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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