A decent looking kit!
http://gainesville.craigslist.org/cto/1645353254.html
1985 pontiac fiero with a 1970 Ferrari body kit. 2.8L V-6 Runs good. New callipars, new front tires, new battery. $2400 OBO give us an offer
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March 15, 2010 8:08 p.m. dyintorace Dork
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March 15, 2010 8:14 p.m. MrJoshua UltraDork
Slow on the draw Dyinto-that's been listed for HOURS now.
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March 15, 2010 8:16 p.m. Grtechguy UberDork
I still want one of the Fiero Mera kits
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March 15, 2010 8:29 p.m. dyintorace Dork
MrJoshua wrote:
Slow on the draw Dyinto-that's been listed for HOURS now.
Long day.
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March 15, 2010 8:47 p.m. jwdmotorsports Dork
I'm glad I live too far away. Wouldn't it be great drive that to work every day.
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March 15, 2010 9:01 p.m. wearymicrobe Reader
Grtechguy wrote:
I still want one of the Fiero Mera kits
If you do get a 88 they are so much better then the more common 87's. Still miss mine.
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March 16, 2010 10:48 a.m. RandyS Reader
A real 308 probably costs less to make/find than one of those Meira kits. Very rare. There was one in the Atlanta CL for about a year at $9999 before it sold.
I really like the Dino above. if I only had garage space. It's not the Kelmark kit with the giant awful A pillars, it's got real chrome bumpers (not cheap) and its on a fiero chassis and not a VW, and the price is right. I like it.
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March 16, 2010 12:18 p.m. John Brown MegaDork
I wish I had the money, I would make the space
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March 16, 2010 1:42 p.m. skruffy Dork
There's a Meira fiero sitting with serious lot rot and flat tires down the street from me. I thought it was actually a 308 until I walked up and looked in it one day.
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March 16, 2010 2:24 p.m. splitime Reader
Needs to be bought... and then a call made to these guys.... http://www.v8archie.com/v8Archie/home.htm
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March 16, 2010 4:53 p.m. Nashco UltraDork
You guys recommending V8 Archie stuff must not have seen his kits in person before. Pretty poorly designed stuff for a lot of money. There are much better swaps for much less money out there.
Bryce
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March 16, 2010 7:53 p.m. Grtechguy UberDork
skruffy wrote:
There's a Meira fiero sitting with serious lot rot and flat tires down the street from me. I thought it was actually a 308 until I walked up and looked in it one day.
Pics? contact info? Ohio isn't far
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March 16, 2010 8:21 p.m. Datsun1500 Dork
That is a Carter Conversions kit from about 1990. You unbolt the fiero panels and bolt these on then paint. The kit with the wheels and chrome bumpers was $4200 in 1990. Took us 2 days to build one back then, it was a neat looking car, but still a Fiero....
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March 17, 2010 7:35 a.m. racerdave600 Reader
I knew a guy with one of the Mera kits in the mid '90's, and could bought a real 308 and ran it for several years for what he had in it, but it looked pretty decent. It had problem after problem after problem though, mainly due to cooling issues.
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March 17, 2010 8:31 a.m. John Brown MegaDork
Datsun1500 wrote:
... it was a neat looking car, but still a Fiero....
With the advent of the LSx swap I would say that statement is officially crap
I would love to buy this. I just don't have enough cash. I would find space for it, refinish the interior with a set of Cobra "sports car" buckets, remove the console and modify the factory dash to look period correct... then save for a 300hp LS swap.
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March 17, 2010 10:35 a.m. wcelliot Reader
Anybody know what rims that Mera kit uses?
They aren't real Ferrari but I've not been able to find anything like them....
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March 17, 2010 7:56 p.m. Datsun1500 Dork
There was no LSx swap then, that would have helped... No need to make the dash period correct, no one will mistake it for a Dino since they were targa tops.
Wheels are Chromadora on the Mera...
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March 17, 2010 8:03 p.m. CarKid1989 HalfDork
i kinda like the fiero ferrari thing. i mean not enough people really know how the real deal looks so at a glance it looks nice. Needs differnet wheels and an engine swap, but hey thats my opinion
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March 18, 2010 8:24 a.m. Ian F Dork
I occasionally have Fiero and/or Ferrari kit-car thoughts... partly because I know this guy:
A Mera with an LS swap sounds like it could be a ton of fun and I'm pretty confident Dave could make it work.
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March 18, 2010 12:29 p.m. skruffy Dork
In reply to Ian F:
ZOMG!
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March 18, 2010 12:43 p.m. Ian F Dork
I've had a ride in that car. It pretty much goes sideways if you look at the throttle too hard... regardless of how fast you are currently moving... Someday I'll have to ask him how much modification is required to fit the 3800s/c motor... Could make for a fun SSM car...
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March 18, 2010 10:08 p.m. CarKid1989 HalfDork
Ian F wrote: Someday I'll have to ask him how much modification is required to fit the 3800s/c motor...
As i recall from being obsessed with this swap, in short, not much. do it
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March 19, 2010 1:49 p.m. OhioMark None
Datsun1500:
Not all the Dino's were Targa Tops. The early 206's and maybe a few 246's could be purchased as coupe's...
Mark
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March 19, 2010 5:54 p.m. Datsun1500 Dork
I was thinking about the 246 GTS ones, forgot about the 206....
