My first Fiesta was a red '79 Ghia that I bought as a winter "beater" for $100.00. I drove that car with no antifreeze (the previous owner neglected to tell me the radiator had a hole in it!). It would just start to go slower, and slower... Pouring some water in it got it going again! It never failed to start and I spent almost no money on it. I once got an entire console television in the back (just move the front seats forward a notch!) Because it was rusty I sold it for $76.00(The agreed price was $75.00 but he had only $80.00 in twenties and I only four singles!!) That car made such an impression on me that I kept my eyes open for another. I bought two a few years later for parts (dark blue and white) but I just couldn't find a nice one. Then I saw it, a pretty powder blue one in a parking lot. I put a note on it asking if it was for sale and immediately got a phone call from a young woman who told me my note was "an answered prayer from God" because she had been trying to trade it in to local dealers but none of them would give her $50.00 for it. I whipped out $500.00 and drove away in my new rustfree '80 Fiesta.

Since then I've equipped it with many suspension/handling and performance parts as well as a nice stereo. I autocross it regularly in the summertime. It's my favorite car, by far! I'll never be without a Fiesta again!