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can look outside and see the forty degree plus weather and hear birds chirping. It 9s good to know that spring is here! Along with spring, it is time to start thinking about Carlisle once again. This year 9s show will be held May 22 at the Carlisle Fairgrounds and we 9re almost certain there will be nice weather! (We 9re due!!!). Last year, on a not so nice day, we garnered over 100 cars and I 9m sure we 9ll see more than that this year! We have some wonderful surprises in store to celebrate our little car 9s 20th Anniversary and the 10th Anniversary of MAFOA. Be sure to check out the Carlisle page at www.Peropride.com and to make sure you pre-register since pre-registrants will be entered in a special rafQe and also will receive a cleaning product at the show. And remember, we need to get as many cars pre-registered as possible to beat out those SAAB 9s! Speaking of shows, every year we usually see the same people laboring at each show. The same smiling faces great you at the registration table, sell rafQe tickets and club merchandise. This year we would love to see some new volunteers! As with the Dutch Classic, volunteers who volunteer at least one hour of their time will be entered in a special drawing. Additionally the day after Carlisle we will once again be hosting our post-Carlisle picnic. If you will still be in the area on Sunday, feel free to stop by our new home outside of Reading, PA (and just off of I-78) for some food and Fiero friendship. I hope that everyone has a good Fiero year and we all hope to see you at Carlisle! JENNIFER GILBERT President Oley, PA 19547 (610) 939-9379 jenniferg@Veropride.com CLINT NICHOLS Vice President Troy, PA (570) 596-4712 clint@Veropride.com BOB SCHLAG Historian/Web Director Dover, PA (717) 292-7647 bobschlag@Veropride.com DENNY LAMBERT Artwork/Photography Director Leola, PA (717) 656-6485 dlambert@Veropride.com JEFF DEDAY Membership Director Selinsgrove, PA (570) 374-2308 jeffd@Veropride.com JASON HAUGHEY Activities Director Reading, PA jason@Veropride.com KEN SLISH Activities Director Reading/Pittsburg, PA ken@Veropride.com JEFF RAMBERG Merchandise Director Newark, DE (302) 368-4086 ramberg@Veropride.com WES WILLIAMS Newsletter Director Melrose, NY wes@Veropride.com BRUCE HOMEYARD Treasury Director Gilbertsville, PA bruce@Veropride.com BETH MACLACHLAN Inter-Club Director Wareham, MA 02571 beth@Veropride.com CLUB INTERNET SITES Website: mafoa.Veropride.com e-mail: mafoa@Veropride.com Bob Ruscoe is offered best wishes for a speedy recovery. Bob has had a health problem recently. Take care of yourself and mind your doctor 9s advice so you can get well soon! Everyone is looking forward to seeing you and Barbara Jannetty around the show circuit and club meetings this summer. Your MAFOA and NEFA friends On the Cover: A small reQection of shows that MAFOA and NEFA members attended in the last year. Notice the Daytona Beach dash plaque. It has a Fiero on it 3 the Prst time this has happened in all the years this show has been held at the Daytona International Speedway (the Florida Fiero Council holds its Florida Fiero Weekend as a show within a show each year at this show). May 2004 Page 3 The President 9s Drive ...verb an act of forward motion. New England Fiero Association by Beth MacLachlan, President NEFA BETH MACLACHLAN President Wareham, MA (508) 360-8460 beth@Veropride.com ERIC SCHNECK Webmaster Wareham, MA (866) 301-1769 eric@Veropride.com ANDREW VIRZI Treasurer Milford, NH (603) 672-8036 andy@Veropride.com GWEN RANDOLPH Recorder/Newsletter Coventry, RI (401) 397-7610 gwen@Veropride.com RAY PAULK Membership Director Hopedale, MA (508) 478-6786 ray@Veropride.com JAIME GARMAN Activities Dartmouth, MA (508) 995-4264 jaime@Veropride.com DANA JUNKINS Activities Kittery, ME (207) 439-3793 dana@Veropride.com DAVID PAULK Activities Hopedale, MA (508) 478-6786 davep@Veropride.com JENNIFER GILBERT Inter-Club Director Oley, PA (610) 939-9379 jenniferg@Veropride.com CLUB WEB SITE http://www.Veropride.com/nefa/ I would like to wish everyone a very happy motoring spring. The beginning of the show season is upon us with the wonderful weekend in Daytona put on by Frank and Marianna Martin from SpaceCoast Fieros and the Florida Fiero Council. It 9s like the annual alarm for those of us who need to get the car out from under the car cover, out of the garage and, more importantly, back together. The Activities Directors have been hard at work setting up the events for the 2004 season. Possible sponsors are being contacted about the events now, including FINE 04, our big show in July. If anyone would like to assist in any way please contact one of the NEFA Activities Directors. If you have not been to the webpage lately, please stop by and see the updates Webmaster Eric Schneck has put into place. In addition to the new look, we have the events listed under Activities. If there is an event that is not listed, please email the Webmaster or the Activities Directors to have the information added. Recently Andy Virzi, our wonderful club Treasurer, purchased a set of radios for NEFA to be used for club events. Thank you Andy! Watch for the story about the NEFA Holiday Party held at the Randolphs in December (including photos of some of the NEFA members celebrating and then dropping off the Toys For Tots, collected during the party, at Cardis Furniture after the party broke up) in an upcoming issue of the newsletter. I would like to thank Barb Jannetty for her help with the NEFA merchandising and wish her well in the future. Barb has recently stepped down due to family health issues. Our prayers and wishes are with her and her loved ones. Happy Holidays to everyone! Congratulations also to all members celebrating birthdays, engagements and births! Do you have anything you 9d like noted in the newsletter? Please remember to contact Gwen Randolph with NEFA and Wes Williams with MAFOA for newsletter submissions. Please feel free to submit articles and photos. The newsletter, like the club, is what we make of it so please contribute! In hopes of providing a better Swap Meet this year we have moved the date back to warmer weather like it was the Prst year. Also, as we strive to make it better than ever, some of the Directors are headed to Alabama to watch and learn from the master himself... Ed Parks and his lovely wife, Rosie, at the Fiero Factory...for the c6th (maybe last) All Fiero Flea Market and Swap Meet d at the end of the month. Maybe we will see some other NEFA or MAFOA members there. Let 9s get out there and enjoy our little cars now that old man winter has Pnally loosened his grip on New England. I personally have a new to me 88 White T-top Formula that needs a little work before it will be ready (my Pngers are crossed) for FINE 04. Ready, set, wrench!!! Please feel free to contact me at beth@Peropride.com for any reason. Suggestions, praise or complaints are all welcomed. Page 4 May 2004 by Denny Lambert I 9ve wanted royal blue carpet in my silver coupe, to match the blue in the steering wheel, for some time, but couldn 9t Pnd a manufacturer to provide what I wanted, along with carpet for the door panels. The only solution, other than paying BIG $$$ for a custom job by someone else, was to do it myself. And I did! First was a trip to the local Pep Boys to buy all the color-matching 3 9X6 9 stock they had (turned out to be 4 rolls, if you count the roll I used in the front compartment) of Spectra blue. Also bought a half dozen cans of Heads Up super duty adhesive - good stuff! Doors Getting the old carpet off the door panels was not something I 9d want to tackle without the $20 heat gun (with scraper attachment) that I bought