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  • June FOTM Winner

    The winner for June FOTM is....................























































    kartracer46!!! Congratulations!!!

    Here's his entry again

    Originally posted by kartracer46 View Post
    This is my 1988 Festiva L. I purchased this little wonder on CL to build myself a fun little car that would be good on gas. I replied to the ad and the guy said come look at it and see what you think. I said Ok, I’ll be over this morning and take a look. Well to me it was love at first sight since I hadn’t driven a Festiva in almost 5 years. My wife on the other hand was mumbling something to the affect I had lost my mind. I will admit the poor little guy looked rough. It was missing a left corner and head light and the grill was shattered from where some one just ripped it out to get the light out. I love orphans so I adopted it for $300.00 that day. Long story short the guy told me the clutch was out, no biggie. Well I got it home and the trans was shot. I think the shift fork must have been completely busted for it wouldn’t shift into anything. But it pushed easy. So I decided to join FF.com and see if anyone might know where to locate a transmission. I joined and started posting. It was tough at first since I had no clue what codes were when posting, thank you guys! Anyhow I get this email from non other than “V8 Festiva” telling me to give him a call and he will help me out. I was then invited to come to an undisclosed location to meet with him and pull some parts. I called Dean and he told me he was getting ready to head down to Florida to meet with the bunch down there. I said Ok, I can’t make that trip but we can get together when you get back. He said sounds cool, we’ll pull some parts and then go over to another local yard he knew of to pull some Aspire swaps. Well that day never came because a great loss came before then. I felt like I had lost an old friend. So I set out to take everything Dean and I had discussed and follow through with a tribute in his memory. So here is my tribute to Dean “V8 Festiva” a good friend and fellow car guy.

    Since that time I have met so many nice people and enjoyed posting on the FF.com board. This little car went from being a mode of transportation to a portal to a world of cool people, good friends and a future of meeting so many more along the way. I try to keep in mind that our common goal here is to keep as many of these little mechanical wonders running as we can so that maybe more people can find and enjoy these experiences.

    In conclusion I basically took this primered up little 88L and poured my heart and soul into this project for the last few months to build a unique “tailored to my style” Festiva that I could call my own. There are still a lot of little things I want to do to this little whip.

    Current upgrades are:
    14” PCW style 258 wheels
    89 LX “checker board” interior
    early MAZDA RX-7 steering wheel
    Tach cluster
    Escort map/dome lights
    Hyundai Tiberon rear wing with LED brake light in memory of Dean
    Clear side repeaters (SAAB knock off style)
    Painted dash bezels
    5-speed Festiva transmission (was a 4-speed car)
    JVC head unit with Reliance and Diamond Audio speakers

    Future upgrades:
    B6 Mazda SOHC engine
    F-series 5-speed transmission
    Coil over conversion like “Skeeter” has
    Small Turbo (T3 or similar), SAAB also has a nice small Garrett too
    Clear Corners
    Clear Turns
    Nicer set of wheels and tires.

    Well I hope ya’ll like it and thank you for reading this! It has been a pleasure meeting some of you in person and I plan on trying to meet more of you as the year progresses.

    Special thanks to: Dean “V8 Festiva”, “Smedley”, “Skeeters Keeper”, “Pu241”, “FestYboy” and several others for helping me along the way. Of coarse it’s still a WIP, but it should be a note worthy car when I get it finished completely.

    This was when I brought it home:





    Here are some current pictures:






    Thank you again for looking and all of your advice and support along the way!
    PS: I didn't post extralarge pics from CarDomain because they are huge. There are a few enlarged pics in my other post.http://www.fordfestiva.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=28789
    Last edited by Damkid; 05-31-2010, 07:06 PM.

    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?

  • #2
    Congrats well deserved win.
    -Greg
    Euro-bprt...WORLDS FASTEST FESTIVA !!! 11.78@115.9
    BP, G trans, Megasquirt/ 550cc inj. t3/t3 (tbird) Garrett, REAR TURBO!!!! AND AC!!!!
    Redneck Engineer
    FOTY - '09
    5x Festiva Madness Attendee...FM 3,4,5,6,8
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpCZ7...9Pwqw-oe8s2OYQ
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU_eX...9Pwqw-oe8s2OYQ

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    • #3
      Congrats Kartracer!
      '90 LX

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      • #4
        Thank you to all who voted for me. I am one very proud Festiva owner! I am still collecting my other upgrades to complete the rest of it. I think Dean would have been just as proud as I am. I miss you buddy, this one was for you!

        PS: Fred get that car back in for the July run! It is white, and looks good!
        91 Festiva GL "Scrat"
        82 Honda Goldwing GL1100i
        85 BMW 535is "Brunhild"

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        • #5
          nice job!

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          • #6
            Congrats!
            -93' L BP swap/e-series, coilovers, RIO front swap, redrilled festy drums, Miata 14" 7 spokes.
            -88' Mazda 323 SE, work in progress..
            -85' Nissan Sentra 5 spd.

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            • #7
              Congratulations on a well deserved win. Keep up the great work.
              Ian
              Calgary AB, Canada
              93 L B6T: June 2016 FOTM
              59 Austin Healey "Bugeye" Sprite

              "It's infinitely better to fail with courage than to sit idle with fear...." Chip Gaines (pg 167 of Capital Gaines, Smart Things I Learned Doing Stupid Stuff)

              Link to the "Road Trip Starting Points" page of my Econobox Café blog

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              • #8
                Congrats!! VERY VERY Sweet Ride!!

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                • #9
                  Congrats!! very nice!!
                  Jerry
                  Team Lightning



                  Owner of Team Lightning
                  90 L "Peewee" B6D. Bought new May 16,1990
                  92 L Thunder BP G5M-R Turbo B6T electronics. Jan 2016 FOTM winner SOLD
                  93 L Lightning. BP



                  Not a user of drugs or alcohol, Just addicted to Festiva's

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                  • #10
                    Congrats Jay!! Think Dean would have been impressed with all the work you put into that one. Turned out really nice.

                    Dumb thieves go to prison, smart ones go to work for the Government.

                    1988 L - 232K miles Batstiva
                    1989 L - 247K miles Slick
                    1990 L - 281K miles Orphan Annie
                    Let the hoarding begin!! :mrgreen:

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by batstiva View Post
                      Congrats Jay!! Think Dean would have been impressed with all the work you put into that one. Turned out really nice.
                      I am waiting for my tribute to "V8 Festiva" dash plaque to come that I ordered. It will be on by FM4 for sure.
                      91 Festiva GL "Scrat"
                      82 Honda Goldwing GL1100i
                      85 BMW 535is "Brunhild"

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                      • #12
                        jay congratulations on the win for this month i wana see it when u get the plaque.
                        Right now festy body is getting put back together looks nice anyways call me this weekend i got them digits on my face book i'll bee in new york getting the festiva efi motor from gforce.
                        FORD BUILT TOUGH SINCE 1987-1993 FORD FESTIVA LX

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