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Fiero vin problem by Pontiacjeepuk
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Hi, I'm new to forums, location I'm in the UK and here's my question, I have a white fiero sat here in a field since 1991, it has every thing a 1984 car body wise should have, ie vented deck lid, those earlier door skins 13 inch turbo wheels, glass sail panels, fisher body in the step sills, (rockers) etc etc, but the vin year on the plate is F not a E as I'd would expect, the screen is out and the tag plates havnt looked to been tampered with, it's identical to my earlier fiero with E vin, the door I'd sticker has long since weathered away on this one so did they produce the 84 fiero with it the early bits into 1985, thanks, can any one help with the month of production can supply full vin if needed thanks

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Report this Post11-18-2024 07:00 AM Click Here to See the Profile for fieroguruSend a Private Message to fieroguruEdit/Delete MessageReply w/QuoteDirect Link to This Post
The RPO sticker on the front driverside wheel well also lists the VIN. If that is worn as well, there is a 2nd VIN tag under the dash and mounted on the steering column support.

You can also look in the engine bay as the wiring changed from 84 to 85.
If there is a large electrical junction connector behind the battery, then it is an 85-87. In the picture below you can just see the + battery terminal on the battery and the right side of the picture is the passenger strut tower.


If that same connector is more towards the center of the firewall to the passenger compartment, then it is an 84.
After 40 years, it is quite common for panels to be swapped, but it takes a fair amount more effort to swap the entire electrical harness, so that is much less common.

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Report this Post11-18-2024 08:57 AM Click Here to See the Profile for PontiacjeepukSend a Private Message to PontiacjeepukEdit/Delete MessageReply w/QuoteDirect Link to This Post
Yes it's in the middle of the bulkhead or firewall
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Report this Post11-18-2024 09:08 AM Click Here to See the Profile for olejoedadSend a Private Message to olejoedadEdit/Delete MessageReply w/QuoteDirect Link to This Post
The C-500 is relocated in the 85-88 model years.

I think guru has a typo in his response....
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So if this is the case of it being 1984 spec, why does it have a tenth digit F does not make sense did they have it hanging around and decided to plate it up later to get rid?
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Originally posted by Pontiacjeepuk:

So if this is the case of it being 1984 spec, why does it have a tenth digit F...?


Does the VIN match in all three locations mentioned on the car? (The VIN is also on a sticker on each body panel.)

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Originally posted by Pontiacjeepuk:
So if this is the case of it being 1984 spec, why does it have a tenth digit F does not make sense did they have it hanging around and decided to plate it up later to get rid?


Post your VIN number and let the Fiero sleuths go to work.
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Originally posted by olejoedad:

The C-500 is relocated in the 85-88 model years.

I think guru has a typo in his response....


Good catch... so used to typing 84-87 in reference to brakes/suspension. I fixed it.
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Hi OK here's the vin for this 1984 fiero IG2PF37ROFP204093 I've looked on panels but there's no stickers anywhere, is there a physical stamping on the metal frame as like on British cars, thanks for the help
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Fiero hub lists it as a 1985 SE, that's the extent of my vin lookup tools haha, although here is the actual vin (1 instead of I and a 0 instead of an o in one place): 1G2PF37R0FP204093
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Report this Post11-19-2024 09:22 AM Click Here to See the Profile for PontiacjeepukSend a Private Message to PontiacjeepukEdit/Delete MessageReply w/QuoteDirect Link to This Post
Hi thanks for that but given the whole car is 1984 in its many discriptions of a 84 car, I don't think it's a 85 car dispite the vin, I smell a rat some where, what type of pop rivet are used to hold the vin tags on, I thought they were stainless steel with a clover type edge on closer inspection they look to be alloy and round thanks, if I am to restore this car I need to make sure it is correct before I start, never mind the hurdles to register it here, thanks
Ps the car came from Germany USA forces place call guttersla Carnt spell or pronounce these German names lol.
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It is pronounced Gutterslaw and it is a Coleslaw made from gutter leaves and moldy sauerkraut . It is excellent, I just had some and................oh my........
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original rivets do have a clover shape as you mentioned. There is no obvious center pin that you get with a regular rivet.

To see the 2nd hard stamped Vin tag that Guru mentioned, remove the drivers dash speaker and look down.
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Have done just that and same plat same round alloy rivets with pin, pop rivet style, this is what we call a ringer, must have been in the 80s as it's been with me sat in the field since 1991 to be fair I don't like coslaw, but good luck to those that do, thanks Steve Gill East yorkshire
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Originally posted by Pontiacjeepuk:

Hi OK here's the vin for this 1984 fiero IG2PF37ROFP204093

I've looked on panels but there's no stickers anywhere, is there a physical stamping on the metal frame as like on British cars?




