Showing posts with label the Wedge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the Wedge. Show all posts

Monday, July 11, 2016

Westiva is only a few days away!

Only a few days left until Westiva (details in the featured post). Looking forward to reconnecting with long time friends and meeting new ones.

Should be an interesting day. There will be at least three Festivas there with different engine swaps, ours with the Mazda 1.6l DOHC turbo, one with a Mazda 1.8l DOHC and another with a 1.6l SOHC. One of our regular attendees will be there with the 1990 Festiva LX he bought new and still drives almost every day.

Come back early next week to see photos of the day! For now, here's one taken by our son from the top of "The Wedge" during our 2011 meet....

Wedge POnd Day Use area
Westiva @ Wedge Pond Day Use area. July,2011
 

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Upcoming event

Join us on Saturday July 14th for Westiva 2012.

Westiva has primarily been targeted for the Festiva but this year we have decided to invite owners, fans and fanatics of other cars from the econobox era. Although our interests are in different cars we face some of the same issues... aftermarket support, parts availability, people asking "why bother"... you get the idea.
Bring the family and a picnic lunch to the Wedge Pond Day Use Area in Alberta's beautiful Kananaskis Country. Things get started at 10:00am and after lunch we’ll cruise up to the Boulton Creek Trading Post in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park for ice cream and then continue on to Upper Kananaskis Lake.

Festivas from as far away as Ontario and Wyoming have made the trip out for past events. You can expect to see everything from one owner originals to highly modified cars and everything in between.

For more information drop an e-mail to westiva2012@gmail.com or check out the Meets and Events section at www.fordfestiva.com.
 
We have been blessed with awesome weather for the past four years and the long term forecast looks great!

Here are some photos from past meets...

Westiva 2008 with "the Wedge" in the background.
 
Westiva 2011 from the top of "the Wedge"
Westiva 2010
Westiva 2010





































































So whether you own a Festiva, an Aspire, a Metro, a Swift, a Colt, a Champ, a Micra, or any other econobox come out and see what all the fuss is about! There may even be a Japanese Kei car in attendance.

In fact you don't have to own an econobox to attend. Just come out and enjoy the day!