at Carlisle last year. Great investment! With the gun, it 9s lots of heat-pull-and-scrape, and just plain old patience. It 9s been my experience . . . Re-carpeting the other way After the carpet was off, I used waxed freezer paper to make templates. The neat thing about using the waxed paper is that after you have the template, you can iron it to the back of the carpet to use as a guide to cut the carpet. Credit goes to my wife, Lynn, for the freezer paper idea. A sharp utility knife works great, just be sure to use plywood or similar material as a cutting surface. Spouses tend to get a little upset if you cut on countertops, tabletops, or Qooring. See Photo #1. Once you have the pieces cut, you must apply glue to both the door panel and the back of the carpet. Let it set for about 10 minutes so that both surfaces are tacky. When ready, lay wood strips (I used six) on the door panel, and then lay the carpet piece on the strips. I started at the middle of the panel, pulling one strip at a time down part way, applying the carpet to the panel, working at the top edge where it meets the vinyl, and worked my way down and out. Press Photo #1 Photo #2 Photo #3 Photo #4 May 2004 Page 5 Prmly, smoothing as you go. Once the front is applied, turn the panels over to spray the edges, wait for that to develop a tack, and then fold the carpet over the edges and press into place. See Photo #2. The mounted door panel is very pleasing to the eye. See Photo #3. Floor Carpeting Doing your own interior Qoor carpeting is another can of worms, one that takes a lot of thought, planning, layout, and just plain old guts. The carpet I used is polyester, and I have no way to heat-form it (a heat gun would only melt it), so my past experience in upholstery work (many, many, many moons ago) helped in Pguring where to cut and hide the seams. The idea is to place seams in not-normally-visible locations, such as corners behind seats, under Qoor mats, and in normally dark corners up under the dash. I elected to use the existing carpet as forms on which to apply the new carpet. One 3 9 X 6 9 piece of carpet almost covers one complete section. I worked from the front back, and at the same time from the console side out. See Photo #4. Again, it takes patience. The big difference between the Qooring and the door panels was that I worked in sections, Prst attaching the console-side, then work out from there. The biggest seam, a straight cut, ends up behind the seat back, up near the upper Prewall piece, and is invisible. By the way, I elected to NOT cover the upper Prewall piece, since the gray color complimented the color scheme, and has the same knap as the new carpet. The Pnished pieces are a bit difPcult to rePt into the car, since they are somewhat stiffer from the extra layer of carpet and glue, but patience wins again. See photos 5 & 6 Happy Fieroing! Photos 7 & 8: Some of the seams aren 9t perfect, but the overall look is very nice, and creates the scheme I was after. I 9m very happy with it! Photo #5 Photo #6 Page 6 May 2004 By Andrew Virzi As we all know, Fieros are notorious for having the door pin and bushings wear out making the door sag and sometimes, in the worst case, difPcult to close. Recently, while replacing these parts, I came up with what I think are some helpful tricks and an incredible door spring tool made by Tool Aid of Newark N.J. See this tool review in the Reverends Review. The people at Motormite, www. motormite.com, makers of 8HELP 9 parts can supply hinges, available at most auto parts stores. The part number is 38407 and is roughly $5.00 a package, which includes two bushings and one pin. I have found the pins to be about 1/8 d too long, which allows contact with the door frame so I recommend cutting down the pointy end of the pin by 1/8 d to a 1/4 d before you install them. bushing and allows it to be tapped squarely into place. If for some reason the pin doesn 9t sit quite right in the bushing and tends to move around a little too much, it can be very effectively held in place with the use of a locking collar, available at any hardware store. In all the examples noted in this story, the door was off the car. If you have the time and a helper, it 9s always the easiest way to go. Although it is more time consuming because the hinges have to be unbolted from the cowl, it 9s still easier. Now, go out there and make those doors open and close like the day they were new. Door hinge tips and tricks As always, lubricate the pin and inside of the bushings well. Plumber 9s grease or any heavy bodied waterproof grease will work well here. Another problem area is the top door bushing. It 9s tough to get in there using a hammer or some other device like a clamp or vice grip. There 9s just not enough room. What I found works well is a 1/4 d drive swivel adapter on a 1/4 d nut driver. The Qexible adapter Pts right into the Reverends Review By Andrew Virzi Best $20 I ever spent! That 9s how I feel about this useful tool I 9m reviewing this month. As most of us know, all GM cars with long and heavy doors will need to have their door hinges and bushings replaced at some time in the cars life. This tool is made by Tool Aid, www.toolaid.com of Newark, NJ, and makes struggling with the nasty little door spring on the lower door hinge a thing of the past. I wish I had found this handy tool a long time ago. It 9s easy to use and cuts the time down on removing and installing the door spring by as much as 75% over the use of your basic straight blade screwdriver and sweat. Follow the directions on the package and you will be astounded at how easy it is to use and how well it works. Tool Aid has a lot of really neat and useful tools at their web site. Check it out. I know I will. May 2004 Page 7 May 16, 2004 3 20th Annual All Pontiac and Oakland Spring Car Show in Old Saybrook, CT. Sponsored by the Nutmeg Chapter at Harbor Motors, 225 Middlesex Turnpike (Rt. 154), Old Saybrook, Connecticut. For more information, contact Mike O 9Neill, 203-266-7089, or e-mail: mikeonll@aol.com . May 22, 2004 3 Fieros at Carlisle, Carlisle, PA Carlisle, PA hosts the Import & Kit Car Nationals every year and MAFOA does a Vne job of sneaking in a 200-car Fiero show at the same time. Come spend the day among high-power Fieros, Cobras, Diablos and all sorts of other vehicular contraptions. Check out http://carlisle.(eropride.com/carlisle2004.htm for more information on classes and places to stay. Also don 9t forget the post-Carlisle picnic/Fiero housewarming that will be held again on the Sunday, May 23rd. This year the picnic will be it at Matt & Jennifer 9s new house. If you are interested in coming and need directions, contact Jennifer at (erochic88@(eropride.com . June 3 - 6, 2004 3 Dells Run 2004, Wisconsin Dells, WI 20 years of excitement! This is the only Fiero Car Show that is based on having fun, and the only 50/50 Fiero Car Show where 1 of every 2 cars go home with a trophy. Plus, we pay cash for the best in your class, (except daily driver class & project class). We have events scheduled for all four days, with Fiero clubs from across the country coming in for all the fun. Music, food, tech sessions and door prizes are just a few of the things that are waiting for you when you attend the c2004 d Mid-West Regional Dells Run. For more information check out http://www.