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  • sevenracer

    May 24, 2011 7:02 p.m. sevenracer New Reader

    For sale at my local tire shop...

    The nose really lets it down - no separate headlight covers from the louvers, but the proportions are pretty close and the rear 3/4 view is pretty convincing.

    The fit and finish of the body was better than I would have thought, too. You can certainly pick apart the details, but I think the overall look is pretty good for a kit car - especially if you fixed the headlight area. And the interior... certainly it's much better than the trans-am based atrocities.

  • belteshazzar

    May 24, 2011 7:13 p.m. belteshazzar SuperDork

    cool

  • jimbob_racing

    May 24, 2011 9:42 p.m. jimbob_racing HalfDork

    That would fool 99% of people off the street. Buy it, swap in a Northstar and a five speed and be my new hero.

  • belteshazzar

    May 24, 2011 10:04 p.m. belteshazzar SuperDork

    i say keep the iron duke. berkeley 'em.

  • dsycks

    May 24, 2011 10:15 p.m. dsycks Reader

    Agree... Overall a good look but its so hard to make up for the 80s GM interior fail.

  • SyntheticBlinkerFluid

    May 25, 2011 12:12 a.m. SyntheticBlinkerFluid HalfDork

    The whole front end is wrong, it doesn't look right, but it's cool otherwise. I wish a part of kit cars were an interior change, the Fiero interior ruins it for me.

    A northstar/5-speed swap would be cool.

  • mw

    May 25, 2011 6:17 a.m. mw HalfDork

    How much is it?

  • Grtechguy

    May 25, 2011 6:39 a.m. Grtechguy SuperDork

    racinginc215 wrote:

    Firebird dash swap would help

    I've seen that & I approve

  • RossD

    May 25, 2011 7:01 a.m. RossD SuperDork

    Well since we have the kit car critiquers here. I saw this last Friday night (1am) out in front of a bunch of bars:

    Is it real?

  • Raze

    May 25, 2011 7:03 a.m. Raze Dork

    Whoa, don't think I've seen a Fierro that nicely done, the proportions are always the hardest to get, along with the wheels, I think they covered both nicely...

  • RossD

    May 25, 2011 7:06 a.m. RossD SuperDork

    If it is a kit out a of anything, it would have been a beetle; that's my guess anyways.

    To the O.P. sorry for the tread jack.

  • Luke

    May 25, 2011 7:16 a.m. Luke SuperDork

    Wow, that totally would've fooled me. Very convincing kit.

    Though, I bet that nowadays, it'd actually be cheaper to buy a real 308 than tart up a Fiero to that level of detail.

  • Xceler8x

    May 25, 2011 8:16 a.m. Xceler8x SuperDork

    If you like it, rock it. Maybe put in a different engine later if you feel so inclined. I'll bet it turns heads all over town.

  • pete240z

    May 25, 2011 8:38 a.m. pete240z SuperDork

    RossD wrote:

    Well since we have the kit car critiquers here. I saw this last Friday night (1am) out in front of a bunch of bars:

    Is it real?

    The Cobra and this car is one of the better assembled cars. Of course, they are all out of my price range. This Porsche is a sweet car.

  • Rusted_Busted_Spit

    May 25, 2011 9:05 a.m. Rusted_Busted_Spit Dork

    pete240z wrote:

    RossD wrote:

    Well since we have the kit car critiquers here. I saw this last Friday night (1am) out in front of a bunch of bars:

    Is it real?

    The Cobra and this car is one of the better assembled cars. Of course, they are all out of my price range. This Porsche is a sweet car.

    A Beck Spyder is on my list of cars after the Lotto win. Very cool.

  • AquaHusky

    May 25, 2011 9:21 a.m. AquaHusky Reader

    I wanted a 308/318 kit for my 88 Fiero, but for the engine, I wish I could build a 4.0 Aurora with a flat crank to really make it sound right.

  • turboswede

    May 25, 2011 11:20 a.m. turboswede SuperDork

    Needs one of these:

    http://pisafierohq.com/interiors/fiero_3-08/

  • GameboyRMH

    May 25, 2011 2:15 p.m. GameboyRMH SuperDork

    Buy car

    Swap powertrain

    Have fun

    Fool women

 
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