quote Originally posted by Haze_Performance: Ive seen the 84 Indy plate on eBay in the 200's (The number) But there were only 140 Indys at the track for the event... Also there was a front & back (matching #) plate on each car right?

In all the pictures I have seen, I have never seen one of the Indys (or replicas!) running around with a front license plate. The license plate is not embossed - it is completely flat, and has light surface rust on the back, which tells me it's not aluminum like today's plates are. I have seen 3 Indy plates online before - 1 on someone's webpage a long time ago, showing a key fob taped to it, and 2 on eBay. All have had the same number - "120".

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Boomtastic

quote Originally posted by IwannaIRM: I have one of those pics too. Mines #404/2000. I picked mine up over ebay for $10. What a steal. Edges were a little rough but the matting conceals that. Looks great on the wall. I also have the original 8-1/2"x11" pencil sketch drawings of 5 fieros. Just gotta dig them out of the file cabinet.

Wow, Rick and Iwann.. both have watkins glenn!! That means that 5 of the 2000 prints are accounted for. Maybee I should start a Watkins Glenn Registry!!

The t-top poster is #8 out of 88. Tim at www.fieroparts.com had them made. I think he still has a few left too...

BTW Iwanna.. Your a thief only paying $10 for that print. I was told that they fetch alto of money (whatever that means)

Later

Here's some more rare items .. I guess they drank a lot at GM.

Glass celebrating both the Fiero and GM's 75th Anniversary
Front

Back

Mug from an employee pack. There were 10 in a case, plus a book. (I only have the 1 mug)
Front

Back

Back reads:
"As the Fiero story unfolds, you'll see the logic of everything we did. There are no gimmicks .... technology wrapped in Fiero is absolutely the highest in General Motors ...." J.J. Wetzel, Pontiac Chief Engineer

A frosted Indy glass

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Boomtastic

Here's a pic of my luggage... the set I got consists of a large soft-sided suitcase (goes in the lower well of the trunk), a cylindrical duffle (fills the remander of the space in the lower well of the trunk), and two small rectangular carry-ons - both sit in the upper part of the trunk on top of the other two pieces, leaving a small section open in the center of the trunk, perfect to add a bagged car cover.

quote Boomtastic sez: *Anytime* you would like to part with the luggage, please keep me in mind. (Price doesn't matter) I'd LOVE to have a set in my collection!

Well, that's certainly a bold statement that got my attention... ::chuckle:: I don't really have any wishes of selling it, but I suppose that if someone offered me a sufficiently stoopid amount of cash for the set, I'd be foolish not let it go, but it'd have to be a pretty stoopid amount of money right now. Heck, I even have an inkling that it may have been taken into consideration by the popular vote at the Nationals to help me get the 3rd Place trophy. I'll never know for sure if that's true or not, though. (I don't have a figure in mind, but I'm not closed-minded to offers. Life's too short to be anything but open-minded, about a lot of things.)

quote Originally posted by Boomtastic: The offer I made at Ed's (use of the plate for car shows) still stands anytime you want.

I appreciate that! Still got a long way to go before this baby is ready for shows though... And seem to have turned my attention to the T-top for the moment.. but there will come a day... heheh

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Tennessee Fiero Owners

I've got an original copy of the Performance Plus magazine, and several Car and Driver and other mags too. Not in really good shape, though.
Have a 1/25 scale model of an 85 GT, unassembled.
Have a 1/25 or 1/32 scale Fiero slot car. Looks like an Indy with an IMSA spoiler. (Still packed up from when I moved.)
Have a couple of HO scale TYCO Fiero slot cars.
Have two yellow Hot Wheels Fieros.
The one with the 5-spoke wheels, you can still buy at WalMart, but the one with "wire" wheels (like a Formula) I haven't seen elsewhere.

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Raydar - aka Steve

Black 88 Formula.
Red 88 Duke coupe. "The Project"
88 Formula parts car. "The Donor"

quote Originally posted by Kelvin Vivian: I've got a grey passenger seat that has speaker holes in the headrest, however the seat does not have speakers in it. And I do believe that the seat came from the factory that way.

Kelvin, my 85 coupe/SE was the same - the tags on the SPI label identified it as an SE, with the rally suspension (Y99?) and the base 13 inch steel rims with beauty rings. Coupe interior, no radio and no speakers in the headrests. It was a truly odd car. I still don't understand how an SE could have the 13 inch rims - they were mutually exclusive on the dealer order sheet.

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Andrew Menchions - 85SE - AKA Fieroless in Newfoundland

I don't know how rare it is but I have a 1987 catalog from Premier Motor Accessories featuring various Fiero accesssories. Following are some highlights (sorry for the poor pictures):

Front cover:

Page 8 shows some stuff like cup holders, wood grain panels, floor mats, etc.:

I thought this was an unusual option, a ski rack for a fastback GT (anybody got one?):

Rear window shades. Note the GT shade sags in the middle:

And... what every Fiero man should wake up to:

Fun stuff,

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Roy
Just another stock Blue 87 GT

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hmmm my rare item... an 84 that didn't catch fire actually I don't know that I have anything rare... well my paint job maybe doesn't count though either!