(erofanatics.com/dells/dells.htm . June 4-6, 2004 3 4th Annual Pontiacs In Pigeon Forge, TN Car Show & Swap Meet Hosted by the Smokey Mountain Pontiacs of East Tennessee Chapter of POCI. For hotel reservations ask for Tammy. We have a limited number of rooms blocked at a discounted rate of $99.00 a night + taxes. Go to: www.musicroadhotel.com . If you have any questions please call Mike Blackburn 865-379-9595 after 6pm. Email: cruze69gto@chartertn.net . Check out the Website for registration Wyer and information: http://www.smokymtnpontiacs.com . June 6, 2004 3 Little Rhody Pontiac Spring Show, Fiore Pontiac Rt. 2, West Warwick, RI. June 13, 2004 3 NOR-Eastern POCI Chapter Car Show, Merrimack NH. Held on the fabulous Budweiser plant grounds, this Pontiac-Oakland Club International show has been a favorite for local Fiero owners because of their welcoming of our little cars (or was it the free beer after the plant tour?). For more information, contact: http://www. nechapter.com/ . June 19, 2004 - GM Nationals, Carlisle, PA. Upcoming Events June 25 - 27, 2004 3 Heartland Park, Topeka, KS. So you thought nobody could top the 20th anniversary event, huh? Well, that remains to be seen, so here 9s our best effort for 2004. Announcing... Wheatstock - 3 more days of fun, food & Fieros. Coming June 25-27, 2004, at Heartland Park Topeka. That 9s Topeka Kansas, USA. Pull up your web maps and type in 1805 SW 71, Topeka, KS, 66619. Visit HPT 9s website at: www.hpt.com and select the Fan Guide for directions. Or, just follow the Fieros being towed by chartreuse VW microbuses with daisies & peace signs painted all over. For your enjoyment, we offer autocrossing, drags, road course, car show, cruise through town, good food, and a Vrst-class facility with all the space we could ever need. Even more good vibrations can be found at Gage Park, Topeka Zoo, Combat Air Museum, Ward-Meade Park, Lake Shawnee, and nearby Kansas City. http://www.cfogi.org/wheatstock.htm . July 17, 2004 3 FINE (Fieros In New England) NEFA 9s 3rd year for the F.I.N.E. show, again held at the Hebert Candy store in Sturbridge, MA. The following is a list of hotels and campgrounds in the Sturbridge area: Publick House, On the Common, Rt. 131, 1-800-PUBLICK, www. publickhouse.com , $99.00 - $145.00 Country Motor Lodge, On the Common, 1-800-PUBLIC, www. publickhouse.com , $79.00 - $104.00 Best Western American Motor Lodge, 350 Main Street, (508) 347- 9121. www.bestwestern.com , $89.00 - $109.00 Super 8, 358 Main Street, (508) 347-9000, www.super8.com. $71.00 - $80.00 Quality Inn & Conference Center, 400 Haynes Road, Rt. 15, (508) 347-1978, www.choicehotels.com , $71.10 - $109.00 Econo Lodge Sturbridge, 682 Main Street, Rt. 20, (508) 347-2324, www.choicehotels.com , $63.00 - $75.00 Sturbridge Campground, 19 Mashapaug Road, (508) 347-7156 August 14, 2004 3 NEFA Swap Meet, Kick Hill Farm, Lebanon, CT. Come join NEFA for their 4th annual Swap Meet, hosted by Bob & Holly Parker of Kick Hill Farm. Come Vnd treasure in the three-story barn where over 700 Fieros have been parted and stock piled. Visit the vendors. Why not bring some of the old parts that you have lying around and make some cash! August 21 or Sept 4, 2004 3 Fiero Dutch Classic V. Keep these two dates open and stay tuned for more information as the date and place for this fun show is Vnalized. Page 8 May 2004 Submitted by: David Paulk I just Pnished replacing my headliner in my T-top, and it has come to my attention that other people may need to replace or will need to replace the headliner in their T-top Fieros. I had replaced the headliner in my full roof Fiero and that is fairly easy, but the T-top is altogether different. It is a pain, but what I did worked great. The problem is that for the T-top, the cloth for the headliner is tucked under the weather-strips for the roof. There are other, more temporary ways to install the headliner, but this method is designed to duplicate the factory job. There are several reasons to need to replace the headliner, which includes tears or sagging, and also because the headliner needs to come out to access the screws that hold down the center bar (the bar that holds the inside edge of the T-top glass to the roof) as well as three screws that hold down the rear clip. TIP: Before you put in the headliner you may want to make sure that the center bar for the T-roof is the way you want it since you can 9t get it out once the headliner is in. I took all my T-top trim parts to be painted before I put my headliner in. Also, if you want to change the interior color, this is the time to do it. There are no replacement T-top headliners available, at least not as of this writing, and there is little chance of salvaging the headliner that 9s in there. To replace it to look factory stock it 9s best to reproduce what the factory did. First, get a full-roof fiber core from Kick Hill Farm or Ed Parks. If it has good cloth, that 9s great; otherwise, get some cloth from the Fiero Store. If you want to copy the factory job I don 9t recommend a Pberglass core since they are too hard to cut. Sure, Pberglass is stronger, but once the headliner is installed that strength is irrelevant. Next, you will need to take up the weather-strips for the roof, which is critical since there are no more replacements. You 9ll need some chemical that can dissolve the weather-strip glue without harming the rubber. I used something called csticker shock d, which is designed to remove bumper stickers. Unless you need to replace the ENTIRE weather-strip, you should ONLY lift up the weather-strip in the roof itself and not into the door area so that the headliner can be tucked up into the weather-strip channel. When you are ready, install the headliner as you would a normal roof. Basically, remove all the trim, dome light, hooks, etc. Put the headliner in and then put the trim back in. I recommend having all of the trim, especially the dome light, but NOT the end caps, installed prior to cutting the headliner to allow a proper Pt for the cloth. With the headliner in, it 9s time to cut it. Mark a line about 1-1/2 d from the T-top opening and cut through both the cloth and the Pber core along that line. (the Cars and Concepts installation manual says 3 inches, but that 9s way too much). Next, you 9ll want to cut thru only the Pber core and leave the cloth intact, Qush against the T-top opening. You need a good sharp knife with a long blade so that the handle will not force you to cut the core at an angle. However, I decided to cut the center part at an angle anyway to give the center a more gradual look, but the factory style is cut straight. TIP: Here is where it 9s better to use cloth from the Fiero Store and use the glue they give you, speciPcally because is doesn 9t hold up well. This allows you to have the cloth attached to the core, but loosely enough so that you can pull it off the core when it 9s time to cut it. The glue holding the cloth to the T-roof will hold it in place and the rest won 9t matter. With the cloth ready, you need to glue it to the weather-strip channel of the T- roof. For this I strongly recommend using contact cement available at Home Depot or a hardware store. Slather the glue on the inside of the cloth and the metal of the T-roof. Wait 15 minutes and then pull the cloth onto the T-roof channel, starting from the center of the t-top opening and working to the edges. You may need to cut a small notch in the cloth at the corners to get the cloth to fold over. Trim the cloth at the corners under the end cap areas to Installing a Headliner in a T-Top Fiero the Factory Way Cloth glued to T-top frame May 2004 Page 9 Completed headliner - outside view Completed headliner - inside view NEFA Events Submitted by: David Paulk, Jaime Garman and Dana Junkins - NEFA Activities Co-Directors Spring is now ofMcially here (despite the snow), so it¼s time to start getting those Fieros ready to bring to events. Whether your Fiero just needs a polish or has a gaping hole where the engine used to be, there¼s still time to get the cars ready. And as always, we all appreciate seeing