Regulars=those of us who do most all of their posting in OT. A question came up in another thread which got me to wondering. How many of us here in OT own or regularly invlolve themselves in Fiero related endeavors--personally and physically? (other than just 'talking' about them)

Fieros are kinda like significant others--we sometimes find ourselves "between them"--having "gotten rid" of one and not yet acquired our next one tho some have sworn off them for some reason or probably will never have another-in either instance. Either way, chime in please, (regarding Fieros--not women) and please everyone---there's (imo) no negative connotation to be thought for not having one or not being actively involved in the vehicle itself.

me- My 2 Indys are in my driveway. Trying currently to help get an active Houston area group together again. Jane & I have hosted 2 regional events and will be doing another in Oct 2013. (Red River Ruckus)

86 sport coupe with lots of factory option additions (120 speedo, rally gauges, sunroof added, premium sound..) as well as a bunch of mods from Rodney, Mr. Mikes, stainless stuff by Rich, and TFS. 58k on the clock.

I owned an 86 SE before that had 152k when it finally was too rusty to safely drive. The engine and clutch are still out there powering another fiero (an 84 I think), so the heart of a ghost is still out on the road.

If I can go my whole life without getting rid of my 86 sc, I will. I consider myself mostly an O/T contributor, but I was first brought here because I needed advice on how to (embarrassed) install my poly dogbone mount because the engine moved on me after I took the old one out. Ratchet strap.. who would have thought?

Anyhow, I feel I am a much more well-rounded shade tree fiero mechanic nowadays, I have learned a TON about these cars in the two years I have been posting here... but O/T can just be too fun sometimes, and I feel I have made a couple of friends here which is what keeps bringing me back. Daily. No, hourly.

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I own one, but I rarely have questions to post and anything I find I can answer is usually already answered better by someone else, so most of my posting is in OT.

I don't own one, and though I keep talking about it, probably won't have one again until at least a year after college. My first toy will likely be a bike, not a Fiero.

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Actually, I've never owned a Fiero while being a member of this site. I didn't realize how much I loved it until I got rid of it.

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I have an 85GT and an 88 base model. After a remove the transmission and other parts from the 85GT, I'll send it to its final resting place and I'll just have the 88 base.

I have one:

-Silver 86 Notchback.

Had two others.
-Silver 85 GT.
-Red 88 Formula.

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My 88 GT is stock, all the way. No mods here.

I discovered this forum when I was searching for a replacement transmission for it.

I seldom post outside of O/T.

I leave anything serious that needs to be done to my professional auto mechanic.

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Have 5 Fieros currently, 1 daily driver, 88 coupe. Three show worthy cars. Restored Indy, Restored 84 SE, and stock 85 coupe. And one 84 that is currently being evaluated. I fixed up some things and am trying to decide if I should sell it and look for another project car or use it. I have also been active in the MFF club for 10 years. Usually hosting a summer picnic. Also go to 3 or 4 fiero shows a year and a couple of general car shows.

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Currently own 1. '86 base coupe with a sunroof Formula rebody...

I have several Fieros and I autocross one of them.

I appreciate the tech forums at PFF much more than O/T. Although I continue to post on occasion in O/T, I'm fed up with every second thread being about Obama and/or US politics in general. That got old a long time ago.

I have an 88GT that lives at Whodeanie's Customs

86 SE V6 i just took to Wal Mart the other day after a long winters nap.

84 standard 4 parts car now

steve

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I have a highly modded 88 Formula that is also a somewhat daily driver, since it uses (marginally) less gas than my Silverado.
I belong the the Georgia Fiero Club, and am a regular at the meetings if not the club events.

I also post in the other forums as I occasionally know the answer to a tech question, or have a question of my own, or want to cheer on another forum member.

I also post in O/T occasionaly. Usually with my tongue planted firmly in my cheek.
We tend to take ourselves way to seriously, sometimes. I try to help with that.

