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    New Aspire owner, Old Festiva Owner

    Hey guys and gals. Just wanted to introduce myself and my Aspire.

    My name is James and I live in Phoenix. I used to own two Festiva's, a '90 and '91 that were the same Smurf Blue. One ended up getting totaled out after being backed into, and I sold the other to Wes Shull in Tuscon. I'd been looking for a replacement Festiva for a while, but nothing really in my price range. I found a '95 Aspire listed on Craigslist for $200. It's a little rough looking inside and out, but runs good. Why so cheap then? Well the Aspire's transmission didn't want to come out of 4th gear.

    So after replacing the locks (car didn't have a key), and swapping out a tranny and clutch set she is back on the road again.

    Here are a couple of pics I took when I first brought her home...





    As for the direction of my Aspire, it's still up in the air right now. I'm working towards getting the car whole again by replacing the fender, hood, bumper and windshield. I also have to replace all of the rear glass as it is plexiglass right now. Sometimes you wonder what the previous owner was thinking.
    James
    Phoenix, Arizona
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    plexiglass is lighter... some people do that to save weight. however it doesn't look like they did a real nice job of installing it on your car eh?

    other than that looks like a good find, glad to see your fixing it up

    keep us posted and welcome to the forum!
    ~Nate

    the keeper of a wonderful lil car, Skeeter.

    Current cars:
    91L "Skeeter" 170k, Aspire brakes, G15, BP, Advancedynamics coil overs, etc. My first love.
    1990 Kawasaki Ninja 250 - my gas saver, 60+mpg - 40k
    2004 MotoGuzzi Breva - my "longer range" bike - 17k

    FOTY 2008 winner!

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    • #3
      Welcome!
      A Festiva saved my life.
      Former owner of a '93 L.
      Rolled her at 120 km/h and walked away.
      R.I.P. "747"

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      • #4
        Welcome Switch , Good luck on your project . Nice find
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        • #5
          For those that don't know who Wes Shull is.

          He is the long time owner/admin of the Yahoo Groups Festiva Mailing List.

          The only other Festiva related place that's been around as long as FF.Com

          To switch.. I like that name, it's 8) .. I can't believe no one had it before.. good luck with the Aspire

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          • #6
            It's nice to see someone fixing up a forlorn Aspire. I see many of them in sad sad shape just being driven into the ground. My wifes car is a 97 Aspire and I plan on keeping it in nice condition. Just because our cars didn't cost a bundle is no reason not to maintain them like they did.

            http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h181/redfestiva/100_1633.jpg

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