Fieros at events whether they¼re daily drivers or highly polished street machines, or anything in between. Check out the Upcoming Fiero Events page in this newsletter for dates and locations. Hope to see you! NEFA ACTIVITIES WATCH Submitted by: Jaime Garman - NEFA Activities Co-Director I would like to thank the members of NEFA for voting me in as one of the three NEFA Activities Directors. I am looking forward to the new posi- tion. This year is shaping up to be our best yet. We have lots of ideas for new events, as well as some changes to our current ones. Events such as tech sessions, show & shines, invasions, etc., are planned. Your Activities Directors would appreciate your help in the planning of any events that are of interest to you. We also appreciate any ideas that you would like to share. To volunteer or share your ideas, please contact me at Jaygee79@aol.com, Dave Paulk (davepaulk@comcast.net), or Dana Junkins (JunkinsDA@mail.ports.navy.mil). Remember, this is your club. We need your participation for it to be a success! clear all the holes. Once the cloth is glued in, I advise that you place the weather-strips in the channels, install the end caps, put the T-tops on, and leave it that way overnight. This will hold the cloth in place while the glue cures. With the weather-strips still loose you can still Px the cloth if you have to the following day, by pulling the cloth off and re-gluing. Last step is to glue the weather-strips back in. I recommend 3M weather-strip glue. Once the weather-strips are glued down, I would again put the T-tops on to put pressure on the weather-strips until the glue dries. Once the weather-strips are glued in, the headliner is complete. It is a lot of effort for such a minimal headliner, but by using this method the headliner will be just like it came from the dealer. Faux SUV Submitted by Andrew Virzi After riding in TA, my 87 Fiero, my editor at the newspaper (Editor¼s note: Andrew is a professional photographer) did an editorial about SUV¼s and trafMc and the like. He happened to mention Fieros in his editorial. Below is the part of the editorial by Michael Cleveland, Editor of the Mil- ford Cabinet in Milford, NH. * The Faux SUV: Get no respect on the road because you drive a small car? Faux SUV is for you. It attaches to the outside of your, for instance, Fiero, and remains su- pine until needed. At the touch of a button, it inNates forward, backward and upward to make your Fiero look like a monster. To quote the great Vito Corleone: cThen they will fear you. d Page 10 May 2004 The day Pnally came last May when we drove T-5 to the paint shop to have the new medium purple metallic basecoat/clear coat applied. After considering whether I really wanted to paint it in my garage, I decided that a pro with a real spray booth and the knack for applying the tricky clear coat would be the best thing. Granted, I have painted a few cars, but they never quite came out as perfect as I think they should have giving the conditions of a family garage, opposed to a real paint booth. Besides, clear coat goes everywhere and sticks to everything. Proper ventilation is a must. Lisa and I did do some painting in the garage, as you may have read in the previous installments. We even 8color jambed 9 the car, but the amount of paint used was not even a third of what you would normally get in an overall repaint, therefore, painting small areas is generally not a problem. Speaking of color jambing, let 9s discuss the how 9s and why 9s of this procedure. Why paint jamb? First of all, the term jambing is derived from doorjamb and as you all know there is body color in the Fiero doorjambs, as there is in most cars. To take this a step further, under the hood and deck lid is also considered a jamb area. When a color change is done you have to 8jamb 9 inside with paint on the areas that aren 9t normally seen until you open the doors, deck lid or hood. A poor paint job will have a car with new blue paint outside and old red colored jamb areas because the blue into those areas is very rough to the touch when it dries and is known as 8dry spray 9 or just overspray, and in the case of a color change, may not completely cover the old color in those areas. As photo #1 & 3 demonstrates, we color jambed and clear coated inside the gas door filler neck area, the back side of the gas door itself, the inside door jamb area and even the air intake. We knew the gas door was going to be on the car when it was painted so it only made sense. Some auto painters, unless given speciPc instructions, won 9t paint this area. Too much trouble? Don 9t know, but it pays to do Project T-5: Submitted by Andrew Virzi Lisa Virzi proudly poses with her best paint trophy at the Fine 03 show last July. Her Fiero,T-5, was completed in time to appear at two shows last year taking two erst place trophies. She also took erst place in class at the Anheiser-Busch Pontiac Buick show in June. Must be the color! This is the enal installment of painting a Fiero. that area yourself, or make sure the painter does it for the same reasons you paint inside the door areas. You can also see that all the moldings that could be removed were and paint was applied under there as well. No clear coat was used under the molding areas because it 9s not needed. The lip area around the wheel wells had paint applied without the clear coat because this is one area that will receive an adequate amount of clear when the car is painted. paint was not sprayed in the jambed areas. Also, let 9s not forget the edges of the headlight doors, deck lid, hood and doors. Many people figure that those areas will receive color when the outside of the car is painted. True... to a degree. Most often the paint that sneaks Photo #1 May 2004 Page 11 A side note: If you have previously painted, as we did, the inside of the door areas that are traditionally Fiero Black, then you will have to mask that area off to keep the outside color off the new black. Photo #2 shows the trunk area that was color painted and clear coated. The edges around the deck lid where also painted the body color. Careful masking is important Part 3 cLet 9s jamb d in this article. Selecting a painter: If you 9re not going to do it yourself you must employ a painter. My advice is to ask around, as you would before purchasing any costly item, and Pnd out who other car owners like. Find a Fiero with a great paint job and ask who painted the car. You can also visit shops and look over the work they have done for other customers. Check out the shop. Is it reasonably clean? Especially look at the paint booth. It better be clean. Ask how long it will take to get the job done? Some shops are very busy and you could wait months to see your car completed depending on whether they are doing it all or like us, you 9re bringing in a prepared car that only needs to be painted. In our case it was returned in three days. We thought that was quick. Clear communication with the painter is critical as well. Make sure he understands what you want. In our case, we mentioned the jambed areas and we told him to be especially careful not to get paint in unseen areas like the front radiator grill area. Didn 9t want a purple radiator! He masked that area here as it is with all the other areas where black meets a new exterior color. We also masked off the inside black areas of the headlight doors and applied color to the edges of the door without any clear coat, knowing it would receive some when the hood was painted. The headlight doors where then reattached to the hood. When the car is brought to the painter, or if you 9re doing the overall spray work yourself, the reverse is true of masking. The edges of doors, hood, deck