[Iroczgirl]

Nice!! I'm glad you finally found an Aspire setup!!

 

[eiriksmil]

Heeey it's the Volvo..! Oh and watching this

 

[TJSwoboda]

Somebody page this guy...

 

[Zman86]

Started getting it ready for the upcoming season tonight. Due to other obligations (stupid expensive house renovations), I've decided to put off the Aspire swap for the time being and save for a big teardown this upcoming fall/winter.

Greasy

The only real rust on the car. There's a couple floor seams that have some rust peeking out, but I couldn't get good pictures

Interior is pretty clean. Some staining on front seats. Missing original floor mats. It will all be getting steam cleaned.

Dealer installed sunroof

The owner insisted the tapes that had been with the car for two decades go with it.

Stock brakes, so tiny!

Aspire brakes. Quite a bit bigger plus vented rotors

Aspire rear beam. Wider track and much larger brakes.

The former owners loved undercoating

Next on the list is changing all the fluids, servicing the brakes, dismounting and refinishing the rims and cleaning the interior.

 

[Iroczgirl]

I see more grease/oil/grime than undercoating. :laugh:

It saved the car though.

 

[Harrison.]

You're so much more willing to drive for parts than I am. If I was faced with a similar situation (hell, if I had to drive three hours for those brakes) I would have bought an entire parts car. :laugh:

Can't wait though, I've always really liked Festivas.

 

[Wolfslash16]

So here I am, realizing that I love these cars. And I don't understand why. Either way thanks for the updates keep them coming. :beer:

 

[Zman86]

You're so much more willing to drive for parts than I am. If I was faced with a similar situation (hell, if I had to drive three hours for those brakes) I would have bought an entire parts car. :laugh:

Can't wait though, I've always really liked Festivas.

Problem is they don't exist where I am. There were literally six Aspires for sale in the entire country of Canada, the closest being 6-8 hours away in Quebec. Then I have to worry about insurance, car making it back home (I don't have a trailer).

 

[Zman86]

Did a quick cleanup and repaint on the stock 12" wheels. The previous owners had painted them with a brush while the tires were still on, leaving brush marks and paint on the tires. These are just for this year until I get the suspension swapped and the 13" Exims on

 

[gti_matt]

That's a mint Fiesta

No it's a mint Festiva.

Why can't people get these figured out?

 

[gti_matt]

Funny, I never thought I'd read the sentence containing "upgrade to Kia Sephia brakes" in the TCL, ever. :laugh::laugh:

And...

That's awesome! So glad you're going with the Aspire set up. It will stop nice and look great.

Another phrase highly unlikely to ever be seen in TCL.:laugh:

 

[Sketchy-B]

Just gonna leave this here

 

[Zman86]

The beast is back on the road after new plugs, wires, filters, fluids, brake service, new front brake pads, v belt, wiper blades, cap and rotor, and clean and repack all the wheel bearings. Speedo cable fell apart when I removed it to refill the transmission. This is our only car at the moment, Our Volvo is dead currently and my Jetta needs a clutch which I'm currently waiting for parts...

My biggest pet peeve is dirty engine bays, and this one was exceptionally dirty, so first order of business was getting it washed. Let it soak in the purple castrol degreaser stuff for a couple hours then hit it with the pressure washer.

Before

After

I'll eventually pull the engine and clean it properly.

 

[Monster Cookie]

Our Volvo is dead currently

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

How far did Bumfy make it? Do you have plans on reviving her?

 

[Zman86]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

How far did Bumfy make it? Do you have plans on reviving her?

Currently at 786,000km, awaiting a new ecu from eBay at the moment. If that doesn't fix it, she may be parted out/scrapped.

 

[Iroczgirl]

You got rid of all the "undercoating"!! Now it's going to rust! :laugh:

 

[Zman86]

Nah, no more winters for this thing. Chances are it will be restored some day anyways. I can't stand getting covered in greasy crud every time I'm under the hood.

 

[Crispyfritter]

Good work! It will handle and stop a ton better with all that Aspire gear.

There really is something special about these cars. They feel snappy, have lots of room for what they are and they are just flat out fun to drive.

Enjoy,
Chris

 

[Bibs]

I remember these rolling around new, back in the day, when I worked at a quick-lube shop. I also recall some pretty wild decal / stripe packages. It would be cool to recreate a period-correct scheme, if you restore it.

There were louder schemes, I believe. Not too many pics online.

 

[Dravenport]

in :thumbup::thumbup: