What is Your Favorite Bad or Embarassing Car?
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The Festiva can be made into quite a screamer with a bolt in engine swap from a Capri XR2 Turbo or a 323 GTX. It's called a B6 turbo engine ( I think), and it even bolts to the Festiva's gear box. Look up Fastiva on Google and you should see a few. If you want to see some in their original Korean market, look up the Kia Pride. Yes, it's a car with an engine built by Mazda, a body and assembly by Kia and sold as a Ford. The Capri was also an odd mix of an Australian built car with a Japanese engine sold as a Ford. Oh, and the engine will also fit an Escort GT or a Protege, as they are the same car underneath, and had non turbo versions of that engine stock.
The Geo Storm is essentially a Isuzu Impulse, and those were available with an AWD turbo drivetrain, so it too has possibilities.
My current embarrassing car: my 1979 AMC Spirit GT
(The Eeyore on the mirror was from a girl I knew when these pics were taken 6 years ago, and I used it as a mascot...lol)
The Geo Storm is essentially a Isuzu Impulse, and those were available with an AWD turbo drivetrain, so it too has possibilities.
My current embarrassing car: my 1979 AMC Spirit GT
(The Eeyore on the mirror was from a girl I knew when these pics were taken 6 years ago, and I used it as a mascot...lol)
78mali350 said:
:lol: :lol: The festiva! I almost forgot about that one. My friend bought one in high school for 300$. The reverse gear went after driving it a few months so we took it on some trails by the river just for fun. We got a few miles out and the thing sunk in the mud up to the windows at one point, where it rests in the grave today. I can give you the location if you want a free festiva
midwestls said:
Actually, it IS a Gremlin with a different roofline. By the way, the 401 Gremlins built by Randal AMC were kickass.
Well, it IS a Gremlin, yes ( and the Spirit sedan uses a Gremlin roofline), but underneath, they are a bit different. The rear leaf springs are longer on a Spirit to counteract the wheelhop of a Gremmie. My springs are a hybrid of Gremlin and Spirit, as I built my own leaf springs when I was 17 ( I am now 34). This is the car I am getting rid of soon, and that I am swapping the engine from my Javelin in to.
I've seen a couple Gremlins that were pretty quick, but very ugly all the same. I don't mind the way the Sprint looks. Alot more subtle then a Gremlin.
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