---
title: "YouTuber’s Ford Festiva-Based Lawn Mower Has Two Engines, Two Seats, and One Purpose"
description: "And that’s to get clicks."
date: "2021-05-19"
modified: "2021-05-19"
authors:
  - name: "James Gilboy"
    job_title: "Contributing Writer"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/james-gilboy"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/40658/youtubers-ford-festiva-based-lawn-mower-has-two-engines-two-seats-and-one-purpose"
categories:
  - "Builds"
  - "Culture"
  - "News"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "Ford"
---

# YouTuber’s Ford Festiva-Based Lawn Mower Has Two Engines, Two Seats, and One Purpose

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2021/05/ron-beer-ford-festiva-lawnmower-video.jpg>)
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Almost nobody whose [summer plans](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/40439/hertz-feeling-the-pain-as-rental-companies-look-to-used-market-for-cars>) hinged on mowing lawns remembers the work with any fondness. Pushing a noxious, vibrating machine that you barely have the strength to start up hills in 90-degree weather isn't any fun, and it's made tolerable only by knowing there's a cold soda and a few bucks waiting for you on the other side. It's work nobody would elect to do if they had a better tool for the job, like an enclosed mower with air conditioning—a mower like the Ford-based "Ron Beer."

Created by the YouTube-famous [Ginger Billy](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-0wTjeldeo&feature=emb_imp_woyt>), the Ron Beer is the amalgamation of a first-gen [Ford Festiva](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/33029/miata-based-turbo-ls-swapped-ford-festiva-makes-little-sense-but-also-500-hp>) and the cutting hardware from a ride-on mower, mounted where the rear wheels would be. With a one-point-something-liter engine up front and a 600cc Briggs & Stratton engine out back, it makes mowing lawns of any size a trifle.

![message-editor%2F1621287895989-ronbeerfordfestivalawnmower.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1621287895989-ronbeerfordfestivalawnmower.jpg>)
**YouTube | Ginger Billy**

And the Ron Beer doesn't just make mowing easy, but a relative pleasure, with amenities not offered on even the finest [traditional zero-turn mowers](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/30362/this-is-lawnmower-gymkhana-americas-should-be-favorite-pastime>). While many ride-on mowers have cupholders, Ginger Billy points out there's no way to enjoy their contents without pausing work, which isn't so with the Ron Beer.

In addition to a roof to keep the ultraviolet rays off you, the Ron Beer also has air conditioning, a radio you can't hear over the unmuffled Briggs & Stratton, and a second seat so someone can ride along as you mow.

https://youtube.com/embed/T-0wTjeldeo

Sure, riding shotgun in a lawnmower isn't at the top of most people's lists in the real world, but in the Mike Judge-written one Ginger Billy seems to come from, it's surely a feature that made the Ron Beer the star of the [9th Annual Dallas Mower Expo](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EPEK1KtNac>).

*Got a tip or question for the author? You can reach them here: james@thedrive.com*

## Author
James is a former staff writer for The Drive. He has changed the conversation around electrification, debunked misinformation online, and become a prominent hunter of what he calls "automotive cryptids."

### Author social links  
[Instagram](<https://instagram.com/jamesgilboy>)