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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