I'm going nuts. I'm from Phoenix, AZ and I'm on vacation in Ohio I've been here for a week and seen 4 fieros. Why is there so many up here? And it makes me super excited seeing them but also sad because up here they'll get rusted and they've all looked untouched in years. 🥺
I saw this in Milwaukee this morning. I thought maybe it was for sale..... Then I read the note on the window. It says "Broke down, will get a tow in the morning!"
We hardly if ever see a Pontiac Fiero here in NJ. During the huge Friday cruise nights in downtown Somerville, (Memorial to Labor day) there have been as many as 400 cars there on main street. Been going there for 20 seasons and only saw one other Fiero there once. I can only guess that New Jersey Fiero owners don't like to take their cars out of the garage. The fun of owning a Fiero is driving and showing it. Not here in NJ/
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New in the junkyard is this 86 SE which was apparently someone's project.... It had a subwoofer, miles of speaker wire, stainless brakelines, braided stainless brake hoses, KYB shocks, and a fiberglass hood scoop. It also had taillights that were cut down to allow for a center high-mounted license plate, which necessitated cutting out part of the rear bumper cover and the sheetmetal "shelf" that the bumper cover attaches to. Odd.
This '84 showed up at the one junkyard near me that does not post its inventory online. In the past, I had to pay the admission fee and wander around just to see what's there.... I finally realized I could spend about five minutes and fly the drone over the yard to see what's there. Yes, I lead a very strange life. Being an '84, I figured there wasn't anything I needed from it, so I never did go in to see it up close.
I finally realized I could spend about five minutes and fly the drone over the yard to see what's there. Yes, I lead a very strange life.
LOL... cool! You should post a boneyard drone video... a mixture of elevated shots, as well as dropping down and checking out individual wrecks. That could be quite interesting to see!
LOL... cool! You should post a boneyard drone video... a mixture of elevated shots, as well as dropping down and checking out individual wrecks. That could be quite interesting to see!
Hmmmm, maybe I could become an influencer! I could be the Scotty Kilmer of junkyard videos.
My wife and I saw a Fiero in Owasso, Oklahoma Saturday afternoon. I was looking at the old Firebird in front of us when a bumper pad Fiero passed in the left lane on Garnett at 96th Street North.
I saw this kit car in Addison IL. Really thorough conversion: stretched wheelbase, longitudinal V8, all new interior, wheel hubs and brakes, etc. Only the Fiero steering column and E-brake remain to reveal its true origins. No, that isn't the owner in the picture, just some guy who asked to sit in it.
This '84 showed up at the one junkyard near me that does not post its inventory online. In the past, I had to pay the admission fee and wander around just to see what's there.... I finally realized I could spend about five minutes and fly the drone over the yard to see what's there. Yes, I lead a very strange life. Being an '84, I figured there wasn't anything I needed from it, so I never did go in to see it up close.
Another drone investigation, another '84 in the same junkyard (at least I think it's an '84). I gotta admit I like this manner of checking out the inventory.... Total flight time was about three minutes. If I was going in there in person it would take longer than that just to get past the entrance table and sign my name.
Another drone investigation, another '84 in the same junkyard (at least I think it's an '84). I gotta admit I like this manner of checking out the inventory.... Total flight time was about three minutes. If I was going in there in person it would take longer than that just to get past the entrance table and sign my name.
Man, the before and after picture is brutal. What the hell did those guys do to the hood and the trunklid? It's almost like it was vandalized.
Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]: Man, the before and after picture is brutal. What the hell did those guys do to the hood and the trunklid? It's almost like it was vandalized.
It's two different cars. They're both there about ten rows apart.
Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]: Man, the before and after picture is brutal. What the hell did those guys do to the hood and the trunklid? It's almost like it was vandalized.
I've learned some yards are less gentle trying to get hoods and decklids open than others. Someone was like a pry bar-wielding bull in a China shop to this car.
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New in the junkyard is this 86 SE which was apparently someone's project.... It had a subwoofer, miles of speaker wire, stainless brakelines, braided stainless brake hoses, KYB shocks, and a fiberglass hood scoop. It also had taillights that were cut down to allow for a center high-mounted license plate, which necessitated cutting out part of the rear bumper cover and the sheetmetal "shelf" that the bumper cover attaches to. Odd.
I just noticed this, but they tagged both the front bumper as well as the lower portion of the bumper as a different part. They probably think they're different parts... haha.
I'm not sure how I feel about modern junkyards. It happened almost overnight. I used to go to this junkyard in South Florida and it was full of super rare cars and exotics. And then... almost like from one day to the next (more like a decade went by), suddenly everything has stickers all over it, and all the cars are egg shaped Rav4 and Buick sport-utes.
Like... where did all the V10 Mercedes, Porsches, Smokey & the Bandit cars go?
Junkyards are (at least in-part) a retail operation and they face the same existential threats from ecommerce platforms and corporate consolidation. Shareholders calling the shots at these major corporations that bought out independent and family owned yards en masse through the decades don't like weird enthusiast cars sitting on lots long-term, when common appliance cars turn around parts quicker and are more likely to be stripped clean by the time it heads for the crusher.