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AIM: Fierobaby87
http://angelfire.com/sports/sfiero

Here's my contribution - one of two Indy things that I own :-) I picked this up off eBay earlier this summer for about $35. I'm surprised Boomtastic never went after it - perhaps because it's a medium and looks like it fits a 14 year old? Can anyone tell me about this sweater - like how you could get one? I suspect it was something you could order from the dealer, but it's the only one I've ever seen come up on eBay, in two years of watching Fiero auctions.


Cheers - Andrew

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Andrew Menchions - 85SE - AKA Fieroless in Newfoundland

quote Originally posted by 85SE: I'm surprised Boomtastic never went after it - perhaps because it's a medium and looks like it fits a 14 year old?

Heck - that's all that fits me! I took the summer off for buying things on eBay. I needed to get some cash together for other projects.

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Boomtastic

How many transformers are there still around?

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quote Originally posted by Black88GT: Hey Eric, I remember those emblems. I hate to break it to you but I am pretty sure they are phony.

Sorry but I have to disagree with you on this as I have had these emblems in my hot little hands... no way they are fake, as anyone who has seen them in person can atest to.

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MsBeth

How about a smooth (not textured) sunroof air deflector? Evidently these were available on early '84s......they went to the textured look for more durability (I'm guessing). These smooth ones get scuffed up way to easily.

I have 2 or 3 of them, but only one is "mint".....it came off of a 45K mile '84 coupe in a junkyard.

The pic isn't as clear as I'd like, but if you look closely you can see the difference (the bottom one is the smooth one).

quote Originally posted by Kelvin Vivian: I've got a grey passenger seat that has speaker holes in the headrest, however the seat does not have speakers in it. And I do believe that the seat came from the factory that way.

I've got two seats with speaker holes in the headrest, WITH speakers, and that's how they came from the factory. Both grey, so I don't think it's very rare, unless you're talking about something totally different than me which is probably the case.

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Dan
1985 Silver GT

WITH THE NEW WHEELS!!!!! WOOHOO!!!!!!

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quote Originally posted by sloth85GT: ...unless you're talking about something totally different than me which is probably the case.

Sloth - we were talking about seats with the holes but WITHOUT the speakers. Apparently this wasn't supposed to be possible; even with radio delete one was supposed to get the speakers in the seat. Dave K (I believe) told me this when I asked about the radio delete option. Hope this clears things up

Cheers!

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Andrew Menchions - 85SE - AKA Fieroless in Newfoundland

quote Originally posted by sloth85GT: I've got two seats with speaker holes in the headrest, WITH speakers, and that's how they came from the factory. Both grey, so I don't think it's very rare, unless you're talking about something totally different than me which is probably the case.

Hey sloth85GT,

Yeah, hehe... I was talking about seats WITH speaker holes, but WITHOUT speakers. I was at a Pick-n-Pull with "Toddster" who is also on this Forum, and I noticed an immaculate passenger seat. Since the seat had speaker holes, I thought it would have speakers inside (as the ones you have and the majority of the other seats with speaker holes.) However, the two seats in the wrecked Fiero didn't have speakers in the headrest (the driver seat was ripped so I left it.)

"85SE" has seats such as the one I found, in his 85 (see above). Thanks for the response 85SE, I was wondering if the person who owned that wrecked Fiero had his seats recovered, but I figured that it most likely came from the factory that way.

When I ordered my 85GT I ordered the car without any stereo equiptment and I had the speaker holes in the headrest and no speakers. I happen to know that this was common practice for the cars that were ordered with no radios. I don't know how many people ordered cars with out radios. I later put in after market speakers in my seats.

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85GT (twoloud)

I have a laminated dealer poster of a red 85 GT in work out gym.

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Could it be possible that someone just removed the speakers if you're not the original owner? Just curious.

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Dan
1985 Silver GT

WITH THE NEW WHEELS!!!!! WOOHOO!!!!!!

quote Originally posted by mrfiero: How about a smooth (not textured) sunroof air deflector? Evidently these were available on early '84s......they went to the textured look for more durability (I'm guessing). These smooth ones get scuffed up way to easily. I have 2 or 3 of them, but only one is "mint".....it came off of a 45K mile '84 coupe in a junkyard. The pic isn't as clear as I'd like, but if you look closely you can see the difference (the bottom one is the smooth one).

The smooth textured air deflector is great., I had mine painted to match the car color on my fastback. Too bad they failed to paint the back side.....pecker heads.....

I doubt that the 84 pace cars had a front license plate. I don't remember seeing any with one back then, and I do vividly remember the cars... Anyway, here in Indiana we don't have the front plate requirement. JJ

I have that same silver plate that basically says "Take care of your car because it could catch on fire". i found it in a junk yard car. How many are out there and when where they placed in the car? Also those louvers for the back windows, i have a set for a notchback. i got them from a junk yard but have never seen them on a car on the road. Is it rare?

i have a Fiero. isn't that rare enough?

