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rogergarrison
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NOV 16, 07:11 PM
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Some people just rebuild the insides and dont bother to make it pretty. Looks from the photos like a pretty solid car. If it starts and runs good, Id buy it for the asking price, but id try lower. Id trade a stock Fiero in average shape in a second and I dont even care for Duster/ Darts. Looks to me like it just needs the fender, like he says, the whole headlite bucket is part of the fender. I dont even think the front bumper is damaged much (just straightened). I see plenty of bare bodies of these go for more than that with no drivetrain even in them. Rebuilt nice, you can have a $15K car. Be hard to ever get close to that with a stock Fiero. You cant hardly break a Torqueflight tranny, so you could melt the tires off...something else that you wont do in a stock Fiero. I will say for handling, Fiero would def be the winner. Dart/ Dusters with 340 are awesome street beasts even stock. They manage to eat Z/28s.
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Jake_Dragon
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NOV 17, 05:12 AM
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I don't know. I would make sure you get receipts for the rebuild and talk to the machine shop if you can.
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Raydar
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NOV 17, 03:02 PM
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You'd be swapping for a project car.
And that's if the floors, trunk, and lower rear quarters are in good shape. On a quiet night, you could hear those cars rust.
| quote | Originally posted by rogergarrison:
You cant hardly break a Torqueflight tranny... |
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That is, if it's a 727. If it's a 904 (which came in the small cars, including my '73 318 Barracuda) it won't be any more sturdy than a TH 350.
Edit - It's also a repaint. Everything under the hood is blue.
Be careful.[This message has been edited by Raydar (edited 11-17-2012).]
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iced_theater
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NOV 17, 05:26 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by rogergarrison:
Some people just rebuild the insides and dont bother to make it pretty. |
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Doesn't look like he even put a new air filter on it. If he was that cheap when rebuilding the engine I would wonder how well it was rebuilt.
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rogergarrison
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NOV 17, 09:55 PM
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Like I said, I find them around here for $3000 with no motor or tranny at all. I know because last year I hunted everywhere within 100 miles for a mopar project. Floors, quarters, fender tops and cowls do rust out bad...but like I say, the photos look like its OK there. I think 904 trannys are called Powerflights. I cant say for sure though, every mopar Ive had had a 727 torqueflight. If this one runs OK, it will take some money thrown at it to be nice...paint and interior is a must. It dont claim to be a show car. If its mechanically good, I could make a show car out of it for less than $2,000 and sell it for $10,000 without blinking. Too bad im selling almost everything to move or Id buy it myself if you didnt. [This message has been edited by rogergarrison (edited 11-18-2012).]
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84fiero123
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NOV 20, 09:09 PM
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If you don’t believe it was rebuilt just run a compression test on all the cylinders should be almost exactly the same. If not it wasn’t rebuilt.
Steve
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Technology is great when it works,
and one big pain in the ass when it doesn't 
Detroit iron rules all the rest are just toys.
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Monkeyman
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NOV 21, 06:16 AM
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You going down to Florida, Roger?
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rogergarrison
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NOV 21, 09:29 AM
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lots farther..... 
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oldbikeracer
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NOV 21, 12:08 PM
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You would be trading a show horse for a crippled donkey.
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rpro
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NOV 21, 08:30 PM
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