For your viewing pleasure, a photo shoot of my car!

Howdy!

I know I talk an awful lot about my Festiva (Known mostly as the little blue pill). Today I decided to do a photo shoot. Warning, it isn't the prettiest thing in the world but it is the first car I've ever had with my name on the title and it is one of my greatest joys! She is so fun to drive, and gets great gas milage too!

So without further adu...

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Front View. You can see where we had to replace the hood and the passenger fender due to the accident. Doesn't look too bad. With the white side mirrors (had to get bigger ones, the stock ones were way too small) I can honestly say Ive got a three tone paint job!

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Side View. Dinky little thing, isnt she?

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The overgrown exhaust. 2 inches from back end to the Catalytic converter. The 1/2 inch exhaust just wasn't enough ;)

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The Motor. Stock as a rock except for an upgrade to the electrical system. You can see where we had to cut part of the unibody and replace it.

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The rear speaker assembly designed by my husband (he custom made the mounting hardware too). Two 6 X 9's, a 1200 watt Alpine amp, a capacitor, and a 10 inch Alpine sub. Loud and obnoxious!!!

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The 6 X 9's from the inside. They point right at the back passengers head :D

More in the next post...

Now for the interior...

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The view from the drivers seat. Confused lol?

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the left side of the gague cluster.

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The right side of the guage cluster, and a partial shot of my front speaker assembly


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The other half of the front speaker assembly. Ive got 4 5 1/4's up front.

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My Dual stereo unit. Great value and it sounds really good!

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The XM reciever and the shift handle. Mom made a nice knitted cosy for the shift handle to use on warm days, as it is black and metal and can get REALLY hot!!

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Close up of the shift handle

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The amp under the passenger seat. Its a Dual 250 watt. Ive got another one under the drivers seat. One powers the 6 X 9's and the other powers the front speakers. The back amp only powers the sub.

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A good shot of my driver seat cover.

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My dome light...it's blue!!

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My little rearview mirror dragon. Sorry its kind of blurry.

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Close up of the XM reciever next to the spider on my seat cover.

Just one more...

and the last pic is...

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ME!! That's it. I hope you enjoyed this virtual tour of my blue pill!!!

DJ, I think we've all had cars that we'd be embarrassed about now but loved when we had them. :D
( I think owning ANY car is fun)

I would seriously consider having the unibody repair welded, though.


Love the pics!

Dj, you definitely have a one of a kind car!

What year is she? She's a car "with character" as were all my first three cars!

Cute car! Looks comfy! :D

Nice :)

Karen, Hal and Bill gave off character like they gave off bondo, rust and Vinyl.

:D

Like the Yellow Peril didn't? :p

Okay, the yellow peril did, but it was also the only Ford F150 I know of that could go 0-60 in first gear (post engine swap).:p

Hah! I love it!

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Originally posted by Lady's Human
DJ, I think we've all had cars that we'd be embarrassed about now but loved when we had them. :D
( I think owning ANY car is fun)

I would seriously consider having the unibody repair welded, though.


Love the pics!

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Eh, I don't think I'll ever be embarassed about this pile lol. She may not look all that great but she is FAST! She's definatley scheduled to have more work done as money and time allows. The unibody welding is on the list for sure. Couldn't do it when the accedent happened because it was the middle of winter. No shop though would touch the thing, they all said I should total it. Me and my dad did the unibody work ourselves in his garage, and I have a friend with a welder and a shop who will touch it up when his schedule gets freed. My friend also has a paint shop so when the unibody is fixed, she will get a nice new paint job too (and probibly get those nasty dents fixed to boot :D)!

Karen, she is a 93. Over 100 thousand miles on it. The motor is getting a rebuild soon (although it doesn't "need" it, it runs almost like new right now), as we plan on shoving some extensive performance upgrades on her and I have the feeling that the added strain wouldn't be good for her as she sits right now. Most people who build Festivas upgrade the motor to the Mazda 626 motor, as it is a bit bigger. My aim is to prove that the smaller motor Ive got is just as capable as the bigger engine. Sure it's going to take a lot more work, and I'll need to add more parts than if I had the 626 but anything worth doing isn't easy!

My idea for the finished product is to have her done up like Kit on Night Rider except instead of black, I'm probibly going to paint it a perlecent dark blue that fades into black in the right light. Im going to nickname her Kitty (Kits Girlfriend lol).