lid headlight doors, etc., must be edged with tape and or masking paper to prevent the new color from invading the area you just painted and clear coated. This avoids the dreaded 8dry spray 9 look inside these areas that was discussed earlier off. Like anything else, the more you pay the better the job should be. If an overall paint job for your Fiero costs three grand and the paint is not especially expensive, then you should expect a perfect, Qawless paint job. The color should be even, shiny, dust and speck free. However, as in our case, we did 80% of the manual labor and supplied the gallon of paint. We were just looking for a 8hired gun 9. In this case, you can save a lot of money. For less than $1000, which included the paint, clear coat and the hired gun, we received a shiny, durable paint job that should last many years. Granted, if you wanted to be picky, I can Pnd a few dust specks and even some very small out of the way clear coat runs, but again, what is the car for? Shows only? Museum piece or a daily driver? On a daily driver such as ours all the little defects are acceptable. To this day we get a lot of looks and compliments from our efforts, which is a tremendous feeling knowing all our work was worth it. Most importantly Lisa has a Fiero that she is proud to own and drive with a color she chose and likes. She also learned a few things about body work and getting her hands dirty when you work on a Fiero. Photo #2 Photo #3 Page 12 May 2004 Submitted by Eric Schneck Car show season started off and we were looking good, but something was missing! Brochures - we didn¼t have any brochures!!! How could we inform every- one about the show if we didn¼t have some- thing we could hand out? Our jaws hurt from talking about it and everyone around us had heard about the show so many times that they wanted to strangle us when we opened our mouths, even if it was for just a breath of air. Ed¼s Swap Meet was com- ing up and we didn¼t have anything to take with us. We¼ll wing it! And so we did too. We talked up a storm at Ed¼s and hopefully got a few people to go. Carlisle was right around the corner and Mnally the brochures were completed, but not printed. So Beth and I coddled the old HP LaserJet 5 into printing out 200 single sided brochures. Well, they would have been double sided except that the printer kept eating them, so we printed the outside in color on the laser printer and the inside in black & white on the ink jet. A quick fold and we had our brochures and they didn¼t look half bad! We grabbed the CFOGi items and left for Carlisle. Weather was typical for Carlisle and as such not many people stopped by the CFOGi tent (on loan from NEFA and altered to look like a CFOGi tent). That was sort of disheartening, but we pressed on. CFOGi¼s monthly online meetings had turned to weekly ones, as the date grew closer. Every one brought great news and progress when we met online. We had all done our best and we would now see if people came. We watched the people signing up for caravans. We saw the enthusiasm on Pennock¼s. We knew what they were feeling because we had lived, breathed and sweated this event for the past year. The ccalm before the storm d was how we all felt. How big of a storm was another story. Beth & I had decided that we were go- ing to cut our vacation in Vermont short to attend the 20th Event. It was all planned out - we would leave Wednesday morning no later than 8 a.m. for the 11-hour ride to Auburn Hills, MI. We were delayed in leav- ing and actually got on the road at 11:30 a.m. instead. Driving at a normal pace, we made it to the hotel at 12:15 a.m. Thursday morning. I think we would have made better time if people hadn¼t questioned us every time we stopped for food or fuel. So imagine our surprise when we Mnally I did end up running lead pace car several times later on in the day, right up until the last race. For that one I took Beth for a ride, and while she videotaped, I gave her the grand tour of the track. Dinner that night was at the Big Buck Brewery. What was supposed to be reser- vations for 200 ended up translating into reservations for 20. Imagine the looks on the staff¼s faces as 200+ people lined up out the door for food! They did an excellent job of accommodating everyone despite the mix-up. Friday was an early day for the direc- tors. We had a 6 a.m. breakfast, where club members could come down and mingle with us. That started the day off, with tech sessions immediately following. Sadly Beth & I couldn¼t stay for the tech sessions, as we had to leave to go prepare the drag strip for our arrival. Only problem was that when we booked the track we were told it was a LOT closer than it really was. It was supposed to be only 15 minutes away. Instead, it was an hour and 15 minutes away. MFC had provided maps to the track, but Michigan is not an easy place to drive around if you¼re not used to the labeling system of their roadways. Several people got lost and even more were late arrivals. We held the ctest & tune d open for as long as we could and then ended the day with bracket races. All in all though, it turned out to be a great time with many drivers getting more runs down the track than they normally would back home. After awarding the top drivers, we headed back to the hotel. Other than Loyde Rascoe running out of gas on the way back (and us almost running out), it was relatively incident free. We did get to see 3 prototype SUVs, disguised by factory camouNage, come Nying past us. The camouNage worked, as we couldn¼t tell what make or model the SUVs were, but they were still pretty neat to see. Friday night was capped off by go- kart racing, rock wall climbing and some miniature golMng. It was the perfect end to a stressful day. It gave everyone a chance to unwind, relax and prepare for what was Inside CFOGi/MFC 9s cThe 20th Anniversary of The Fiero d Event ...continued from the February 2004 Fiero Pride cAccept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory. d - George Patton pulled into the parking lot and saw not one or two Fieros, but a lot full - and owners standing around outside too! As soon as the car was spotted, shouts went out - cIt¼s Boomtastic! d Well, so much for sneaking in under the cover of darkness. We parked the truck and trailer, said our hellos and goodnight¼s and went in to sleep. Thursday morning arrived far before we were ready, and to top it all off I had been asked by George Ryan to help him in the pits at Waterford. Running just a bit late, I decided to leave the truck & trailer attached (also because I wanted to keep an eye on the car) and just headed to Wa- terford. We arrived as all the drivers were walking the track. We parked the truck, answered more questions about the car and went to Mnd George. I was supposed to be checking the cars in the pits for problems after they had been out on the track (like a 2nd tech inspection), but for some reason George decided that I should lead a pace lap instead. With that he hands me the keys to his cCadero d (an »86 4.9 powered 5spd coupe) and sends me off to lead the next group racing, or so I thought. There I am waiting to pace the track and George radios me to tell me that Wanda Wheeler will be pacing the next lap, but that since I was all suited up, car in line and helmet on my head, that I could take the car out for a few laps. cOkay, how fast should I go d, I ask him. cWhatever feels comfort- able d, he replied. Wrong answer for me! And with that I pushed his car as hard as I could while still keeping it on the track. It was a blast! I guess I did okay because Continued on next page May 2004 Page 13 about to come .... Saturday morning, 7 a.m. The crackle of a Super Duty 4 cylinder