Rex's California mirrors have the same configuration as the Tornado's, convex on the passenger's side and flat on the driver's door. Their reflections are just slightly smaller than I'd like but the important passenger mirror has a wide view and that seems to work well. I also did the front bumper 'flip', which I definitely prefer although the original orientation works with your black paint as black blends with your black bumper. I was also thinking that your gearshift knob could alternatively be black since it is an accent color in your interior. Humm, now you've got me thinking about color coordinating my shift surround and upper "Mera" door caps. Rex has the same interior colors as yours BTW.
Dick Mera #8046 (Miss January, Mile High Fieros 2014 calendar) 1987 GT T-boned (RIP) 1988 GT T-Top (The Fiero Store Calendar: Miss February 2012) 1987 McBurnie Daytona Spyder
This person (the one selling the car) and I have very different ideas on the meaning of "light damage" as well as "passenger side". 😱 Yikes... Anybody else see the screws holding what's left of the grill surround portion of the front clip on? I'm sure there's somebody who could repair that car for an amount that would make it a worthwhile purchase, but I've never met them. Poor MERA...
I've been following this one.Used to be on Craigslist/Detroit awhile ago by owner. Now at a dealer. Why no back-up lamps in license plate area. Thought this was a Mera must? Also, one of the pics showing undercarriage /suspension area looks like there is s crack in the frame/unibody. might just be an illusion. No gas prop rod for trunk, Hmmm. Otherwise, a Nice one
It appeared to me that there is a body colored plate mounted over the back-up light/license plate area but my PC monitor may be deceiving me. A plate made sense to me as the car is fitted with F*car Carello amber turn/back-up lenses rather than the stock Mera amber units..
Dick Mera #8046 (Miss January, Mile High Fieros 2014 calendar) 1987 GT T-boned (RIP) 1988 GT T-Top (The Fiero Store Calendar: Miss February 2012) 1987 McBurnie Daytona Spyder
Yes, I was bothered enough to write to the seller. But luckily I did not send it before re reading his description. He does say in the description, that per R Dickman, it is not a Mera , but based on a Mera. Still should not be listed as a Mera, but then a lot of replicas are listed as Ferrari or whatever make they are trying to represent. Almost mislead me!
Dick Mera #8046 (Miss January, Mile High Fieros 2014 calendar) 1987 GT T-boned (RIP) 1988 GT T-Top (The Fiero Store Calendar: Miss February 2012) 1987 McBurnie Daytona Spyder
Wow!! Looks brilliant with those wheels too. Thank you for posting your Mera's picture! If you ever take a new pic with your California mirrors on, I'd love to see it :-)[/QU
Here's a couple of pics from the 2016 Lake Garnett Grand Prix Revival last October in Lake Garnett, Kansas. They had SCCA national events here in the 60s and 70s. It was a great event, lots of fun to drive the Mera on a track, and lots of cars to see.
Three mid engine cars in a row, I was lucky enough to get a ride in one of the Panteras.
Well, I have come up with a new way to crunch a nice Mera, even when it is sitting in my basement unoccupied. I had a company at my house doing some foundation stabilization work today. This company uses a 40,000 psi hydraulic device to push pipe to a specified resistance level and offer additional support for the foundation. These 3 plus inch steel pipes are driven vertically into the ground and then attached to a foundation connection to provide the extra support.
One of the pipes apparently bent into a full half circle and punched through my basement floor right into the lower quarter panel on the front passenger side. The car ended up hanging about six inches off of the floor but I got it shut off in time to prevent an additional three feet of pipe from protruding. I actually had to jack the car up fairly high and then cut off the pipe prior to being able to get the car back on four wheels. Now I have a broken slab as well as a damaged vehicle. Note that this was my primary show car to make it even worse. The bottom of the quarter panel is folded flat and all of the internal supports are broken. It looks like a lot of fiberglass work as well as a complete custom pain job to get the car back where it was and that will take several months at best.
I will post a few photos once I can resize some of the HD shots.
Nelson
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I don't usually post in this thread but is Dan still alive? He hasn't made a post since July of last year.
Speaking of post, Nelson, how the hell did that pole go through your floor so perfectly? More importantly, is your garage floor structurally ok if a pole went through it so easily? We don't want a sinkhole like the GM center
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Didn't he sell off the molds he created? I've attempted to contact EVM_rob on a couple of occasions with no luck. The e-mail listed in the members list no longer works and no luck thru PM's. I even googled his business with no success. Sure hope he's ok.
Didn't he sell off the molds he created? I've attempted to contact EVM_rob on a couple of occasions with no luck. The e-mail listed in the members list no longer works and no luck thru PM's. I even googled his business with no success. Sure hope he's ok.
