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1985 Pontiac Fiero V8


Jordan White

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that was the promise of these cars that was never fulfilled. i remember reading about the imminent release of this car in road and track and how in later incarnations it was scheduled to get a V8 but that never happened. actually i am surprised to hear they came with a V6, somehow i thought they were all 4 cyls...shows how i lost interest as the reality unfolded after the great buildup in R&T.

Remember that the Fiero was conceived during the energy crisis as a high mileage commuter car, using a lot of parts from the GM parts bin from cars like the Chevette. Once the crisis was over (or so we thought!) they twisted it into a personal sports car. I think it turned out well overall, but there is a limited market for 2 seaters so GM didn't put a lot of further development, like V8 power, into it.

The MPC kit came with both a four and a six.

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Haha love the supercharged version!

Alright, I finally got paint on the body. It's Ford Merlot red metallic with gold lower/basecoat.

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Here you can see I turned the rear storage compartment into a secondary fuel tank, I still have to add the filler cap.

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I've owned an 84 Fiero SE for 15 years now. It's up to 230,000 miles. It has the original motor and a 4:10 4 speed transaxle. I drive it in the nice weather and often go to shows with it. I had a good year last year winning trophys in six of the eigth show I entered.

Glad to see some one doing a kit. I have that kit, but never got around to building it. I just picked up an 84 Fiero kit to make it like mine, which is a mild custom, so I'll need to gather some parts to do job. Right now I'm working on a 61 Impala covert. and a 66 Impala SS that I'm making like the ones I owned back in the day. I'm following some old pictures to get them as close as possible to the real ones.

Here is a picture, but its small. For some reason Photobucket shrunk my pictures. Have work on some new ones.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/aurons_girl/30d7d7b4.jpg

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