to be an 8 hp engine on there and belt clutch arrangement rather than the pre-1973 (thereabouts) mechanical lever clutch. I have noticed that the sheet steel on those next generation machines was reduced by about 1/64, which doesn't seem like much but did reduce the overall rigidity of the blower units.Comment
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