I still wonder why no one has tried to make an El Camino type car out of a Fiero. It has the right rear window. Make a tonneau cover to cover the engine and the rear trunk etc. Would be cool. Surprised no one has yet to try it considering how many kit cars etc have been made on Fieros.
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MsLoriFiero Member
Posts: 695 From: Lester AL USA Registered: May 2003
Someone at the Columbus National Fiero show had a yellow one with a TPI engine in North and South in t he back. It also had tandam wheels in back [yes the car was longer to fit all 4 wheels].
He covered the engine area with a cover and it looked like a El Camino, I think it was called El Fiero.
Sorry I did get pic's but I don't have a scanner. I don't know if the car is still around as this was around 8-10 years ago. Rodney you should remember it as you were there.
I really like the black car it looks like a Firebird K wagon brom the 70's.
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He covered the engine area with a cover and it looked like a El Camino, I think it was called El Fiero.
Sorry I did get pic's but I don't have a scanner. I don't know if the car is still around as this was around 8-10 years ago. Rodney you should remember it as you were there.
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jscott1 Member
Posts: 21676 From: Houston, TX , USA Registered: Dec 2001
Come on, that makes about as much sense and a rear engined pickup truck. It's impossible.
Any pictures of the bed on that?? There must be a big bump in the bed
For the stretch Fiero/el camino dually, I would leave the engine in the stock location and put the stretch and second wheels aft of that. It would create a semi-usefull 4 or 5 foot bed. With the cover on you could strap down some 4x8 sheets of plywood, so it would be a semi-usefull vehicle.
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bubbajoexxx Member
Posts: 1630 From: Ontario Canada Registered: Aug 2003
Oh I see now, although I wouldn't exactly call that bed flat. It has a pronounced step there over the axles where the engine is hiding. On the other hand I bet the engine is easy to work on, probably just remove some covers and voila, the engine is right there!
Edit - though this is straying into OT, it does give insight into how one might build a Fiero based pickup truck. It seems there were two versions, the rampside shown above, and the load side that had a flat floor and a storage area in the space between the engine and the cab.
It turns out the ramp side was far more popular and sold for more years than the load side. I would imagine it was difficult to use that hidden storage area, compared to the advantage of a flat bed.
I didn't even know such a vehicle existed until now, it gives me ideas...what if you put the engine under glass so it was visible from the bed. Cool
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