I have a 308 clone I have been rebuilding for the past few years. I am at the point were I am replacing the side louvers. My original louvers are fiberglass and I would like to maybe replace them with some metal louvers. Did the Mera's have fiberglass side louvers or are they fiberglass as well? I also have the fuel filler up in the sail panel behind the louvers so I will be making the driver's side an opening/locking setup.
I have a 308 clone I have been rebuilding for the past few years. I am at the point were I am replacing the side louvers. My original louvers are fiberglass and I would like to maybe replace them with some metal louvers. Did the Mera's have fiberglass side louvers or are they fiberglass as well? I also have the fuel filler up in the sail panel behind the louvers so I will be making the driver's side an opening/locking setup.
Thanks Don
The Mera louvers are made of a hard plastic and are somewhat brittle. A mechanic decided to push move one of my Meras and broke four sections of them off when he pushed on the louvers. Needless to say he is not my favorite person even though I did retrieve the pieces and hope for an eventual repair.
The 3800 SC Series III work was not performed by me much to my dismay. It was the last known one completed by Loyde (Fast Fieros) and took more than a year after signing a prepaid six week install contract. I was happy just to get it back in decent shape so that I could complete some small items.
Don: Don't know if you've seen this or not, but for everything else you've done to your kit, this wouldn't be out of line for you to do:
About 3/4 way down the page...post by guess who....the bloozman! I figure you must have seen this already, and decided to go a different route, but thought I'd post it here just in case.
Thanks for the replies guys. I will give Blooz a quick email and ask for more info. I probably saw the picture before but I forgot all about it.
I am not working on the car yet Sage. I am pretty much done the honey-do list but my youngest daughter's boyfriend rear ended someone so we are fixing the front end on his 89 civic right now. Both should be done within the week so I can get back to the final touches on my 308 build and drive it once before the driving season ends up here. I may already be too late......
Picked up a car that the original owner bought out of Canada... the car was in Hawaii for a few yrs within the last 10 yrs my guess.. it was obviously never finished.. Cheviot rims on it from Australia. original 4 cyl still with a stick... nice rust metal on the car top and bottom.
Picked up a car that the original owner bought out of Canada... the car was in Hawaii for a few yrs within the last 10 yrs my guess.. it was obviously never finished.. Cheviot rims on it from Australia. original 4 cyl still with a stick... nice rust metal on the car top and bottom.
what year is it? I could be wrong but I don't recall them ever putting a mera body on a 4 banger,
its an 84 the original owner has a manual that came with the car too I just need to drive 60 miles one way to get It and some extra parts he is giving me with the car...that will answer alot of questions.
its an 84 the original owner has a manual that came with the car too I just need to drive 60 miles one way to get It and some extra parts he is giving me with the car...that will answer alot of questions.
a quick into I have had a performance car shop here in Tucson since 1990.. and been doing this stuff most of my life. When the shop gets a little slow, we buy and flip cars to stay busy. You may of seen some of my ads on ebay from time to time. I have a few cars up there now. I try to buy more unique stuff you dont see every day. and we have customers all over the world. My shops name is Motorsport Warehouse btw. Ive been looking for a clean stock Fiero around here for sale to do a mild restoration on and drive for a while before I sell it on. I enjoy what I do for a living and luckily most of the cars we sell are all nice rust free examples. We never know what we are going to find around the next corner. You all seem like a nice group of guys/gals, hope to be talking with you all more and maybe I can help you out with some of our pics, info etc, and Im sure you all will be able to answer alot of my questions too.
Replica/Kit Makes : Pontiac MERA 308 (Bob Bracey One of a Kind) ULTRA RARE Ponti... On e-bay !!
I am familiar with this car and was supposed to have a first option to purchase it before the last owner bought it. Unfortunately for me I was overseas when it was sold and never got the chance to buy it. It was for sale somewhere around $21k at the time and I think that it finally sold for around $18k by the person that I was dealing with. I suspect that the reserve is rather high on this vehicle but you could be surprised.
