Mostly Mazda internals (drivetrain) as I understand it. Yes assembled in
Korea by Kia motors... In the 80s when imports were really booming the
domestics got really scared and had the "if you can't beat em, join em"
attitude. Chevy Nova = Toyota Corolla and a bunch of others I can't recall
off hand.
Of course now the big 3 (well 2, Chrysler got bumped by Toyota) have the "if
you can't beat em, buy em out" attitude.
Toby
-----Original Message-----
From owner-spridgets at autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-spridgets@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Kent J. Miller
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 12:28 AM
To: Spridgets
Subject: Fw: project to daily driver
I was looking at one for my daughter once. I was told that they were made by
KIA for Ford... Scared me away!
Kent
> In a message dated 9/2/01 4:29:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
soavero@yahoo.com
> writes:
>
>
> > True - I bought a "fully loaded" LX for my wife when
> > she was a grad student in 1989. It was an '88
> > leftover. It scared the (h)Eck out of me, being very
> > light in every way, but she drove it thru school (in
> > Manhattan!), and we kept it for three years. Bought
> > it for $5900 NEW, sold it for $4000. The kid she sold
> > it to still has it, to my knowledge. It was
> > bulletproof from a reliability standpoint, and had
> > incredible storage room. Also one of the last
> > carburetted cars out there, had a little Hitachi I
> > think, that would be appropriate on a Fiat Topolino.
> > Alternator works for a Spridget, I'm told. Saw a rust
> > free automatic for $300 the other day, seriously
> > thought of it as a cheaper alternative to getting 4
> > snow tires for my Miata for the winter. Maybe I'll
> > pick it up and we can trade around the list each
> > winter.
> >
>
> I actually had a friend who TRIED to kill his wife's family hand-me-down
> Festy. Redline clutch drops for six months did nothing but wear out the
> front tires, so he replaced them in plus one size -- the car ran uphill
for
> the next three years, being shifted only when the intake started
whistling.
> He still has the darned thing and it still runs great!
>
> I know lister Bob Kansa (a.k.a. the new guy) had one for a while (yellow
with
> red racing stripes) and it is still spotted on the streets of Akron on
> ocassion.
>
> Anybody make a driveline swap kit for Festy-to-Spridget conversion? ;-)
>
> Chris Eck
> 59 Bugeye
> 59 TR3A
> 93 Audi S4 TQ
> 91 Honda CB 750
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