Its the Fieros 40th anniversey!

Wow, time flies.

40 years ago, the first Fieros rolled off the line as 1984 models. Today there is a big show in Pontiac with clubs from all over. Its at the Marriot hotel on Opdyke north of Square lake road.

I remember all the magazine hype prior to release.  It was going to so cool and one point the V6 manual was a nice car.  

"The 1984 Fiero holds the single-year record for the most sales of any two-seat sports car ever sold"

Mind bottling stuff

Pictures damn it we need pictures.

In reply to Tom1200 :

0-60 = 10.9 seconds

the 80's sucked of that poor iron duke engine

I owned one '84 that I turned into an ITB race car, and had one more '84, an '85, and an '87 for parts cars.

I sold the race car to someone in Louisiana, and I think it went to someone in Ohio after that.  No idea where it is now.

The other '84 went to the scrap heap, and the neighbor down the road from my dad took the '87 (in decent shape, not running) and the '85 for a project car for him and his 12 year old son.

Would like to know if the race car is still around.  One of the owners was talking about either a small block or N* swap, which would have made that scoot.

I've never forgiven GM for their half assed approach; we were all so excited until we figured out it was a parts bin special........once the car finally came good they axed it.

Had they made the last generation first it would have been a hit.

Photos? I new an older kid down the block that traded down his bought brand new in 1970 Pontiac 455 Trans Am for an 84 Fiero and immediately installed the IMSA wide body kit similar to this onto it. I had already installed my B30 engine into my 1800 so he was no threat until we got to a corner. In 1985 I added the widest wheels and tires they made with flares inspired by his Fiero.

Hah, I was in Auburn Hills last week and passed 5 Fieros going down 94. Figured something was going on. Seems their 40th anniversary party was in Pontiac a couple miles down. Got a few pics.

racerfink said:

I owned one '84 that I turned into an ITB race car, and had one more '84, an '85, and an '87 for parts cars.

I sold the race car to someone in Louisiana, and I think it went to someone in Ohio after that.  No idea where it is now.

The other '84 went to the scrap heap, and the neighbor down the road from my dad took the '87 (in decent shape, not running) and the '85 for a project car for him and his 12 year old son.

Would like to know if the race car is still around.  One of the owners was talking about either a small block or N* swap, which would have made that scoot.

 Any idea on who or where the Ohio race car went? I have a friend in Sharonville (just north of Cincinnati) who has been into the P-car (anyone remember that reference?) for over 20 years. He has raced one in Lemons and that car has been sitting a few years. He also has a convertible, a turbo 3.8 and is working on a V8.  Talked me into owning a few too... 

I guess that tracks... I was eleven and the big event of the year was spending a day at the International Auto Show. They had an hourly show popping all the plastic panels off and on, to the Super Extended Remix of "We Build Excitement!"

GRM’s favorite, mustache-wearing ’80s superstars knows the Fiero.

We have a long time local member with tube frame V8 Fiero that he's been autocrossing for probaly the last 20 years.

So, my son was at the Fiero convention yesterday, and I read this thread just now. It prompted me to look on Marketplace to see what Fieros were available and how were they priced. There are lots around , but what surprised me were how many ads popped up for Buick Reattas. So I'm going to propose a new race series called SpecReatta. The name has a certain ring to it that ought to catch on. Pretty original eh?

I was 13 when they were introduced, and totally in love with the Fiero. A rich kid in town had one with the iron duke rumored to be fast like an exotic. Valuable lesson in the power of the rumor mill there.

It took me years to realize what the true mid engined runabout of the day was:

I went and test drove a 4 cylinder, 4 speed Fiero when they first came out. It was dark and I couldn't find third gear, no matter how I tried. It was a very vague shifter. Told the salesman it was crap and he suggested I needed to learn how to use a manual trans. I had driven to the dealership in my Mazda GLC 5 speed. Needless to say, the Fiero came off my short list of sporty cars to consider buying, and I eventually traded the GLC for a VW GTI.

I was mesmerized when it was introduced. I was in 9th grade and it totally stole my attention from the "new" Corvette. In college I even made a replacement for the second gen that never came. I used an AMIGA 300 to design it and then made a clay scale version. I have the old printout somewhere. Sadly the clay model disappeared years ago. I was saddened when they killed that car.

Had I not bought my current Scirocco I would have purchased an 87 Fiero in honor of my graduation year two years ago. Now I have the 77 Vette challenge build. So, still no Fiero. I'll have to settle for 1/24th scale.

stan said:

racerfink said:

I owned one '84 that I turned into an ITB race car, and had one more '84, an '85, and an '87 for parts cars.

I sold the race car to someone in Louisiana, and I think it went to someone in Ohio after that.  No idea where it is now.

The other '84 went to the scrap heap, and the neighbor down the road from my dad took the '87 (in decent shape, not running) and the '85 for a project car for him and his 12 year old son.

Would like to know if the race car is still around.  One of the owners was talking about either a small block or N* swap, which would have made that scoot.

 Any idea on who or where the Ohio race car went? I have a friend in Sharonville (just north of Cincinnati) who has been into the P-car (anyone remember that reference?) for over 20 years. He has raced one in Lemons and that car has been sitting a few years. He also has a convertible, a turbo 3.8 and is working on a V8.  Talked me into owning a few too... 

There's a thread on here somewhere from about 10 or so years ago that had three of it's owners in it.  It'll take me a while to find it.

Finally found it!

https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/2000-challenge/1984-fiero-track-prepped-car/167887/page1/

As I was driving to get ice cream today on National Ice Cream Day, I passed a very clean Fiero Formula that was for sale in someone's driveway. Didn't know it was the Fiero's birthday. 

racerfink said:

Finally found it!

https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/2000-challenge/1984-fiero-track-prepped-car/167887/page1/

Cice.net I miss those days.  Url is now defunct. It was central illinois car enthusiasts, which grew out of the ashes of Central Illinois imports or cii. 

Sigh, those were the days.

Back on topic I had an 88 gt back in the day, I think about it sometimes....

I did these in 89.

Correction. Done on Commodore Amiga 500.

In reply to vwcorvette (Forum Supporter) :

NIce. So, you are saying it took twice as long than if you had just bought an airbrush and taught yourself?

VolvoHeretic said:

In reply to vwcorvette (Forum Supporter) :

NIce. So, you are saying it took twice as long than if you had just bought an airbrush and taught yourself?

The Amigas were new in the art department then and I wanted to see what I could do. I've never airbrushed, so that wasn't going to happen since I was a poor college student and art supplies are not cheap. The Amigas were there to use. Awesome computers at the time.

Nocones let me autox his 2m4 once or twice. I found it to be quite fun despite the low power.