BTW, this is sort of "two of a kind" with respect to Bob Bracy titled vehicles. I also declined to purchase the second Mera titled to Bob Bracy (white with auto transmission and stock 2.8 intended for his wife's use) when I lived in the Atlanta area. That one went for somewhere between $14 and $15k. I am not fond of automatic transmissions and thought that the price was a bit high. It did have two sets of wheels (stock lace and Chromadoras) along with stock seats as well as leather Recarro seats that had Mera embroidered on them.
Nelson
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this is the guy I bought Mera X from.......Heath!! wow wee....that's a sweet Mera for sure. too bad its an '88 I wonder if he still has the 3800 SC red one??
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this is the guy I bought Mera X from.......Heath!! wow wee....that's a sweet Mera for sure. too bad its an '88 I wonder if he still has the 3800 SC red one??
Dan,
Heath still has the red Mera as well as the black one he is trying to sell prior to moving. If he cannot get his price, he likely plans to keep it.
Heath still has the red Mera as well as the black one he is trying to sell prior to moving. If he cannot get his price, he likely plans to keep it.
Nelson
right on Nelson thanks and by the way....I just got your PM cuz I don't stay'd logged on anymore and just realized you sent a PM. to answer your request....I don't think I have a Gold badge for a spare. I will check tho...sorry for the late reply.
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Originally posted by reholmes:
I thought you bought "X" from a guy in Florida--the guy who pulled me over here in Phoenix.
OBTW--good to hear from you ;-)
thanks Richard....I should be back real soon. Mera X is about to get fixed. just need this blizzard to quit so I can get it out the garage
and I did buy from that guy in FL....according to the ad this Black Mera is still in Orlando where I got X shipped from.
Heaths Mom has been in ill health and she lives in AZ if I am not mistaken. tally ho lads I hope to be back soon hold down the fort till then, eh??
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Heath still has the red Mera as well as the black one he is trying to sell prior to moving. If he cannot get his price, he likely plans to keep it.
Nelson
Dan,
There is about six hours left in the auction for the black Bob Bracy Mera and the bidding is somewhere around $19k but the reserve has not been met. I am guessing that the reserve is set at $20k for this car. Go make a quick bid on it and see if you can get a known Mera with a build number.
I guessed wrong on the reserve for the Bob Bracey Mera. There are three hours left in the auction, the price is at $23.5 k and the reserve still has not been met! Heath will make money if he sells the car.
I was in touch with the previous owner (prior to Heath) and know what he wanted for the car. I also have an idea as to what was actually paid for the car at the time it was sold. If it had been sold yesterday at the $23.6 k mark, the owner should have made a decent profit. Maybe the current owner considers this to be an investment since he seldom drives the car and is simply trying to maximize the potential profit.
...... Go make a quick bid on it and see if you can get a known Mera with a build number.
Nelson
well actually......I am sticking to my original plan and working my way to buying the 86 Prototype then swappin the 3800 SC from my black Fiero in to Mera X I just got word that this new Pfizer job I started Monday is good till December 2014.
I am all monied up and ready to jump!
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I had this kit. Guy in La took it off an 86 body. From everything I've heard and seen about Meras it fits the bill. I drove to see the chassis to look for MERA tag. No tag. Interior was dressed out like a MERA.
Ok I may have been discussed already But... I've been watching magnum PI over the past couple days and I have been wondering, Has anyone looked into doing a round sealed beam headlight conversion?
This builder has done an amazing job of turning a so-so 308 replica into a work of art. He is 355Fiero here on PFF.
You'll have to spend some time sifting through his build thread over on MM, but if you appreciate attention to detail and true craftsmanship and patience, it's worth it. I've linked to one of the pages where he talks about the headlight mod he's done, but there is much more info on the subject contained in the thread, it's just not all on one page.
I plan on doing some of the same mods to my kit as I'm building it, but haven't made allot of progress so far.....hopefully all in good time. Don didn't build his in a month either!
Anyway, you asked about doing the round sealed beam headlight mod, he has.
HAGO!
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