I was trying, and it didnt work out.....I live in a condo-like house near Toronto (one bedroom, no basement, no garage--its built out of an old barn and originally meant as a "guest house" to impress thoroghbred horse buyers on shopping trips--yeah, VERY hi-class, but same as hi-class girls, kinda useless for working on cars......) my "shop" area is 3x6 of hallway with a small workbench and a tool chest stuck in there...

1/4 of my tools are at my dads place in Hamilton--2 1/2-hour round trip....and mom is a packrat. That garage is so cluttered with boxes that doing more than change a bulb around there is an exercise in the "the box shuffle"

Most of my friends/ contact/ buds are still in my old haunts (down around London--5 hour round trip)....

Its just not doable for me, and the stress of trying to do it has in the past driven me to a near suicidal state....I am not the sort of guy who looses lightly, and when I set my mind to something, it gets done......and when simple reality (like a day only has 24 hours, and I cant be in 3 places at ounce, and commitments 6 hours apart aint gonna happen inside 2 hours happen.........my mind doesnt do well with the drive to accomplish, the pressure of deadlines, and simple PITA reality not complying with my will ....and reality ALWAYS wins (and I dont like competition for the winners spot )

So, for me its best to leave old hobby cars alone until such time as I have my old lifestyle back....an isolated farm where I dont have to worry about silliness from by-law or neighbours, a heated garage so I dont have to fight ma nature for time, and a job that pizzez off and goes away at the end of the shift.....its gotta start with the job and build from there....but what I have been doing the past 5 years in repair work simply doesnt work out to have a Fiero, Firebird, or anything else besides eat, sleep, work, and kill time on-call waiting for a call or pager.....cant even do a simple job on the daily driver since I might need it at a moments notice...

Soooo....NOPE, no Fiero in my near future.....I got some under-hood painting done on the Mini today, and even that was a hurcluean effort in time management.

I have my 85GT, still. Waiting on my wallet to expand for a full refresh.

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My 85 GT is in the driveway, only missing the battery and a passing smog test to drive it. The secondary problem is very low oil pressure when it heats up, and dies at idle because of it. I have a new motor to put in it but, low motivation because of how much bending while twisting required to work on it. My son wants it for his high school car. He can help me finish it.

86 GT with 70k on the clock. Lightly modified. I just got it out after it's winter nap and I see mice got to the front wire harness (again)

Doug

I still have my '88 Formula.

I've still got the '87 GT that got me on PFF in the first place.

There isn't a single body panel that I haven't cut some sort of hole in on that car and almost every mod I've done to it was inspired by you guys.

quote Originally posted by Doni Hagan: There isn't a single body panel that I haven't cut some sort of hole in on that car :

Why am I suddenly afraid....very afraid....

I don't have a running Fiero, and haven't for a number of years....probably 4, now.

I do have a Fiero...well, maybe half a Fiero. It's certainly a project car, but I don't at the moment have the money to start spending on it, and I'm hesitant to start working on it until I do have the money to start putting into it....though I'm sure there's a lot of things I could be doing now without much cost....basically at the moment the interior is full of parts.

Due to my lack of a running Fiero and lack of motivation/willingness to work on mine at the moment, I don't go into really any of the other sections here except OT.

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I drive my GT daily and I have a spare 84 coupe and a parts car.

But even if I didn't have a Fiero this is a fun place to hang out.

quote Originally posted by MidEngineManiac: Why am I suddenly afraid....very afraid....

Cause I still have a valid license....and I'm out there.....somewhere that no one will hear you scream!

Sold my Fiero Formula a few weeks ago (sniff). It was my primary when I was not driving the truck. Opened the wallet when I first got the car and did lots of stuff to it. Never had much of a problem with it after that (six years) so rarely ever went to tech. I would like to get another someday, but as more of a toy next time.

I do not have a Fiero currently and do not intend to get another one.


I bought a V6 Fiero with the intent of doing a V8 swap. I was going to do it with the intent of being a project where I learned about car repair, as I really have no experience in it. I had a friend who wanted to do one, but didn't want the car, and so he was going to basically teach me how to do it while we were doing it. Which means he would be doing most of it. I had an excellent running, low mile car and was using it as a daily driver. I got a V8 sbc from a Buick Roadmaster that had been crashed. Had it in the garage. Was getting ready to proceed. Even had gone down to an open house at V8 Archie's and getting ready to buy the kit.

