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.
That would fool 99% of people off the street. Buy it, swap in a Northstar and a five speed and be my new hero.
i say keep the iron duke. berkeley 'em.
dsycks
Reader
5/24/11 10:15 p.m.
Agree... Overall a good look but its so hard to make up for the 80s GM interior fail.
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.
racinginc215 wrote:
Firebird dash swap would help
I've seen that & I approve
RossD
SuperDork
5/25/11 7:01 a.m.
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
Dork
5/25/11 7:03 a.m.
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
SuperDork
5/25/11 7:06 a.m.
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
SuperDork
5/25/11 7:16 a.m.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Needs one of these:
http://pisafierohq.com/interiors/fiero_3-08/