If anyone wants to see some really nice looking festivas, go to www.fordfestiva.com. There are a few really great Festivas on there that have inspired me to want to fix this one.

I am happy with the fact that there is absolutely no rust on her at all and aside from a few dents (and that unibody...yeesh) the body is clean. The motor was pretty good when I got it too but I had to replace quite a few parts as the previous owner didn't realize that some things have to be replaced after a cirtain ammount of milage. (cap, rotor, plug wires, pcv valve etc). Not bad for $800!

DJ, If you're going to upgrade it, there are a TON of parts available. The most radical festiva transplant I remember, though, was a festiva with the 200 hp taurus SHO engine transplanted into it.

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Originally posted by DJFyrewolf36
Two 6 X 9's, a 1200 watt Alpine amp, a capacitor, and a 10 inch Alpine sub. Loud and obnoxious!!!
The 6 X 9's from the inside. They point right at the back passengers head :D

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Have you checked with an audiologist lately?

You have a really cool, original and cute car!
My first car was very lame compared to yours! :D

Interesting, that's all I can say. :p

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Originally posted by Lady's Human
DJ, If you're going to upgrade it, there are a TON of parts available. The most radical festiva transplant I remember, though, was a festiva with the 200 hp taurus SHO engine transplanted into it.

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Thats impressive. I'd actually like to see how that was done. For that light of a body, that motor must have made that car fly!

And just to clarify, my speaker system is quite loud admittedly, but my intent (and I did succeed at it I think) was to build a system that had good clarity and sound reproduction as well as a lot of thump. I am quite mindfull of how I am irritating people and try to keep the volume down in residential areas and at night.

And to clarify on my part and as a person with just one working ear, I'm not concerned about your neighbors comfort, but YOUR hearing.

DJ, keep us updated on "the little blue pill". I'm in the process of modifying a 1996 Ford Contour. Maybe we should start a Pet Talk sport compact club?

Actually Freckels...thank you! Part of my livilihood rests upon my ability to hear (I'm a techno DJ). Also, since my vsion really stinks, I rely more on what I hear than what I see. Thanks for your concern, It does mean a lot to me.

LOL Ladys Human. Keep me updated on the Contour. I haven't seen a lot of those modified. I wonder if anyone else has a sport compact they'd like to talk about!! I'd join a PT car club :D

Hey, DJ!, would an 11 year old Cutlass Surpreme qualify??

David, if you plan on upgrading it, sure!! We actually have a little car club locally that specializes in unusual build ups. (Not those stupid Honda, Fast and the Furious rip offs)

My roomate has an Olds cutlass station wagon he wants to buld. That thing is a pain in the butt to work on though :p.

David, I've rebuilt the V-6 in those cars, PITA doesn't begin to describe it.

As far as the contour goes, I have an intake kit, underdrive pulley set, and a chip waiting to go in, and I have a suspension kit that should be in soon. I'm not trying to build a blazing fast car, just one that corners like it's on rails.

I bet when you started out you never dreamed a car could become such an special thing in your life. At least I never dreamed it. A car was just a car till we got our TII.

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Originally posted by DJFyrewolf36
I wonder if anyone else has a sport compact they'd like to talk about!! I'd join a PT car club :D

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I wonder how many PT members are really into their car's? But if you want to talk cars, I can do that. Car's have become a huge part of our life.

Anyway, heres' a link to our car, several years in the making and still always something else left to do. Seem like we are never satisfied. our car

Love it! :D Especially the stereo system...;)

**hugs**

Fox Gal- Nice Ride!!! Looks like you put a lot into it. I'll have to show the hubby when I get home ;)

Thanx wolflady. Sometimes I think the stereo is worth more than the car :o

The Kelly Blue Book says it's suggested retail price on a 93 Festiva with a sound system *of course engine upgrades and the like arent concidered* (Suggested retail price is the price a car dealership is most likely to start at in my area) is $1,865.

:p what do they know?

Eh, at least its real cheap to isure albeit for a morbid reason. When I went to go insure my station wagon, I was shocked to see that it cost more to insure it than my Festiva, even though the wagon is conciderbly older (its an 84). I asked why, and they told me that the likelihood of me being flat out killed in my Festiva in a collision is rather high, therefore they don't have to pay out as much medical than if I got into a collision with the wagon because in the wagon, I'd be more likely to be injured and have an extended stay in the hospital. In essence, its cheaper to burry me than it is to fix me if I were injured.
I just LOVE insurance companies!!