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Gokart Mozart
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OCT 14, 05:24 AM
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Hope you don't get too proficient with r/r! 
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VF1Skullangel
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OCT 25, 05:48 PM
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I love the build thread. I could sit here all day and read it.
With the Firebird dash I think you should go with firebird door cars to contour all the lines and go back over it with the same color sceme.. Otherwise this build is amazing!
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Fiero2m8
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OCT 31, 09:10 PM
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Thanks guys.
Yes I will add the Firebird door panels to my list of future mods for when I'm getting bored of not having major things to do like re/re of transmissions
I decided to paint the transaxle MSD red for 3 reasons:
1) The aluminum paint didn't match the silver powder coating
2) I had received some feedback for being overly conservative on the colour theme
3) I wanted to have something visual to show for my effort of re/re (the main reason)
Here are the pictures of the progress:
Rear bumper not reinstalled yet and final linkage adjustments still needed but I have 5 forward gears now 
BTW Cliff's new version of PIP here:
http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/087378.html
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Gokart Mozart
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OCT 31, 09:27 PM
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Nice contrast. Too bad white in the engine compartment is hard to keep clean, keep the Indy heritage. but then again...
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doublec4
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OCT 31, 09:32 PM
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Jeez, I don't check this thread for a short while and I come back and the transmission has been removed and reinstalled! That was quick. Glad to hear its coming back together again, its looking better than ever!
Looks so slick out in the sun!
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Fiero2m8
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OCT 31, 10:04 PM
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wftb
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OCT 31, 10:27 PM
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i have followed this thread for years .and the one thing i can say is that this is the most extremely modified car that is still easily recognized as a pontiac and then as a fiero .the lineage is obvious and intact .great job , bubbajoe and 2M8 .
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doublec4
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OCT 31, 10:51 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by wftb:
i have followed this thread for years .and the one thing i can say is that this is the most extremely modified car that is still easily recognized as a pontiac and then as a fiero .the lineage is obvious and intact .great job , bubbajoe and 2M8 . |
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Definitely... and yet it still looks like nothing else on the road. Really is a one of a kind.
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Fiero2m8
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OCT 31, 11:04 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by wftb:
i have followed this thread for years .and the one thing i can say is that this is the most extremely modified car that is still easily recognized as a pontiac and then as a fiero .the lineage is obvious and intact .great job , bubbajoe and 2M8 . |
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I couldn't agree more and am glad you posted this comment.
It was one of the main things that attracted me to the project as Bubbajoe envolved the shape.
With forum members input and his skill, the GM heritage in style was retained and upgrades/updates were generally from the newer GM offerings.
Usually I say nothing when a non Fiero car enthusiast approaches it to allow them to start thinking aloud
They usually give a tenative guess of "I remember these, Pontiac right?"
They recognize the rear hatch glass as Firebird then realize Fiero when they see an engine where they expect rear seats.
Then the usual how did you get a V8 in there question shows that the body lines are clean enough not to scream kit car or body kit.
The stretch in wheelbase and rear track is something I disclose before the headscratching goes too far.
This is our version of the Indy.
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Fiero2m8
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OCT 31, 11:36 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by doublec4:
Definitely... and yet it still looks like nothing else on the road. Really is a one of a kind. |
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Yes, that is what I will enjoy most bringing it to cruises next season.
It is a project I will have a long time mainly due to the hands-on time invested.
I used to describe it as "unique" until I saw the TV show Unique Whips were EVERY project got JL audio speakers and Pirelli tires, lol.
Now I say it is my "exotic car" as exotic means "strikingly, excitingly, or mysteriously different or unusual".
I guess naysayers would cite "poor man's exotic" which would also be accurate compared to supercar prices or by the point of view that it makes me poor
Either way, if they ask where they can get one, I can tell them to build their own as it's one of a kind.
If I ever did sell, I'd talk to Bubbajoe first about a worthy new owner although I'd be asking more for the newest project than the $2000 I paid
Cheers,
Fiero2m8
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