Mlled the air. 5 stories up in the hotel and I could feel the windows rattling. I sprang out of bed and conMrmed my suspicions - the prototypes were here! The original Indy 500 Pace Car, the 89/90 prototype, the convertible, the 4 seater.. They were all here! Beth & I got dressed as fast as we could and raced downstairs. It was amazing! The prototypes were still being rolled out of the trail- ers, with each one looking like the day it was created. Paint, Mt and Mnish were all Nawless. People were everywhere, taking pictures and buzzing about the prototypes. Car after car came out of the trailers, each one more spectacular than the next. As you have all heard by now, there were 335 judged Fieros at the show and over 400 spectators. These numbers far sur- passed our wildest expectations. ALL of the proceeds of the event were split 50/50, and each club (CFOGi & MFC) gave their half to charity. CFOGi¼s charity was the Hole In The Wall Gang, an outpost for children with cancer and other serious blood issues. Our night concluded with a banquet dinner, where Hulki and Parki talked about the old days and took questions from the crowd. On Sunday people were packing up, saying goodbyes and still in awe over what they had just witnessed. The directors met Mrst thing that day and began to discuss the next event, Wheatstock! Submitted by Gwen Randolph MAFOA and NEFA members were seen enjoying the sunshine at the recent Florida Fiero Weekend in Daytona, FL. Getting away from the cold and enjoying the beautiful Florida weather as well as enjoyable Fiero company were Rob & Renee Dabrowski, A. C. Dobson, his wife, his son and his son¼s girlfriend, Les Sandy, Phil and I, Larry Wheeler (actually Larry has decided that living in upper state NY is no longer fun in the winter and is now a resident of Florida) and V8 Archie. Also showing up Saturday evening was Bill and Trish Wysocki. They spend part of their winter in Florida while their beautiful Fiero stays home in CT. If I have left anyone out, I apologize. The weather was fantastic the entire weekend, which was such a welcome relief from the weather we left behind in New England. Phil & I literally left in a snowstorm to get to Florida, but a little snow was not keeping us home. It was also nice to see our members tak- ing home trophies in several of the classes. Les Sandy took home a 3rd place trophy in the Straight Stock 50,000 miles or less with his beautiful Fiero, Larry Wheeler took a 1st place trophy in the tough Fastback ModiMed class with Spooky, V8 Archie went home with a 2nd place trophy in the competitive Specialty Class with his sharp, red GT 40 kit and Phil and I took a 1st place with my T-top in the Daily Driver Custom Notchback class. Florida Fiero Weekend Update Florida in March - beautiful cars, great weather and good company - what more can a person want! The 20th C o n t i n u e d V8 Archie always creates excitement. Page 14 May 2004 Submitted by Phil & Gwen Randolph We almost had to cancel our trip! A week before we were to leave for Wis- consin, Phil got some rust in his eye while sanding some old metal on the Noorboard of his 41 Packard (hint....glasses are not enough protection - you need goggles). After trips to two different doctors during the week, it was decided that if Phil¼s eye was not better by Monday, our planned departure, that we would stay home. By Saturday evening there was no pain and by Monday the redness was starting to fade, so off we went. Two days later, with the Memorial Day holiday trafMc and rain behind us, we arrived at the Chula Vista Resort, a beautiful resort nestled in the pines over- looking the famous Wisconsin Dells, and started to settle in and meet other early arrivals. Thursday was registration and the start of planned activities. This year five Midwest Fiero clubs (Wisconsin Fiero Fanatics, Northern Illinois Fiero Enthusiasts, Minnesota Fieros Forever, Michigan Fiero Club and Heartland Fiero) took turns planning the activities. With cruises planned for breakfast, dinner and local tourist attractions (the winery tour was great - it¼s amazing how many bottles of wine you can Mt in a Fiero), there was something to appeal to everyone. A.C. Dobson, Larry Wheeler and V-8 Archie had, for the past couple of Dells Run 2003 years, encouraged us with glowing re- ports about how much fun this show was and that we deMnitely needed to attend. Now that we have attended, all we can say is, cthey were right! d If there is a downside to this show, it¼s that with all the activities planned and the tree pollen, one needs to wait until the last minute to actually clean the car for the cBest in the Midwest Dells Run Fiero Car Show d, but we hadn¼t driven for two days to worry about trophies. By Saturday, the day of the show, ev- eryone had arrived. One hundred forty-six Fieros were entered in the classes offered. fun time was had by all at the annual Dells Indy Go Kart Challenge sponsored in part by V-8 Archie, where some serious com- petition took place during each race. Sunday, the breakfast banquet and awards brought an end to our vacation experience. With a 10:30 a.m. checkout time and the car repacked, we said our cgoodbyes d and were off. Phil and I enjoy traveling around the United States and meeting new people, and touring in one of our Fieros is just icing on the cake. Wisconsin is a beautiful state and The Wisconsin Dells is a great destination whether there is a car show or not. The beautiful Dells of Wisconsin Notice Larry Wheeler 9s Spooky in the eeld Drivers of non-show entries were also in- vited to display their cars on the show site, greatly expanding on the 146 number. After the show, somewhere between 40 and 50 Fieros with their drivers and pas- sengers assembled for the traditional cruise through the down- town area (I must say that the large number of Fieros definitely made heads turn as we cruised through the downtown area). To Mnish off the day, there was a cruise to a local brew house for dinner. After dinner, a May 2004 Page 15 NEFA MERCHANDISE Show your NEFA support with our ofPcial merchandise. Go to www.fieropride.com and click on the NEFA cShow the Experience d Fiero. Click on cMerchandise d and follow the simple directions. T-SHIRTS: Our T-shirts are 100% white cotton and pre-shrunk so you don 9t have to worry about buying them oversize unless you like them that way! The NEFA logo is on the left front breast, and again in larger font on the back with www.fieropride.com under the logo. $12.00 plus $4.00 S & H SWEATSHIRTS: Great for those chilly nights, a NEFA sweatshirt will keep you toasty warm. Printing on the sweatshirts is the same as what you Pnd on the T-shirts. Sweatshirts come in light blue and gray. $20.00 plus $5.00 S&H. WINDOW DECALS: cShare the Experience d with a NEFA decal. Each decal measures 3 dx5 d. $6.50 plus $1.00 S&H. Don 9t have/want a PayPal account? No problem! Our downloadable order sheet will be online soon. In the meantime, feel free to email any of our Directors for more information. However long you think it¼s going to take to Bx something on your Fiero, multiply that number by 3 and be relieved when you get it done that quickly. * * * The little space between the seats and the center console attracts 99.9% of screws, nuts, bits, or bolts. * * * It will always be a 12-year-old boy on a bicycle straining to see your car better and not the 23-year-old babe that you had hoped. * * * You know you¼re a diehard Fiero fanatic when you want to see if there is an after market lowering kit for your Lazy Boy chair. * * * The chances of your sunroof leaking are directly related to the amount of rain that is falling. * * * The change dropped between your seat and the center console is used by the