My all time favorite Fiero GODSPEED to Alex and his family!!! We all know he was taken away from us early to build a custom ride for GOD!!! Imagine all the cool cars that will be in heaven when we all arrive one day...thanks to ALEX!!!
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exoticse Member
Posts: 8654 From: Orlando, Fl Registered: Jun 2003
It looks like my wheel choice and combo inspired somebody. I would have gladly traded him my set for a copy of the interior.
Greg
just my opinion.. lol and im sure to get reamed for it .... but its pics like this that sold me on the Fiero GT... and nothing even comes close *runs and hides
------------------ GT just waiting for the conversion
84 Fiero Turbo Vortec 4300 Phantom GT L35 block, Syclone Intake and ECM with Moates adapter 50lb injectors, 3 bar map sens, T04B Turbo
www.cardomain.com/id/vortecfiero Murphy's Constant Matter will be damaged in direct proportion to its value Murphy's Law of Thermodynamics Things get worse under pressure. Arthur C. Clarke "Any significantly advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
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madcurl Member
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Does anyone have hi-res versions of these pics? I was just thinking it would be awesome if (with family's permission) Domestic Driver could do a writeup/tribute to a great car and creator.
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madcurl Member
Posts: 21401 From: In a Van down by the Kern River Registered: Jul 2003
Ahhhh I did not know it was a kit originally. I will have to email them eventually and see if the kit can still be purchased!!!! That is one of the sweetest looking Fiero kits ever!
I spoke with a gentleman from the company in Russia that made these kits. HE said they no longer make them but have the molds. They would charge $5000 for the body and $1500 for the interior, and that they have 2 interior styles. However the shipping will likely be killer from Russia. I am waiting to hear back from them atm.
So yes, you too can own your very own plazma
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Alex never got to tell the complete story, but he and his associates in Russia were attempting to build this kit and sell it. I don't know that they ever sold a single one. I personally asked Alex about all the various pictures you see in different colors and configurations, and he said there were three prototypes, but they were only clay models, or bucks used to pull molds from.
When Alex came to America he brought the interior molds with him, but the exterior molds are in Russia. Alex continued working on the Laura and built it into the Pyranha and later the Plazma.
If you look in this very thread, starting on page 1, Alex himself explains much of this.
Alex answered me personally that the Plazma was not a kit. I can have that Russian page translated, but I suspect they are showing past projects they worked on.
The Plazma is truly a one of a kind that you cannot simply order from Russia or anywhere else. At least this is was I was able to determine from Alex before he passed away.
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Hopefully we didn't scare plazma away with the 20 questions. I'm sure he'll post a new topic when the time is right. Being patient sucks.
Greg
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Originally posted by plazma...man:
Sorry guys,don't have time at all.Just went to huge sport compact show.Still looking for SERIOUS sponsors.Thank you all for welcoming me.Here are some answers;
I didn't know about PFF(thanks to Mrfixit) I do plan to share my creations with others I do have an interior molds(about 70 pieces,could be simplifyed half) I do live in Brooklyn NY I will go to Carlisle I will post a topic Piranha-Laura-Plazma story I don't speak English well(not a wheel's well...hmmm,what ever) I don't know yet how to post damn pics on PFF,even my american wife doesn't know abbreviations like HTML,URL,UBB!!!......Can someone teach me?Thanks.
And...why you say BUMP ? See ya.
Too bad this story never got told!
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Well according to the guy I spoke with, they can make it, and do have them. But I do not know personally. He specifically quoted me $5000 for the body and $1500 for the dash. I translated the page, and the page is speaking of a kit that they offered for sale. This very kit.
Here is the translation of the site, from babelfish.......
Laura III
Attention! The history of our firm was stolen and used for its purposes by firm "Laura". All automobiles represented on our site are Dmitriy parfenov's property, firm "Laura" has to our automobiles of no relation. All automobiles Laura SxS belong to Dmitriy.
DESCRIPTION
Sport automobile "Laura 3 sxS" is built according to principle of KIT-cAR-"avtomobil6 designer", when on the chassis of series automobile is aggregated the wide range of engines, the usovershenstvovannye elements of suspension, steering control, and also body of the original design or of the copy of known stamps.
The spectacular body of sleeping compartment "Laura 3 sxS" is prepared from the high-strength plastic. Stylish silhouette and originality of form always and everywhere separates you in the automobile flow. "Laura 3 sxS" in the design continues the traditions of automobiles "Laura 1" and "Laura 2".
Chassis - Pontiac Fiero 89-90g. of release. Two-place sleeping compartment with the central arrangement of the engine of frame-and-panel construction the stamped, metal frame with the plastic attached panels. Body is zinc-coated and counters to the corrosion.
