Modified Ford Festiva Is Home, Office, Transport for Traveling Couple

Since 2009, Sam Salwei has lived in a 1988 Festiva. A solar panel on the roof gives power. The seats fold down into a bed. We take a look inside...

Written by Stephen Regenold

6 MIN READ

August 29, 2013 11:37 a.m. EDT

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Souvenir rickshaw trinket from India. Last winter Salwei took some time off from the PeaceLoveCar to race a rickshaw across India for 2+ weeks.

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