tooth fairy to give to grubby little children. * * * A true Fiero fan believes that there were only Bve years in history - 84 through 88 - everything else is X years BF (before Fiero) or X years AF (after Fiero) - there is no other marker of time. * * * I have often thought that the Fiero Chilton¼s manual should include, WARNING! The hour prior to changing the pulley belts on your Fiero should be dedicated to practic- ing yoga and body contortion exercises. The hour after should be dedicated to post traumatic stress and anger management. * * * Windshield wipers coming on by them- selves is normal. * * * You work on your Fiero more than you drive it. * * * When unsuspecting rain clouds roll in, your electric window that is down will not go up. Anytime your V6 has a quarter tank of gas left, it doesn¼t. * * * The likelihood of your Fiero breaking down is in direct proportion to your distance from home. It is also in inverse-proportion to the number of tools and spare parts that you¼re carrying with you. * * * Any object (nuts, bolts, wrenches and or sockets) dropped in the vicinity of a Bero will always end up in the most inaccessible area of said vehicle rendering recovery nearly impossible unless extreme effort and creativity is used to retrieve same. * * * If the cCheck Engine d light isn¼t on, re- place the bulb. * * * cMurphy would have LOVED Fieros d * * * The cleaner you keep your Fiero, the sooner it will look like crap, because you rubbed through the entire clear coat with years of sponges and wax jobs. * * * The total cost of ownership of a Fiero is in direct relation to the odometer reading and multiplied by the number of years owned. * * * The more innocuous the part, the rarer and more expensive it will be when you Bnally Bnd it to replace the one the previ- ous owner threw out, and the more points you will lose for the lack of it during a Concourse event. * * * If you drop a bolt, buy another one because the one you dropped will never reach the Coor. * * * Fieros can never be upgraded; they are always in a state of upgrading. * * * The time it takes to Bx something broken on a Fiero is directly proportional to the time spent on the Forum trying to Bnd the cor- rect Bx. The number of posts in the thread multiplies this. * * * A hot Fiero is not necessarily stolen. Or necessarily a Fiero anymore. FIEROISMS Not sure who is responsible for gathering these gems or how I acquired them. They just seemed to appear in my newsletter Ple at some point after I became the NEFA Newsletter Director. I thought everyone would enjoy a little humor. Enjoy! Page 16 May 2004 The MAFOA toolbox by Bob Schlag The MAFOA toolbox now consists of a Brake Repair Kit, an Engine Hanger, a Rivet Tool, a Steering Wheel Puller, a lock plate remover, a Suspension Bushing Removal and Installation Tool, and a Scan Tool. All tools include operating manuals. We also now have a Cruise Control Tester, donated by Bob Nielsen. The most recent addition is a dolly, with wheels, to support a Fiero frame while the cradle is removed. This was donated by Paul Stevens. Loan policy states that the member sends us a deposit for the value of the tool. We will hold the check until the tool is returned. The member is responsible for paying any postage for shipping. Contact MAFOA for details and availability of tools, as well as suggestions for additional tools. MAFOA MERCHANDISE Show off your club colors and support your club for the future! We have several items of apparel and accessories for your car which have the club logo emblazoned on them. Also available are a few toy Fieros. Any pro@ts made from these items go into the club treasury, to make a better club for everyone. Contact Jeff Ramberg (see Page 2 for contact info) for availability as some items may not be available anymore or may need to be ordered. Anyone have ideas for additional items? T-SHIRTS: Available in several colors, grey and stonewash blue are most popular. Printed with red and gold MAFOA logo on front. $12.00 each. New T-shirt Design Now Available! New t-shirts have a large Fiero Emblem, with Mid Atlantic Fiero Owners Association printed on the front and www.Veropride.com on the back. $12.00 each. SWEATSHIRTS: Grey sweatshirts are most popular, other colors are available by special order. Printed with red and gold MAFOA logo on front and www.Veropride.com on the back. $18 each. VINYL WINDOW STICKERS: Vinyl stickers depicting the MAFOA logo for rear window, to show your club loyalty as you drive around, and at shows. These are very similar to the stickers you 9ve seen on other member 9s cars in the past, but with club website included. New Low Price $5.00 each. WINDOW-MOUNTED FLAGS: This is a nice Wag about 12"x14" made from gold or red nylon fabric, double thickness, with large Pegasus shield and MAFOA logo printed in black. It 9s mounted on a pole (about 20" long) that is made to clip over the top edge of a window. It can also clip on sunroof glass, or the Wag can be removed from the pole and slipped onto the antenna. $12.00 each. FIERO HAT PINS: We have a few different designs. Will have pictures in future issues. We are looking into engraved name tags and lapel pins featuring the MAFOA logo. KICK HILL FARM FIERO PARTS www.kickhill.com 860-642-4362 Fax 860-642-7107 464 Kick Hill Road, Lebanon, CT 06249 V-8 Archie V-8 Fiero Conversion Kits www.V8Archie.com V-8 Archie 800-891-3608 7 Hillside Dr. Unit C 847-304-4480 Barrington, IL 60010 17 Years of V-8 Fieros We¼ve been building Fieros longer than Pontiac did May 2004 Page 17 1984 INDY FIERO Needs engine (locked up). 4 cyl., 4 spd. All options, everything works. Body in excellent condition except for tail lights (cracked). Paint is faded and dirty but intact. All emblems are present. (No door or windshield decals.) All glass is good. Interior is rough. Needs headliner and seats need work, but cIndy 500 d inserts are perfect. Undercarriage in ex cond with no rust or damage from jacking or bottoming. Car has been sitting for last four years. Engine ran brieWy before lock up. Everything that makes Indy cars special is there. Car is complete. Will consider parting. Inquire. Make offer. E-mail at go-race@houseoftorque.com or phone (301) 806-0240 anytime. 020804C (02-08-04) 1984 FERRARI 328GTB REPLICA stunning Wy yellow/black interior, has all the emblems and badges. Best 328 GTB replica anywhere, 100% Ferrari-style inside and out, full-sized working Targa top (one of the only ones in the country). Professionally-built inside and out with Compomotive wheels, Ferrari- styled dash with VDO gauges, Momo steering wheel, A/C, electric windows and electric side mirrors, stereo. I have replaced everything over the past two years, including: clutch, clutch as- sembly & pressure plate, front springs, battery, AC compressor, alternator, gaskets, thermostat, et al. Built on a 1984 Pontiac Fiero frame with only 40,000 miles on it. 4-speed manual gear- box. ALWAYS garage kept, runs like a dream. Clean title and service records available for you. You are responsible for any inspection charges and transportation. Contact Glenn via email: stresscenter@hotmail.com or phone me at (609) 971-0026 (leave message). $22,000. Forked River, New Jersey. 020804B (02-08-04) 1988 FIERO GT white, it runs but needs work, wing, 4-speed trans, PW. Could be used as a parts car or project. Make an offer. Camden, NJ. Rita Buch- man, cleaningsolutions1129@msn.com, (856) 236-2292. 