BTW, my 84 has a front license plate bracket.

I have something VERY, VERY, RARE. I was at a swap meet about 6 years ago with a sandwhich sign that read "WANTED ANYTHING FIERO" This guy came up to me and said his buddy down the row has some fiero stuff. So I get down to this guy tell him his buddy sent me down to him. He goes back into his RV trailer comes out with this BIG plastic wrapped bag. He unwraps it and I couldn't believe my eyes, It was a full size passanger body panel mounted on board with plex-glass over it except for in the center where you would hit it, it had a rope connected with a hammer (but the hammer was missing) Then it had the Fiero emblem and talked about the endra-flex panel it is silk screened on the pelx-glass. The guy said he got it from a friend who worked for Pontiac and it was used at the autoshow in 85, I know in 84 they used a bowling ball on a rope and let you pull back the bowling ball and let it go into the door panel to show the dent resistance panels. If I get a chance I will try to take some picture of it. I will be selling it in the future though because it's to big for me it just stays wrapped up it the basement just sitting there.

quote Originally posted by FIERO JOHN-WI: It was a full size passanger body panel mounted on board with plex-glass over it except for in the center where you would hit it, it had a rope connected with a hammer (but the hammer was missing) ... The guy said he got it from a friend who worked for Pontiac and it was used at the autoshow in 85

I think I've seen that! Seems like I remember whacking a door panel (a red one?) with *something* at an auto show.

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Raydar - aka Steve

Black 88 Formula.
Red 88 Duke coupe. "The Project"
88 Formula parts car. "The Donor"

I have a beachwood sunroof insert and bag with instructions/velcro that has never been used. Now I just have to get a sunroof in my GT.

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Jeffrey D Suckow
Jefrysuko@aol.com

Does any one out there own one of the two 1987 Bright red fieros. Orignal Red? I would think that would be rare since there are only TWO of them

I have a pair of Mecham side scoops I really didn't know they were rare until now. How rare are they?

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Gettin good players is easy,gettin them to play together is the hard part

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quote Originally posted by coolcat: I have a pair of Mecham side scoops I really didn't know they were rare until now. How rare are they?

I think "rare" gets overused, but the Mecham 3-port side scoops certainly are "hard-to find" because they are no longer made. They were urethane, just like the Fieros body panels and were/are a simple bolt on mod.

Several people decided to reproduce these scoops in fiberglass......nothing wrong with that, but the majority of these scoops need a lot of finishing work to fit right and look good once painted.

I also have a set of the original scoops and there must be others out there as well (either on a car or in someones basement), so they aren't rare, per se.

As for red '87 Fieros, while definitley "rare", there are more than two out there. Where did you get your info Brian? Just curious.

quote Originally posted by Brian87egotrip: Does any one out there own one of the two 1987 Bright red fieros. Orignal Red? I would think that would be rare since there are only TWO of them

My 87GT was red before someone (not me this time) did a poor job of making it black (missed enough places to make it necessary to visit the paint shop again...)

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I have a holley scoop on my car, is that rare?

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Tyler Morgan
1986 GT Fastback,

Holley Ram-Air, Power Steering, K&N Filtercharger, Bosch Wires, Bosch Platinum Plugs, Conrad Distribuiter Cap/Rotor, New GT Seats, New Headliner, New Carpet, Ocelet Exhaust, Red Underbody Light Kit (coming soon)
Aim=FieroDriver1986

quote Originally posted by mrfiero: As for red '87 Fieros, while definitley "rare", there are more than two out there. Where did you get your info Brian? Just curious.

Yeah, but most 87's are Medium Red and not bright red.

quote Originally posted by Kasdan: I have a holley scoop on my car, is that rare?

Scarce, but not rare .. unless you consider that it hasn't either:

a) Fallen off.
b) Been stolen.

.. then yes, it's rare! If I had known that they would be worth so much money, I would have hung on to all the ones I bought for $15/each. 'Course, I also would have invested in the $99 "Accessory" (Group 21.00) spoiler that GM offered, which I could have bought for $75/each all day long. I would have bought all I could! Ahhh - hindsight truly is 20/20!

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Boomtastic

Mrfiero, The packet I got from Pontiac historical services said that there were only 2 bright red fieros and there were 20264 med. red ones built.

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Brian 87GT

i have the chop top i got from fierodave. i guess not rare since it's not an original pontiac creation (or is it? ), but kind of mysterious anyway since no one seems to know who did it or where it originaly came from.

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Phil T.

you can't win. you can't break even and you can't get out of the game.

I found a hotrod performance magazine in my box of old books. It has detailed instructions on how to make a tube frame SD4 race car and the super duty engine guide. Blue print in still in it.
Not really "rare" because i've seen them on ebay a few times

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