After blasting a heated letter to Petersen's Car Museum about the "89/90 prototype Fiero" and tour that West Coast Fieros organized, and playing phone tag with Dick Messer (Director of Petersen's) for a week, I received a letter today from Pete Eastwood, Collections Technician. Allow me to share with you the letter, typos/capitalization as in the letter:
The Fiero that you refer to in your letter dated March 11, 2002, is shown in the Museum records as being donated by Pontiac Motor Division of GM in 1989.
The Deed of Gift describes it as follows:
'Based on a production 1986 Fiero GT, specially constructed for use as a concept vehicle with the following equipment':
IMSA- style wide fiberglass body panels.
Large whale-tail spoiler integrated into rear deck.
White upper/brite blue lower exterior paint with thin red mid body strip.
Pontiac 2.7 liter Super Duty 4-cylinder engine with aluminum cylinder head.
Dual twin port exhaust outlets.
5-speed manual transaxle.
Goodyear Eagle VR tires.
Polished centerline wheels.
Standard production interior trim.
Approximately 6,900 miles on the odometer.
This information was supplied by GM at the time of donation, and we assumed it to be true. Our records do not reflect any information referencing a 89/90 prototype.
Access to the Museum's basement "vault" area is by special arrangement, and since this is a work area/vehicle storage area, and not an exhibit gallery, I make no apology for the condition of said area on the date that you and your group visited the Petersen Automotive Museum.
(signed by Pete Eastwood)
For me, this opens up a LOT more questions ..
Your thoughts?
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Boomtastic
[This message has been edited by Boomtastic (edited 03-25-2002).]