 
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All Fieros have the last few digits of the VIN number stamped on the transmission and the engine, usually back at the edge of the block where the tranny bolts on, above the starter. There is a metal plate attached to the metal substructure under the dash, removing the driver's side speaker should gain access to that. The door sticker with tire info on the driver's side door will have the complete VIN on it. 87-88 Fieros have VIN stickers on all the major body panels as well as the aforementioned locations. The RPO decal on the left front wheel well will have the VIN on it also.

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Thanks I will look at the engine, trans, I removed the black magnisium panels on either side of the boot, deck, truck lid, which ever and there's a very clear date code cast into the metal showing these were produced in October 1983, non were ticked in the 84, 85, so based on the assumption of this and first year high production these would have been fitted to a car before 1985, maybe in the UK car theft was and still is rife, and riveted vins went out in the early 70s due to identity being swapped on stolen cars, there is some paper work in the console locker with I think the guys name on it and a pass to the military base, but I thank you all for your help, il get back to restoring my t top 88 now, also been ours since 1990 in much better shape.
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I have sanded the gearbox where it is stamped above the starter and the photo shows, 2 E 23178 , there is what looks like a random small circle between the E and the number 2 there is a number on the bloc but in - 4 it's a it numbing on the fingers sanding though lol
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I have sanded the gearbox where it is stamped above the starter and the photo shows, 2p E 231784 , there is what looks like a random small circle between the E and the number 2 I've put a p letter there as it sort of looks like one, there is a number on the bloc but in - 4 it's a it numbing on the fingers sanding though lol, there is a aluminum plate riveted on the left side of the head lamp mount which also shows these numbers starting
84 01A 237 pm p 2E 231784, next line, 40L 40U clear, next line13D AR9 AD3 is this any help, is it a early car? If there's someone on watsapp I could send images to help if interested thanks.

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Originally posted by Pontiacjeepuk:

If there's someone on watsapp I could send images to help if interested thanks.


Why not upload and post the images right here in this thread? Use the Upload Media tab at the lower left corner of the window where you type in your posts.
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Originally posted by Pontiacjeepuk:

I have sanded the gearbox where it is stamped above the starter and the photo shows, 2p E 231784 , there is what looks like a random small circle between the E and the number 2 I've put a p letter there as it sort of looks like one, there is a number on the bloc but in - 4 it's a it numbing on the fingers sanding though lol, there is a aluminum plate riveted on the left side of the head lamp mount which also shows these numbers starting
84 01A 237 pm p 2E 231784, next line, 40L 40U clear, next line13D AR9 AD3 is this any help, is it a early car? If there's someone on watsapp I could send images to help if interested thanks.



40L 40U are the upper and lower paint codes, for White.

13D AR9 AD3 etc. are RPO codes for options the car came with

13D Indy 500/Sierra leather/Pallex cloth, Lt. Slate Gray
AR9 Seat, front bucket, driver, passenger, manual reclining (European style)
AD3 Window, hinged roof (Sunroof)

https://www.fiero.nl/forum/...031110-1-030543.html

231784 MAY be the sequence number, E as a year would be 84, which would be an early 84 (Car # 31,784)

Pictures would definitely help.
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40L 40U are the upper and lower paint codes, for White.

13D AR9 AD3 etc. are RPO codes for options the car came with

13D Indy 500/Sierra leather/Pallex cloth, Lt. Slate Gray
AR9 Seat, front bucket, driver, passenger, manual reclining (European style)
AD3 Window, hinged roof (Sunroof)

https://www.fiero.nl/forum/...031110-1-030543.html

231784 MAY be the sequence number, E as a year would be 84, which would be an early 84 (Car # 31,784)

Pictures would definitely help.


Hi thanks, I've uploaded some pics now.
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The air conditioning lines are 100% 1984 only, so are some of the other parts I can make out through the rust. Looks like it was VIN swapped at some point. Not sure about the legalities over there, but here that would be a BIG no-no.
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The VIN plate which will be in the best condition (and which has been mentioned twice) is not pictured above.
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Pretty difficult to make out those characters, but...





...they match the first VIN plate you uploaded.

If there's been some hanky-panky going on with the VIN plates on this Fiero, they've been rather thorough.
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Hi again, thought I'd let you know that 10 mins ago I had to remove the centre console radio trim and found this bit of GM paper and a original vin I assume for this fiero I shall attach it, any comments are welcome to help, how do I get a new set of vin tags for the car?
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Originally posted by Pontiacjeepuk:

Hi again, thought I'd let you know that 10 mins ago I had to remove the centre console radio trim and found this bit of GM paper and a original vin I assume for this fiero I shall attach it, any comments are welcome to help, how do I get a new set of vin tags for the car?



I think you have a car with a replaced body panel, hence the two separate VIN numbers. I would do with the 1G2PF************ number.

Check here for a vin decoder. http://www.nytmare.org/fiero/vin/fierovin.htm
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Sorry I may have invertantly miss led u by placing the paper with the information on the rear deck of a fiero I'm working on that's a different car,
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