Here is a brand new fresh thread for post roundup pics and stories

a couple more:

Check out this paint:

12 pics below...

who's white GT looks clean, i like it
whats up with your rear bumper?? any info on it?

Hi all,

Thanx for the pics, there great!! Good turn out too! That's always a nice thing to see! Oh, that is got to be the coolest bumper here!!

The White GT is amazing...with 13" brakes, tubular suspension and 17" wheels

My rear bumper is what I call the "J-Curl" it was inspired by Curley but it's really the rear equivalent of a Lawrence/Skitime front chin spoiler. I have more pictures of it in my build up thread, which I'm having trouble finding with the new favorites system.

[This message has been edited by jscott1 (edited 04-18-2005).]

quote Originally posted by jscott1:

Looks like that white Fiero is getting a little sleepy!

quote Originally posted by jscott1:

WoW.... Very Cool!

Looks like a GREAT timeMaybe I will be able to make it next year!

Did Revin show up..??

Smooth!

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Choptytopped WideBody GT 1 of 1
4.9L-V8-Auto---almost finished

quote Originally posted by NotAFieroAnyLonger: Did Revin show up..?? Smooth!

Revin made it but without his car.

Whew! Where do I start? Almost (Blakeinspace excepted, maybe) everyone had a great time at this year's Round Up by the AAFO group in San Antonio. Thanks to Rob White and Mike Parker especially.

The show the cruise, the dinner, the lodging and the cameraderie at the informal get-togethers over pitchers and pitchers and pitchers of margaritas (after the driving was done, of course). The special performance (sparked by the impromptu action of Skyketch2) from the dynamic duo of Revin and Blakeinspace was unforgetable. BTW Blake, your hair is nice all slicked down when you shower in the local Taco Cabana!

Thanks again to all the AAFO people who made Round Up IX a specactular success again this year.

well where to start............
On the road..(blake, mustangbeware, me)



Then it happened......(actual stop was for Steven and a battery..)

Blake's car just couldn't stand being the ONLY Fiero NOT to break down so....

The ign. mod. goes out ! No that is not it....the coil??? hummmmm the coil... later...heh heh

Shame on whoever taught Revin to use Photoshop!

Without further ado (and oh, you know there was much ado) I present for your pleasure with my low resolution, took an hour to scan and crop, chronological, pictorial Roundup essay...

Following Ken and Heidi from Austin, who delightfully had no brake lights

First swing by Taco Cabana

Random sampling of show pictures

Then we lined up at the Kmart that used to be a Kmart to go on the police laden cruise

...complete with bad drivers not noticing we might just all be together

First stop was to lighten our wallets so we could go faster

I made sure we all had a few first, for safety

Then we drove to a place with some water, a lake I believe it's called

With rumbling stomachs and sunburns we found our way to the restaraunt

Looks like you all had alot of fun!

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88gt build up! https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/047402.html

http://www.iamanascarfan.com/

quote Originally posted by pumpkincarriage:

I am not certain that viewers can REALLY grasp the angle in that picture. PFF'ers, Amber DID NOT take that photo with the camera set at a diagonal. SHE was the diagonal.

Yup, that is an honest 45 degree angle there... and that wasn't even the steep part!

I also learned that God made man's ankles to be perpindicular to the ground. Now, Amber had what I feel is an unfair sexist advantage. As a woman, she has some weird chromosome that allows women to walk in tall heels and not look stupid. So her breeding allowed her to handle 50+ degree slopes with a smile.

I on the other hand have never cussed a state treasure that much since I saw the remake of 'The Alamo' movie...

Finally got the pictures uploaded and ready to show, you will see most of them are from the trip home. Also you will notice that my car is in none of the pictures above, mainly becasue the Alt was being changed out during the Cruise. So you will see the pictures that I got from the round up which was from the trip back which was the best time. The Enchanted Rock is extremly big and we all got a work out from going up, over and them around to get back to the cars. From there the Hungry Hunter refueled us for the rest of the trip home. Once we hit I-35 the trip went very fast and we stayed in a tight bunch, pissing off several ppl along the way. Our cars got many of looks along the way and even some positive commments. Cant wait till the next show and the trip back home. Here are a few pictures I took along the way.........