I will chime in on this.
He has moved. I don't know what is going on personally in his life but be careful if you order from him. I ordered some fiberglass parts for my 308 project and have been getting the run-around. I ordered $1000 in fiberglass parts in September 2015. He said they would ship in October. December 2015 he told me his dad died and he was moving his mother and everything would ship after that. Several months later nothing. He finally shipped my taillights and marker lights after several emails. The fiberglass pieces I ordered were not shipped. Several emails and excuses he finally shipped one piece (my tail panel) the middle of 2016. I am still missing the sail spoiler, two rockers and a ferrari script for the rear. My last email basically said I was done begging for my parts and consider myself screwed over. He replied that we would ship the remaining parts but of course I received nothing.
So I warn you to be careful if you do get his information.
I will send you his email address if you want. Heck, i'll even post the entire email transaction since the start if you want to see it.
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I don't usually post in this thread but is Dan still alive? He hasn't made a post since July of last year.
Speaking of post, Nelson, how the hell did that pole go through your floor so perfectly? More importantly, is your garage floor structurally ok if a pole went through it so easily? We don't want a sinkhole like the GM center
I do not think that it went through too easily. I was in the basement when it happened and the floor breaking sounded like a shotgun. Lots of things shook for a moment and then I heard the second but lesser noise. I went over to the area where it came from and noticed that my car (under a cover) was elevated and shaking. I ran outside and told them to shut down the equipment just before they fed another three feet through the car.
This pipe originated about 35 feet away and was supposed to be vertically driven into the ground about 42 feet at the time of the incident. Apparently something either deflected the pipe to bed it in a half moon or the pipe penetration point filled up with rock and then started deflecting instead of pushing the soil out of the way. BTW, the drive mechanism was dual 20 ton hydraulic jacks operated at around 3500 psi. My basement floor is 3000 psi concrete with wire mesh. The damaged area is at least four inches in thickness and the wire mesh was also severed by the pipe. I will need to replace part of the slab, rebuild the front end, and repaint the entire car to get it right again. Expensive and time consuming to say the least.
I have already told the company that I expect them to fully cover all repairs to the car and basement.
I have been working on my interior and I think it has turned out pretty good so far. I installed a set of Mr Mikes seat covers and the PISA Euro dash and door panels.
Mr Mikes stuff is very well made and the install is easy thanks to the video and instructions he provides.
I am trying to decide on carpet color, either black or a light tan color, and if I should leave the console and shift cap like they are or paint them to match the seat upholstery. I plan on keeping the car black when it is painted.
He has moved. I don't know what is going on personally in his life but be careful if you order from him. I ordered some fiberglass parts for my 308 project and have been getting the run-around. I ordered $1000 in fiberglass parts in September 2015. He said they would ship in October. December 2015 he told me his dad died and he was moving his mother and everything would ship after that. Several months later nothing. He finally shipped my taillights and marker lights after several emails. The fiberglass pieces I ordered were not shipped. Several emails and excuses he finally shipped one piece (my tail panel) the middle of 2016. I am still missing the sail spoiler, two rockers and a ferrari script for the rear. My last email basically said I was done begging for my parts and consider myself screwed over. He replied that we would ship the remaining parts but of course I received nothing.
So I warn you to be careful if you do get his information.
I will send you his email address if you want. Heck, i'll even post the entire email transaction since the start if you want to see it.
Thank you very much for the warning and I'm very sorry when a vendor treats any one of us badly. Still, I would be interested in having EVM-Rob's email addy. There are few options available for Mera body panels, and it might be helpful. Maybe... Soon it will be a very long drive to a skilled body shop from here.
I like the black tan combo on your interior. Just an idea...the center surround...make that black as well to tie into the rest of the black. our BMW has the same black peanut butter color combo from the factory!
I like the black tan combo on your interior. Just an idea...the center surround...make that black as well to tie into the rest of the black. our BMW has the same black peanut butter color combo from the factory!
That's a good suggestion, I wonder how it would look with the entire center console in black between the tan seats.
Thank you very much for the warning and I'm very sorry when a vendor treats any one of us badly. Still, I would be interested in having EVM-Rob's email addy. There are few options available for Mera body panels, and it might be helpful. Maybe... Soon it will be a very long drive to a skilled body shop from here.
Thank you for EVM's contact information. While I haven't any need for his parts currently, I will report on any updates and maybe this will help some of us? Given your experience however, I can't see paying him anything other than a deposit when ordering in the future. I am very sorry for the money you lost. J
I will try to make a list of all unique Mera details, to easier distinguish Mera from the copies.
