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1988 Pontiac Lineup Catalog : Fiero Contents by jdrobb
Started on: 06-18-2003 01:02 AM
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Report this Post06-18-2003 01:02 AM Click Here to See the Profile for jdrobbSend a Private Message to jdrobbDirect Link to This Post
In the 72-page Pontiac Road Cars Catalog for 1988 (Volume LXII), there's six pages devoted to each '88 Pontiac for the year (except Sunbird, it only got four pages).

If you see this catalog, it's got a photo of a dark red Bonneville SSE on the cover. There's also pages that give info on the various sound systems, engines, and some of the racing Pontiacs of the time, including five Fieros, from IMSA/GTP to NHRA.

Anyway, in the Fiero section (starting after the FWD Bonneville and Grand Prix sections), it describes a "test drive" of one of the first new GTs with pro IMSA racer Bob Earl at Laguna Seca. Just FYI, here's a rundown of what's on each page. Also, large photos on the left page overlap on the right:

20: Large photo of red GT zooming under a bridge at Laguna Seca racetrack;
21: Page where the article's text begins. Photos of the red 2.8 V-6 and Earl's IMSA racing Fiero;
22: More pix of the red GT, and a "Tech Summary" describing the "All-New Suspension";
23: Large photo with the red GT parked in the paddock with two attractive young women checking it out; pics of the GT's tan dash and leather seats;
24: Pic of white base Fiero, another "Tech Summary" describing the Tech IV's new internal balancer; large pic of yellow Formula at speed;
25: Pic of yellow Formula's left side, parked; pic of red GT at speed; vital stats and key numbers chart;

64: Ordering information page with lists of standard and optional equipment, including option groups for each model version (Fiero - Formula - GT). Oddly, none of these pages says a word about the T-top option. Not a word!

So, what I've done is make good-resolution scans of each of these pages so they could be shared with any Fiero enthusiast. Each image file ranges from 200 to 300 kilobytes in size. What I'd like to do now is provide them to an established Fiero website that has other scans available for download, instead of emailing them all to anyone who asks. Alternatively, I could provide them to someone here who can use the PIP (Image Poster), who can then post them here in the forum, if that would be better.

My own preference would be to add them to the collection at www.fierodrivers.com, where I've found a lot of articles to look through. Anyone here by chance connected with that?

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Report this Post06-18-2003 01:38 AM Click Here to See the Profile for edheringClick Here to visit edhering's HomePageSend a Private Message to edheringDirect Link to This Post
I've got two copies of that brochure...in 1988 I wanted a Formula BAD...

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btw,
https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Archives/Archive-000002/HTML/20021104-1-019318.html

Haze has already posted 'em on his site. But your scans may be higher resolution...when I scanned them I was worried about the file size.

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Originally posted by edhering:

btw,
https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Archives/Archive-000002/HTML/20021104-1-019318.html

Haze has already posted 'em on his site. But your scans may be higher resolution...when I scanned them I was worried about the file size.

Ed

Where are they on Haze's site? I looked at thread you pointed out and and looked at his site. The only brochure stuff I found was for 1985.

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