Ok, with the confustion that comes with a mid-engined car, what terminology do you use to describe the front and rear storage compartments? Do you call them both trunk? I call the front compartment, the bonnet, and the rear, the boot, taken from European terminology. Saying the front trunk or the rear trunk sounds a little strange. (stranger than putting your groceries in a boot? ) Anyway, with that said, I'll open the doors to discussion.

DUCK!!!

Engine cover- spare tire cover

I'm going to use vw or porsche terminalogy;the front is call the trunk and the back is deck.

yeah, deck for the rear makes sense, thats why some of us call it the decklid.

I still call my rear the trunk though, becuase I dont/can't keep all that much up front.

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AIM: FieroJoe87
87 Coupe 5spd

Screw that, you have any idea how much you can play with people by calling the rear deck the hood and the front the trunk?

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'86 SE - My car is actually a MacLaren F1 with a Fiero body kit; or not.

I still call them hood (front) and trunk (back). Since the main storage is still in the back with the engine, it certainly qualifies as a trunk. Also, with the spare tire, brake, radiator and headlight stuff up front and nearly total lack of usable storage, it makes a better "hood" than "trunk IMO.

I usually call the one over the engine/trunk the 'rear deck' or the 'deck'. The one in the front I call the hood.

An odd question popped into my head while I was working on my car today with the deck off. Is it legal to drive a Fiero without the rear deck installed? Wouldn't be very good if you had lightweight stuff in the trunk that would blow out, or if it was raining, but is it illegal? What body panels, if any, can you legally drive without?

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85 GT (to be modified...)
--Um, no the paint isn't oxidized, that's the ultra-rare Whirlpool White textured finish... yeah.
89 Lincoln Town Car (has Fiero Envy)
--Hey! Can I have an anti-sway bar too?

I call them the 'front' and the 'decklid'.

if you have all of the lights, windows, inspection items, etc....

you can drive without ANY body pieces...

that's right, have your own streetable go-kart for the orice of a fiero!

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In England/Scotland one of those is called the "Boot".....

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Harry
FOCOSEVA
1985 GT 262K+ "TEMPTATION"

i like to call the back "Mr. Leaky".
the front is called, Festus.

Im driving mine without the drivers rear quarter panel... that one that had the scoop in it. Cops look at me kinda funny.. but I dont have much of a choice.

We had a club member drive his car from Sacramento, CA to Reno, NV (about 135 miles each way) without ANY panels except, I think, the doors. I think they're the only ones required.

It rained in Reno during the regional Fiero "fest", and I had to lend him an umbrella (no roof) and a sweatshirt (he was wearing shorts). The sweatshirt was especially helpful when he went on the drive to Lake Tahoe, and it started to snow. (Remember, no body panels.)

I think he was checked out by the highway patrol, but passed inspection.

You can drive without any panels doors included. As long as the doors have the framing (crash bars) in place, they should be fine. The way I see it, rails (dune buggies) are street legal and all they have is a frame, floor pan, and windshield.

Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer and cannot provide legal advice. I listen to squirels and do what they tell me. My head is made of cheese.

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Of course, since AZ doesn't require safety inspections, it may be easier to get a rail licensed.

[This message has been edited by Steve Normington (edited 04-27-2001).]

LOL... and only a Fiero nut would recognize the car without any body panels...

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85 GT (to be modified...)
--Um, no the paint isn't oxidized, that's the ultra-rare Whirlpool White textured finish... yeah.
89 Lincoln Town Car (has Fiero Envy)
--Hey! Can I have an anti-sway bar too?