I will start with a scene from Barrington and Archie and one of his crew standing next to their latest creation:

This thread will be the official build-up of Proud-1, but now that I have taken delivery I will share the progress of Archie's latest work.

this was my little coupe and daily driver for 3 years until I had a little wreck in February. I'll get into all that eventually, but first some more shots of the world's newest chop- top.

And I bet you are wondering if the 4 banger is still in there?

Without adding to the debate I'll say that the next stop was to see PBJ and Her86GT about a 4.9

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1988 GT (Firebird Interior),1988 Coupe (Daily Driver), 1985 SE (Project Car), 1985 Coupe (parts car), Firebird Interior Installation Website

Here's something I found in the Archive when zMack was just thinking about selling. zMack was the one who turned me on to the forum. Can you remember a time before PFF?

http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Archives/Archive-000002/HTML/20020118-1-009938.html

Based on the. excellent condition I decided to do a fly-in/ drive out arrangement. This was less than a month after 9/11 and only weeks after planes were flying again, but I was determined to get my 1st Fiero back home. I ended up flying into Buffalo/ Niagara Falls and driving it 1500 miles back to Houston. It made the trip with no problems.

I can tell this is going to be one nice Fiero when its all said and done

Actually Archies to Pete's really isn't that far I do it all the time. (Well minus 2 hours) , As for Texas now thats a haul.

Like Madcurl's Redux, the plan is for this car to surpass my 1st show-car in every way.

First thing I did was to start adding power options, first came power windows

Next came a three spoke steering wheel, delay Wipers and an aftermarket cruise. I also added a factory subwoofer, the rally gauges over the a/c vents, and added wood grain overlay to the gauge faces. One thing I would do different now is that I would have sold the dot matrix trim and covered an older ratty one. I may still do that one day. In the process I stripped nearly the entire interior out, (an experience that would come in handy for my GT, but that's another story.) I also added the 120 mph speedometer

The end result was a neat little coupe with nearly every option. I also added Rodney's manual look shifter and a 5 speed Console.

Before and After Interior:

This interior is still in there, eventually to be replaced with a firebird interior.

I believe that Chop Top #14 will be the 1st in a couple of areas.

1) It was the 1st time We've ever chopped a 4 cylinder car while it still had the engine in it.

2) It appears it will be the 1st. 4.9 Chop Top.

So far that means that every chop top so far has had it's own claim to uniqueness.

So you gotta wonder what unique features will the next chop top have.

Way to go jscott !!

If this side job I have this month goes as planned. I might guess that a Chop-Top one day will include Norms fiberglass front end. Hmm wonder what car that will be, and should I do the Hood or Chop 1st?

Another point of interest on Proud-1 It is Car #2 from the US to PBJ (Form E-99 I do Believe).