Going--only took one picture: Blakes Rear

The show: Only picture I took

The Flower Place(Cost 5 bucks to see flowers)

The Free Flowers

The Enchanted Rock(Big Azz Rock)

More to come.......

[This message has been edited by MstangsBware (edited 04-19-2005).]

Oh yeah... quick story!

After we split up on I-35... just a few miles outside of Burleson, I passed a white notchback on the side of the road (I HATE seeing Fiero's on the side of the road. Makes people think they're all like that...)

Anyway, I thought it might have been Jazzman, who has been waiting all day for one of us to come by. I dove off the nex exit (2 miles later) and circled back (5 miles later) and pull up. It is BLACK out there and you know what traffic on that autobahn is like...

Well, to my relief it is not James. It is two 16 year old kids in an '86 SE. They look REALLY surprised when they see they're rescuer is another Fiero... incredulous and excited.

"What's wrong with your Fiero?"
"I think it overheated..."
(mentally slaps head for forgetting water this trip) -- (sniff air... smell no coolant)
"Oh really? What makes you think that?"
"Well..., we were just giong along and the car quit."
I laugh and say, "Did it backfire?" then, "What kind of motor do you have?"
"I think it's a V-4"
(realize I could be in trouble)
"Can you try to start it for me?"
(car cranks VERY weakly) -- (probably from time spent with flashers)
"Can you pop the decklid for me?"
(observe we have a luggage rack equipped Fiero, instead of a spoiler)
(observe V6 in engine bay)
(observe enough dirt that Hummers in Iraq would pity this car)
"Ah, good. A six! I have may have some parts that can help!"
"You mean water?"
"No water. I think your trouble is electrical."

I go back to my car and grab the 5.5mm deep nutdriver. 3rd time this weekend I have had to use this thing. Go back to his trunk (illuminated with my brights) lean over and look at the dizzy cap and see under the layer of dirt..., a sheet metal lag screw on one side of the dizzy and a zip tie on the other hole. I jerk up, and I guess I must have looked angry. I did not mean to sound so accusatory...

"WHO does the maintenence on this car?!"
"M.. My.. My dad does. He owns a body shop.,,"
(makes note never to go to this guys dad... ever.)

With disgust I go back and unpack the tool box for the 5th time this weekend. A zip tie? On that hot plate? Well I once used some oak paneling for a battery box... and then stained and laquered it. Ask me about it sometime.

Return with toolbox. Go to remove coil wire. See coil wire not connected. Again with the glare and accusations...

"Who pulled this off? Did one of you take this off?"
(flashbacks of Revin's unfunny practical coil wire joke are now in my head) (Revin, that caused my car to throw a SES code for a 100 miles you punk.)
"NO! You think that's it?"
"Probably. Let's see." (reseat coil wire on HIGHLY rusted nipple. heh-heh-he-heh... he said nipple... And observe wire is very loose.)
(Car cranks slowly, then fires.)

These kids think I am a god. I kinda like this feeling.
That must be how Jazzman felt after I was convinced I was going to have to drop the gastank and replace the fuel pump for my non-running car... when actually it was just out of gas. Hey... It had spark... but no fuel pressure... and it WAS running when I pulled it into the garage....

Well, on this evening, It took longer to get to the toolbox than to fix the car. And now I am basking in the clearasil pimple glow of two youths. I then observe unhappy engine noises. Have them shut off the car. I check the oil... they are 2 quarts low... at least. (Mentally slaps head for forgetting to pack extra quat of oil.)

I tell them:
1) Get oil in that car, pronto.
2) Drop the the $18.00 to get a red Autozone dizzy cap
3) Get some new plug wires. Anything is better than what they had.
4) Come to the NTFC meeting next week, where they can find lots of willing help.

