91 Ford Festiva build

[lanemeyer14]

So I've been into Ford Festivas for a while now and am an active member over at Fordfestiva.com. Just figured I would post my build thread here to get some outside criticism, compliments, opinions, etc. I know not everyone loves these little beasts, but it's always good to give it a little bit of exposure! Here is the car when I first found it sitting in a field behind a building...





To say it was a mess is an understatement! It was only $100 so I can't really complain....I did have a lot of work ahead of me though. I had to have it towed home because the PO didn't have a key for it, a battery in it, didn't know if it ran anymore and it had been sitting for 3+ years!
First thing I did was get it running, replace driver's window, add a set of mazda protege mirrors, limo tint the windows, and thoroughly clean it, haha

Then I found a front bumper at the jy I liked so I made it fit...

I liked the rear bumper so I made that fit too...

Then I did a ford aspire suspension swap to get a 4x100 bolt pattern and threw on a set of miata "daisy" wheels...

To be continued in part 2!

[Steven304]

Nice. My friend has a 4door Aspire I'm trying to get him to slam.

[snooki]

daisy love! can't wait to see your progress. I love when people fix up cars that most people ignore.

edit: I love how the daisies already look flush. wish that was the case on my NB.

[lanemeyer14]

daisy love! can't wait to see your progress. I love when people fix up cars that most people ignore.

Haha, yeah same here. They are so cheap and easy to work on. I didn't have any experience with cars before I got into festivas. I've got a lot done with it now, just didn't wanna put the entire build in one post

[lanemeyer14]

Ok, so then I painted the daisies bronze...

Cut the stock springs and started on the body work too...



Then started the $50 paint job!..


Put it all back together....


Added a jy front lip, sideskirts and rear lip..

[mustard_madman]

LMAO.. car is looking good man!! Need more pictures

[bigtoepfer]

FUCK YES, please do it justice, give it air and drag the frame rails all over town.

The impulse bumpers look good, but in my opinion take the lip off of the rear bumper, it makes it lower than the rest, at least in the pictures. I think without it it would be even.

I've seen pictures of these and the geo prizm slammed on air and it looks so dope. Good luck with the build

[JasperThomas]

Adorable.

I vote remove the springs and ride on bumpstops.

[BADwayz]

Funny, I was just thinking of what to do to one of these if I had one the other day. I really like it so far, keep up the good work man.

[pitbulldrifter]

<3

[DragginWagon]

whats the rear spoiler from? liikes like it would fit my wagon pretty good lol.
14's seem huge on these cars lol, ide say throw donut tires stretched on those wheels and dump it lol.

[OG patina]

i think sport compact car had one of these as a project years back. if memory serves, they put a 323 gtx motor into it.

[WinstonSmith]

Awesome!
Adorable cars...UNITE!

[Hotsauce]

Not my cup of tea at all, but I give you an A++++ for the effort! Keep it up!

[cobrawannabe]

This is in my top 5 favorites on the site.