Then the friend had a job change, and had to move.

Well, that shot that. So I drove the car for about another year or so. But then one of the children got to driving age, needed a car, and it became a garage and drive-way space issue. So I sadly sold the engine, and the Fiero.


But during that time, I met a lot of wonderful, interesting people on the forum and so have stayed on in Totally O/T since just to keep up. Coming up on 13 years now!

Have not owned one since 2004 and do not plan to own another.

Loved the one I had though...

This sits in its place as "useless car that I have for the sake of having"

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No and No , Sold my 86GT end of last year, because I needed to buy a work vehicle with the proceeds. And no, I won't buy another..I can't afford it, and probably never will again...and secondly, it is just simply too expensive to ship parts here.
I miss my Fieros. I have had 3. I loved them all, even though I gave the 88 four-banger to Ellie
I would dearly love a T-Tops v6, but it ain't gonna happen.

I have an 87 SE and an 87 GT.
I have been thinking about getting rid of them, though.
I'm getting too old to have tiny little cars that need wrenching all the time.

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Drive safely!

Don't have one now but will get one within 3 years. Picky on what I want now that I know what I want.

Out of the 6 I've owned, I would like to know what happened to the choptop-targa I possessed for a few months....

The red one!
Gave three others GT FBs to the kids, don't know why.

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had one(two actually, 1 was a donor), likely won't have another. durn things are too low, too much trouble getting in and out. still have an '84 ECM, shift cable, and FSM. come and get 'em.

i do have the fiero's direct descendant, a chevy lumina APV minivan. space frame, plastic body. there is a sub-forum for it at http://www.a-body.net/forums/index.php, but traffic is low, very low. if i run into trouble, i'm coming here first.

I still drive my silver 85se that got squished by the 18 wheeler a while back. The clear is peeling off and it looks really rough, but it still runs and drives as good as ever and will probably be around for a long time (because I don't feel like fixing the damage and nobody would want it the way it is).

quote Originally posted by TommyRocker: I own one, but I rarely have questions to post and anything I find I can answer is usually already answered better by someone else, so most of my posting is in OT.

Same here (88 GT, 3.4 Getrag, Mr. Mikes).

I've owned 2 85GT's and 3 86GT's. Currently own an 86SE, 87GT and a no options 88 coupe that I've given to the Georgia Fiero Club to be restored, used as a courtesy car and Club Flagship for shows and parades. Never owned an 84 or an automatic.

I still have my '88 Formula (without wing) and drive it regularly except during December, January, and February. I have restored it to mechanical soundness, but cosmetically it is still a mess.

quote Originally posted by Patrick: I appreciate the tech forums at PFF much more than O/T ... I'm fed up with every second thread [in O/T] being about Obama and/or US politics in general. That got old a long time ago.

Amen.

EX-Fiero owner. By about a year. Broke my heart to sell a family heirloom, but I wasn't keeping it up due to budget constraints.

I'd like to get another, but can't see it in the cards.

I have four Meras (all started as major project cars) and mostly post in other sections. However, I regularly review OT and enjoy most of the reading in that section.

Nelson

quote Originally posted by Doni Hagan: I've still got the '87 GT that got me on PFF in the first place. There isn't a single body panel that I haven't cut some sort of hole in on that car and almost every mod I've done to it was inspired by you guys.

Hey, I resemble those remarks! Mine is an '87 SE, though.

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2 88 formulas 5 speeds one with less then 25k miles the other has 125k miles
and a 86 gt with a northstar

had 3 others and striped two parts cars

but I have never owned a duck

Still have my 85 SE (3.4, solid mounts, poly bushings, rear sway, tim's flush headlights.. still looks like a beater)
Had it out last summer, just to run some gas through it. Basically I finished all the mechanical mods I wanted to do and found it all but painful to drive on anything other than short hops around town.