Automobile can be supplied in 3x versions:
KIT - collection of plastic panels for owners Pontiac Fiero. To customer is supplied the collection of original plastic panels for further independent sborki.Kuzovnye details they occur for installation SideMarkers and RearLight of the American type. Panels easily are established on the metal frame of body with the aid of samorezov, rivets and sealing compound. To the collection the detailed procedure on the installation is applied. Body panels can have a decorative coating or "black" for the subsequent preparation and paintings. ROLLINGCHASSIS - assembled automobile without the finishing and the accessories. Is produced assembling on the basis of the automobile of customer or in the version "order- automobile" without the finishing and the accessories. Turnkey-readytodrive - finished automobile assembled on the custom-made assembly. Is produced assembling on the basis of the automobile of customer or in the version "order- automobile". Mechanism "order- automobile" is the following actions: the selection of assembly, engine and transmission;
* the purchase of chassis PontiacFiero in THE USA or North Europe; * customs cleaning; * the purchase of those completing, wheels, tires, engine (if necessary); * REBUILDING chassis are dismantling, anticorrosive working, installation of stocked up of those completing, checking (replacement) systems, installation of wheels. * the production of body panels; * the production of the details of interior; * assembling, trimming and finishing original details; * the installation of accessories; * control path, tests to the functioning of all systems; * the transfer of automobile to customer.
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Sometimes fulltime,sometimes parttime.For example conversion Piranha into Plazma took about 10 month of fulltime job.And I'm talking about 12 hours day,7days week ,no vacations !
Plazma...man's own words from this very thread indicate that the Laura-3 would differ significanty from the Plazma, so I don't see how you can buy a Plazma from Russia?
4 years ago another group of individuals were offering the Laura 3 kit for sale, so forgive me for being skeptical.
Hello everybody!
Many of Yours know the Russian kit Laura 3.
It was discontinued by the original manufacturers some time ago...
I have contacted the autors of this kit and currently relocating manufacturing of this kit in Europe.
If all business regarding things will go well, we can start producing bodys in this winter.
Doe’s anybody be interested in bying this kit, so we need to decide about the variations of kit, and potential client wishes?
I just thought I would post the content of the email I recieved this morning from the gentleman in Russia,
"Quoted word for word from my email" Hi Randy! I am seen this forum regarding Alex story and Piranha. Hi was my best friend a know him from 1981 years, hi was really axelant designer and some time ago we operate together. I know him wary well and invite him for new Laura project in 1995 just for designet interior ( late we change interior because Alex design was too difficult for production- but hi love it and continue made it by himself) Thos time I both house and garage in Wilmington NC specialty for this project, and all the pic for started manufactory which you seen- it is originally from NC. 2 guys and me made a body and Alex made interior. All project was ready from 0 just for 6 months. All mold was send to Russia for continue. But Alex is a genius guy and normally can't work too mach time in team- hi must be along. And hi bring his personnel Laura and going to USA. my NC partners help him on the first time late hi move to NY. I don't se him from 1999. We do Laura in Russia not sow much time- because the main problem Hi quality (like new) Fieros! Customers want to have a new chassis!- It's problems, and we stop made a torn key vehicles, on this moment we have just best quality molds, also I have personnel Laura and some of my friends too. Now I do Combats vehicles.WWW.t98.ru So Alex was my favorite friend unfortunately lose him I'll be love and remember him always. This all the story regarding Laura-3. Dmitry Parfenov
So while their interior is different than the one in the Plazma, It could still be a really nice body kit.
Just passing along what I get...
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Any chance you can get him to post some " current" pictures of his and his friends personal Lauras and also some current pictures of the molds ??
Now that would get peoples attention !
When i say current, i mean clear and concise pictures, not some grainy bigfoot quality stuff hehehe. In fact see if you can get him to do the " Curly pose" and that would make it very current !
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Any chance you can get him to post some " current" pictures of his and his friends personal Lauras and also some current pictures of the molds ??
Now that would get peoples attention !
When i say current, i mean clear and concise pictures, not some grainy bigfoot quality stuff hehehe. In fact see if you can get him to do the " Curly pose" and that would make it very current !
That would be nice. I wonder if they'd be willing to sell the molds too.
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madcurl Member
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Any chance you can get him to post some " current" pictures of his and his friends personal Lauras and also some current pictures of the molds ??
Now that would get peoples attention !
When i say current, i mean clear and concise pictures, not some grainy bigfoot quality stuff hehehe. In fact see if you can get him to do the " Curly pose" and that would make it very current !
I agree. No doubt I'd chop it, hehe. I need to call my friend Alex (who's a Russian in CA) to check on this cause I love this kit.) $6500 bucks is alot of bread which could give make me very gasie thinking about the kit being shipped to CA, hehe.
I wrote Dimitry again, and asked him if he would chime in on this thread. I make no claims about validity, but he sounds legit to me. I got his email address of the site that was posted above, and thus far he has been real friendly and informative to me. I have suggested that he post pics of the molds and such here, so we shall see. HE will likely email me again around 4 am or so.
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jscott1 Member
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So while their interior is different than the one in the Plazma, It could still be a really nice body kit.
Just passing along what I get...
8Ball - Good work. That is consistent with what Alex said. The interior molds he brought with him, but he didn't have the exterior. Which I agree are awesome in and of themselves.
These emails do sound like they are from Alex's former associates. If they were to post some new pics of their cars I would be most impressed. I didn't believe Alex either when he first came on here, but he sent me some very very high resolution pics of the Plazma and I believed him instantly.
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Posts: 8654 From: Orlando, Fl Registered: Jun 2003
Well I have not owned a Fiero in 5 years due to financial reasons, but if this Kit is truly able to be purchased... you can bet your arse I will be finding a way to get it I LOVE the body even without the interior, and I cannot wait to see the interior that they have available. Worry not my friends, I am not giving up on this one until I have a 100% answer either way with costs of shipping etc etc etc.
