Yes, 80 I am. Turned 80 in March and have been working at the same company since 1969. About 16 years ago I semi retired and have been working two days a week since except when on vacation, etc. I was going to retire when 80, but too many friends have dropped by the wayside and I figured working kept a bit of normalcy in my life so why quit now. And it pays for the car/Fiero hobby since this makes car number twelve. Insurance and license is not cheap nowadays!
I've had about 10 Fiero's since 2005 and this one was too cheap to pass up. This one has a third gear syncro that is due for replacement, but I have another Getrag that I will put in. Runs and drives with good brakes. 216k miles no smoke and little oil consumption. The previous owner said he didn't think the engine had been rebuilt. He owned it for 19 years and daily drove it to his job until last few years. He claims to have changed oil every 3000 miles. Air filter was new. Paint will take a while since their are plenty of spots failing on the roof and hood along with a few other places. Repairs will take a while. We have three other Fiero's that are modified. I'm going to try to keep this one near stock if I can find some Beechwood items, especially the driver seat. Minor rust on drivers side upper trunk floor near wheel well. Pretty sure that is all the rust through. No salt on Oregon/Washington highways.
The repair I haven't done before is to replace a broken exhaust manifold stud. It is on the rear manifold at far right upper bolt. But I will be dropping the cradle to replace the transmission and will try the repair then.
Wondering if anyone has a set of black lace 88 wheels since that is what it came with. Might settle for gold lace, since they would look better with a black car, but were not available on a Formula as I understand.
Anyway that is the updates so far. Have been cleaning and removed the plastic cowl cover and painted some surface rust areas there and cleaned out 30 plus years of leaves, dirt, and conifer needles.
Thanks for looking.
[This message has been edited by bjc 350 (edited 08-02-2024).]