I showed them my engine bay, and told them with some work and pride, a Fiero can be a nice head turner.
My minions were in awe. As it should be.
They thanked me profusely and pulled away.

I wish they had waited a minute as I finished packing. My lights had almost drained my battery to the point of what my license plate reads:

thanks for reading!

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REMEMBER: stoplights synch'd for 35mph are also synch'd for 70mph.
(and for 140mph, now that I think about it.)

quote Originally posted by blakeinspace: Oh yeah... quick story! These kids think I am a god. I kinda like this feeling.

great story! And to think that same 5.5mm nut driver also touched my car last year during the Round-up only my car didn't need an ignition module, but couldn't breathe through a plugged CAT.

[This message has been edited by jscott1 (edited 04-19-2005).]

quote Originally posted by jscott1: great story! And to think that same 5.5mm nut driver also touched my car last year during the Round-up

You would be correct, sir. Maybe you should put some 5.5mm nuts on that Caddy 4.9 somewhere, just so I can say I have tinkered with a 4.9... or maybe that I had to fix one of Pete's (PBJ's) installs! Yeah, right!

My only casualty was a melted cat on the way back. Sigh. Second one I've killed. For some reason it went fairly lean for a few miles, I got over 32mpg my tank from San Antonio to Hillsboro, and the cat went south. It's running rough as well, it may be a weak coil aggrevated by two days of 85+ MPH long distance running.

JazzMan

Here are the blakeinspace photo's. Not near as funny as Amber in the story telling I am afraid... or as dry as MustangBware in the delivery... but I hope you like. Oh yeah, dang digicam lithium battery went out and kept losing it's program... some of the photo's are way below what I should be capable of... sorry!

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Here is a shot of my car overlooking Canyon Lake. It was a wonderful twisty cop laden scenic cruise.
The car beyond mine has a home brew Quad 4, and is amazing. Lots of custom fabbing done. Owners are Scott and Ellen, but not sure if they lurk on PFF.

Next we have my big melon head filling ALL of Jscott's chop.
Nothing brings out a melon head in all of us like a chopped Fiero.
It was tight, but I think I could live with it

Here we see a classic example of troublemaker revin. This is how he drives his car in real life... not paying attention, and looking at women's bottoms.

I think revin has done this pose before. It came TOO naturally.
Also, he volunteered for a full body cavity search, and was disappointed when it didn't happen.

I still cannot beleive I survived this...

And lastly, we have 3 very hungy '88 notchies.

Hiya Blake..

quote Originally posted by blakeinspace:

That plate is also fitting if you have a coil go bad...seeing as how no one said what your problem turned out being, I'm taking a wild stab in the dark...

quote Originally posted by blakeinspace: Heidi.... Tell your stories (you mean-trick-playing-woman) and post your pics here:

Heidi underwent scheduled surgery Wednesday at 8:30AM for a jaw disorder. She was still under the effects of the anesthesia and pain medication until about 9:00 pm last night (Wed 4/20/05). About that time she logged on to Pennock's and saw Blake’s post and attempted to post her story. Unfortunately, she almost injured herself when trying to compose the bird poop story and could not finish. The problem was a near repeat of the chronic, injurious laughter that she experienced during the event. She expects to try again after she regains some strength. So.... stay tuned!!!

Ken

"One of these days, you're gonna die laughing!" - Christopher Loyde, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

quote Originally posted by revin:

Sweet azz action pic! Some one photoshop that mirror out for me, so that I can right click and save.

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-Chris -
Custom Gun Metal 86 GT 4.9 V8 5spd

Build up tread or MODS w/ Pics

you best leave the mirror !!!( it's mine)

quote Originally posted by revin: you best leave the mirror !!!( it's mine)

What did you do, put a lift kit on your car and truck mirrors?

you are half right
dodge ram was my ride that day

quote Originally posted by Black-Azz-GT: Sweet azz action pic! Some one photoshop that mirror out for me, so that I can right click and save.

here you go!