How did I miss this?? (Page 1/1)
randye MAY 07, 01:24 AM
It's Alex and Bobby's fantastic custom and it seems to have burned.

Is there a thread here somewhere that I missed that has more info?
copperhens MAY 07, 07:00 AM
That happened last year. I heard of it through the Facebook page. It started at the interior, possibly HVAC.
cliffw MAY 07, 07:47 AM
The only good thing that comes from a tragedy such as this is a root cause / root analysis investigation can be done to educate other owners about things they can do to prevent the same mishap such as happened.

It would also be a good place to list all preventive steps we can take to avoid fires in our Fieros.

What is that one about leaves in the heater box ?
JohnWPB MAY 07, 05:00 PM
I found the CoPart Auction for the car.. What an absolute shame!

I have to wonder who bought it, and for how much just out of extreme curiosity. There were definitely a couple parts I would like to have, the front and rear bumper for starters There are no photos of the engine bay, I would imagine with all the custom work, it had a swap done. It looks to have had an Amida dash in it from what you can make out.....

I am NO fire inspector, or investigator in any way, so I could be WAY off...... That said:

It does not appear to be a resistor/heater box fire. I would think the hood would be far more burned on the passenger side. Pictures of heater box fires that I can recall in my head had a significant burn spot at the rear of the hood, passenger side, right above the heater box.
IMSA GT MAY 07, 05:55 PM
Estimated retail value $43,618 CAD ?????????

Tell that to the insurance company.

Here's the build thread:
http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum3/HTML/000060.html

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Gall757 MAY 07, 06:26 PM

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Originally posted by JohnWPB:

It does not appear to be a resistor/heater box fire. I would think the hood would be far more burned on the passenger side. Pictures of heater box fires that I can recall in my head had a significant burn spot at the rear of the hood, passenger side, right above the heater box.



I agree....perhaps the combustibles were in the fan....but it looks more rearward...perhaps a radio or other non-stock wiring in the instrument panel.
randye MAY 07, 06:32 PM

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Originally posted by JohnWPB:

I would imagine with all the custom work, it had a swap done. It looks to have had an Amida dash in it from what you can make out.....




The car did have a 3800SC swap but it did not originally have one of Rob Amida's dashes in it in 2006.

It had a customized Archie dash that Bobby and Alex installed with some of the panels painted to match the exterior of the car.

I don't think Rob had even started making and selling his dash until long after this car was built.

Somewhere in my files I have a pretty extensive "photo journal" of this car from it's debut at Daytona from '06. I'll have to find it and add "the end of the story" photos.

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randye MAY 07, 07:06 PM
Tony posted in May of last year:


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Originally posted by exoticse:

Hey Alex, tracked down Matt. He says some mice got into the car and caused an issue that led to the fire.
cliffw MAY 08, 06:58 AM
That hood ? I have seen others like it and have always liked that look. However, I prefer to keep mine stock. I do though have an 86GT parts car with a normal hood.

I am thinking why not ? If for some reason mine needs a new hood, I could live with that on mine till I found a regular looking hood.

Is it functional ? Does it help with cooling the radiator ? What's a good thread to see what I need and how to do it ?

Thanks.
IMSA GT MAY 08, 05:46 PM

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Originally posted by cliffw:

That hood ? I have seen others like it and have always liked that look. However, I prefer to keep mine stock. I do though have an 86GT parts car with a normal hood.

I am thinking why not ? If for some reason mine needs a new hood, I could live with that on mine till I found a regular looking hood.

Is it functional ? Does it help with cooling the radiator ? What's a good thread to see what I need and how to do it ?

Thanks.



http://www.fiero.nl/forum/A...100421-2-099048.html