020804A (02-08-04) 1988 FIERO GT pearlescent white with gray interior, V6, 5 Speed, pneumatic driver seat adjustment, high output coil, Koni shocks, stainless brake lines, A/C, runs and drives great, 100k. $6500. cctaylor@cox.net. 020104A (02-01-04) FIERO GT black, gray cloth interior, CD player, 58k miles, 2nd owner (only driven 5k miles since pur- chased 4 years ago), never seen snow or salt (Carolina car), only seen rain 4 times, garage kept, almost Wawless paint and interior condi- tion. No kids/ joy rides please. Many pictures at your request. Selling to make room for the wife 9s new car in garage. $6300 OBO. call/ email Roger Ewart (704) 843-1100. Charlotte, NC. rogerewart@earthlink.net. (01-10-04) 86 FIERO GT red, rare subwoofer equipped stereo, body and interior VGC, 115k miles, engine not running, $950 OBO. (301) 372-6541. fennelltech@yahoo. com. (01-10-04) 87 FIERO GT black, AT, gray cloth interior, 166k miles, located in San Jose, CA, $750. (408)420-6004. Steve at Fordcom50@aol.com. (01-10-04) 84 INDY FIERO 4-speed. 4-cyl, pwr windows/locks/mirrors, A/C, sunroof (doesn 9t leak, but used to a little), interior in good shape, sound proofed, still has cgood d stock tape deck with eq., original leather arm rests, stock wheels in good shape but tires are junk. Overall in mixed shape. Bought car about 8 years ago with intent of full restoration but have since lost interest. Interior in good shape, needs nothing except the proper shift knob. Driver seat is typical but passenger is VG. Paint in rough shape but salvageable. Car hasn 9t been run for 2.5 years, ran good then. Parts included are: 2 primary gauge clusters, 1 center console, 1 dashboard, 2 correct headlight assemblies, a full set of front control arms, good brake rotors and calipers, some new pads, some tail lights, at least one extra sunroof glass, a ton of misc. interior panels, center radio console(s), and shift console(s). Located in Templeton, MA, asking $1000 for the car and accessories. Will consider trade/partial trade for certain Jeep vehicles. Some delivery MAY be available. Email at morganis@juno.com or (978) 632-6321. (01-06-04) 88 FIERO GT white, 72k original miles, v6, 5 speed, a/c, p/w, p/dl, tilt, cruise, p/mirrors, am/fm/CD player, all original, excellent condition, $6500.00 Vrm. askins@cybertrails.com. (11-28-03) CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING FIEROS FOR SALE 1987 FIERO SE rebuilt 6 cyl with 5k miles, auto, A/C, AM&FM, CD. Loving renovation/care, classic plates, fun to drive. Best Offer. (484) 678-4799 or email at wilsonjeanbill@msn.com. Located in West Chester, PA 031404A (03-14-04) 1986 FIERO SE black, interior red trim, power window and locks, needs new trunk key lock, and door lock keys missing. Needs new clutch slave cylinder, parking brake cables and exhaust manifold gaskets (all these parts I have, just haven 9t had time to put them on). Runs great, new clutch, and new fuel pump put in last year. $2000 B/O. Car is located in northern Virginia. I am being deployed to Afghanistan in a week. I don 9t want to let my Fiero just sit, so I am going to sell it. doug_middleton@yahoo.com. phone (703) 777-2733. 022304B (02-23-04) 1987 FIERO blue, 4 cyl, AT in running condition with good body. $600 OBO. Allentown, PA area. Herb Townsend (610) 791-6481, herbtown@msn. com. 022304B (02-23-04) 1988 FIERO GTS (2) black, ~101k miles, 5 speed, tan leather interior, recent repainted, MOMO steering wheel and shifter, gold wheels with new tires, no sunroof, optional factory sound system. Over all very nice condition $6,500 red, 23.5k miles, immaculate, factory original (even have original window sticker). Automatic, gold wheels with the original tires, rear window defog, electric driver seat adjustment with tan cloth interior. Sunroof with cover and pad that closes off view when you don 9t want the sun. $13,500. Owned both for several years. Both in storage. Just aren 9t doing Fiero stuff anymore. Contact Ned at 315@cox.net. 030404A (03-03-04) 1985 FIERO GT silver, project car, had professional long block rebuild done on the V6 engine and then quit work. Has PW, AC, sunroof, cruise control, AM/FM cassette, tilt, spoiler, 4 speed, 20 Spoke High Tech wheels. Gray interior does NOT have tears or rips. One too many Fieros so I must sell. Asking $1,100 OBO, AS IS, located in Cleve- land, OH. Will e-mail photos. E-mail Robert. p.lisy@nasa.gov. phone (216) 433-2784 022304A (02-23-04) Page 18 May 2004 Ads in this issue were picked up from the club website. Ads are free for current members and will run as long as they remain online unless otherwise requested. Contact Wes Williams, MAFOA or Gwen Randolph, NEFA (see pages 2 & 3 for addresses) 3 if you want an ad that's not going online. 88 FIERO GT red, gray leather interior, sunroof, tinted glass, recent tires, newer complete exhaust and clutch, air, power windows & trunk, new paint with 137,000 kms (about 80k miles), owned for past 12 years and have always taken good care of it. Southwest Ontario, Canada. $6500.00 Canadian. Please respond to sscott@cogeco. ca. (01-06-04) 88 FIERO GT maroon, only 20k miles from original owner, full documentation & lots of pictures at website: http://24.95.159.70/Vero. (11-28-03) 88 FIERO FORMULA red, original owner, 5 speed, 32k miles, always kept in clean condition and garaged, never seen salt or left in sun, always used Mobil 1, never had any trouble, always responsibly driven, recently replaced original tires with the same correct tires, sun roof, cruise control, air, AM/FM tape, lamp group, tinted glass, tilt steering, great original car. Asking $7900, ne- gotiable! Columbus, New Jersey. Email: mailto: bdeWece@comcast.net or call (609) 291-195. (12-22-03) 84 FIERO 2M4 red, 34k miles, purchased from the original owner a little over 2 years ago with 29k miles, has 4 options: WS6, performance axel ratio, Sunroof and AM/FM Stereo (I have the original dealer invoice). Asking $2,200, but will take $2,000. This price is for CAR ONLY. Please read below info about v-8 parts package. For pictures go to http://www.mastercam.com/temp/Vero.zip. V8 conversion parts list: fully prepped cradle, POR-15 9d with poly bushings, all 6 control arms from an 86 that have the bushings removed and are ready for Por 15, complete Prothane poly bushing kit, rear lower ball joints, MY8 4 speed tranny (3:23 ratio), new clutch, modiVed Wywheel, Bubba Joe mounts with poly mounts, 88 4.5 TBI motor, extra set of 4.5 TBI heads and intake, 2 distributors: 1 manual Advance & 1 Electronic Advance, PFI intake, ECM and harness, carburetor for cnon-ECM d setup, 2nd complete 84 rear wiring harness, many other little pieces and parts. $750 without car, $500 with car. Email or call with questions. Steve - steven.falusi@snet.net (860)874-1277. (12- 08-03) SILVER 86 FIERO GT I am looking for a V6, auto transmission. The Fiero could have a blown engine (V6) and nice body or just a bad back section and good front. All I need is a car with a blown V6 motor or a car with a good front end. Need a cheap price and something close, live close to Pittsburgh, PA. CoconutMonkey76@WMconnect.com. w012504a FIERO PARTS FOR SALE HOLLEY BIG BORE TBI 3739 Was planning on using on my Duke rebuild, but decided to go a different way. The unit has never been used and is still in the shrink wrap. It comes with TPS and gasket for intake. 87-88 Fiero Duke owners will have to have a 1/4 inch plate made for their intake to make unit Vt. 84-86 Duke owners bolt on drive off. Asking $200 for unit. Please email Rvalmore@nycap.rr.com with any questions. I would rather sell it to a group member than post it on eBay. P011504A (01-15-04) REAR DECK LID AND MORE Rear deck lid from 1986 coupe. Good shape with some minor scratches. Red. No luggage rack or wing. $75 not including shipping. Located in NH. Possible pick up or meet you part way. Also have matching front hood. I can also send photos. Lots of other stuff, e-mail me for list. Call Matt at (603)67

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