A friend who just moved to Midland, Michigan took a picture of the upcoming Fiero Museum for me. I count 20 Fieros sitting in that lot. Here it is ...
There have been at least two prior posts on this subject -- but I believe this is the first picture
Does anyone have the April 2007 story from Tim? How can we get him on the Forum? Does he need help to get this open?
Here is the Archived news story ...
Tim Evans is a member of the Michigan Fiero Club, may be a member of PPF ?
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SANFORD -- Architect Tim Evans is taking a rundown building and making it an energy-efficient showplace for the cars he loves.
Evans, an architect who specializes in building modifications for solar energy and energy efficiency, has collected about 30 Pontiac Fieros and is creating a showplace for them in a building that's been a service station and auto repair shop at Sanford's west end. He hopes to have the shop, Fieros Forever, up and running by late winter or early spring.
For Evans, the Fiero is just about the perfect car. It's sporty, speedy and made of plastic panels over a sturdy frame so parts can be changed easily. Manufactured from 1984-88, the Fiero was to be Pontiac's answer to the Corvette, but for less money and with less power. The plastic is more forgiving than the Corvette's fiberglass, so it doesn't shatter when it gets bumped.
"This is Tupperware," he half-joked.
He drove his first Fiero, a GT, at McArdle Pontiac-Cadillac in 1987. At the time, a four-cylinder was all he could afford.
"It's like driving a go-cart in some ways because they're right down on the ground," he said. "It corners very well.
"When you drive it, you feel like you're driving 200 miles an hour because you're right near the ground. It's a very quick steer. If you tweak the steering wheel, you're clear across the road."
Later, he bought a six-cylinder, and another. Then he bought a slightly damaged Fiero 1987 fastback -- which he still owns -- and thought he had the world by the tail.
Before long, he was combing salvage yards for Fiero parts, which didn't rust away. Most of his current fleet came from Michigan, although he bought one in Missouri when he visited a national Fiero show with other members of the Michigan Fiero Club. This car was a replica of the 1984 Indianapolis 500 pace car.
"Those are very valuable now because they only made 2,000," he said.
At a Fiero convention, a friend bought a 20-foot-long set of working drawings showing all the car's parts, and he hopes to hang a copy on the wall at Fieros Forever. He also has a "Fiero Boulevard" sign he wants to place near the front door.
A recent visit to the shop showed a work in progress, with building materials lying around, dust everywhere and, in one of its small rooms, car parts stacked.
The sign outside read "Bob's Car Cleaning" but the cars parked outside gave a pretty good idea of its future name. Evans plans to buy and sell Fieros and Fiero memorabilia and help customers find parts and service. A room in front will become a museum and, in the back, he'll have a place for "working on the messier car jobs." He hopes to sell little Fiero model cars and kits for making them, and he's looking for someone to monogram the Fiero name and logo on jackets, T-shirts and hats.
Eventually, he'd like to have shows at Sanford's Veterans Park.
Although Fieros are fine for collecting, Evans still likes to drive them. People love or hate his current set of wheels, which has a Fiero chassis but looks like an early 1990s Lamborghini, bright red.
"Some people just don't like the unique body style," he said. Others "go by with their thumbs up" or "stop you at the light and want to race you."
Here are the two Archived posts on this subject ...
//www.fiero.nl/forum/A...070315-1-059520.html//www.fiero.nl/forum/A...060811-1-057808.html
Does anyone have the April 2007 story from Tim? How can we get him on the Forum? Does he need help to get this open?