I have some:
The unike Mera label under the trunk lid. Special Label at the drivers door with info about the wider Mera tires and pressure. Rear Lights with MERA letters. Mera Front emblem. MERA letters at the trunk lid, made by Corporate Consepts ? 1987 : Original Fiero rims, painted. (Mera hub caps ?) 1988: Chromadora rims with MERA hub caps. Interior: A plate mounted at dashboard to cover the Fiero emblem. Mera emblem at the steering wheel (only 1988 ?) The metall nose grille, produced by Corporate Consepts ? 2.8 V6 badge at the trunk, made by Chevrolet ? GTS badge at the trunk. Made by Corporate Concepts ? Reversing lights, made by Ford ? Mirrors from Vitaloni Is there some unike details inside or outside of the fibre glass to look for ?
I will try to make a list of all unique Mera details, to easier distinguish Mera from the copies.
I have some:
The unike Mera label under the trunk lid. Special Label at the drivers door with info about the wider Mera tires and pressure. Rear Lights with MERA letters. Mera Front emblem. MERA letters at the trunk lid, made by Corporate Consepts ? 1987 : Original Fiero rims, painted. (Mera hub caps ?) 1988: Chromadora rims with MERA hub caps. Interior: A plate mounted at dashboard to cover the Fiero emblem. Mera emblem at the steering wheel (only 1988 ?) The metall nose grille, produced by Corporate Consepts ? 2.8 V6 badge at the trunk, made by Chevrolet ? GTS badge at the trunk. Made by Corporate Concepts ? Reversing lights, made by Ford ? Mirrors from Vitaloni Is there some unike details inside or outside of the fibre glass to look for ?
Other details ?
Here is a bit more information wrt your distinguishing features post:
The unike Mera label under the trunk lid. - Most of the Meras have this label but there appear to be some differences from the early production labels and the latter ones.
Rear Lights with MERA letters. - I believe that the lens letters actually say MERA 1 but will look later today and see.
Mera Front emblem. - Concur but 87 and 88 nose badges were different.
MERA letters at the trunk lid, made by Corporate Consepts ? - Made from letters cut from other GM labels (GRAND AM, SE, etc.)
1987 : Original Fiero rims, painted. (Mera hub caps ?) - Stock wheels for Meras were the same as other Fieros. However, the center cap had a MERA lettering instead of the Fiero emblem.
1988: Chromadora rims with MERA hub caps. - The Chromadoras were optional rims and some of the 1988's still used the diamond type stock wheels.
Interior: A plate mounted at dashboard to cover the Fiero emblem. - None of my Meras had this plate but I did see a F horse in this location on my old F308 rebody.
Mera emblem at the steering wheel (only 1988 ?) - I have one 1987 Mera with this type of a horn cover but believe that it was added after the fact and is not stock.
The metall nose grille, produced by Corporate Consepts ? - The front nose grill and bumper is a distinguishing characteristic. Note that some Meras have replaced the stock bumper and nose grill with Rodney Dickman's Euro bumper and nose grill.
2.8 V6 badge at the trunk, made by Chevrolet ? - Stock GM badge
GTS badge at the trunk. Made by Corporate Concepts ? - None of my Meras had a GTS badge on the trunk.
Reversing lights, made by Ford ? - Concur
Mirrors from Vitaloni - Power mirrors from Vitaloni but a number of the F cars and other Italian cars also used the same power mirror. The mirrors have the same model number but the mounts and gaskets appear to be different for various cars.
Is there some unike details inside or outside of the fibre glass to look for ? - The rear section on a Mera may be different than some kit cars in that some are three piece items and some are basically one piece.
"GTS badge at the trunk. Made by Corporate Concepts ?" My Mera did have the "GTS" badge, and I have seen other Mera's with this as well. IIRC, wasn't it from a Dodge (perhaps a LeBarron?)?
"GTS badge at the trunk. Made by Corporate Concepts ?" My Mera did have the "GTS" badge, and I have seen other Mera's with this as well. IIRC, wasn't it from a Dodge (perhaps a LeBarron?)?
I have never seen a GTS designation on a Mera so I cannot contribute anything here. I have seen GTB on a Mera that had been "converted" to a F308 but that is as close as I have come.
My impression was the "GTS" was original badging partly from Dan's quoted post near the bottom of this page: https://www.fiero.nl/forum/F...HTML/077195-147.html and because my car had an identical badge to Tom's (OP- page 1 in this thread) in the same location as his. It's barely visible in my fuzzy pic at the top of page 150. But it's certainly possible not all came with this. Nelson is pretty knowledgeable about Mera's..
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