Club's Formula Fastback

[Raydar]

Gotcha! McDonough is pretty nice. Know some people (not Fiero people, though) who live in Ellenwood. Which is just north of McDonough.
The Summit Racing warehouse is right down in that area, off of I-75. You ought to check it out. I could get "broke" in that place.

[GTRS Fiero]

They take walk-ins?

[Raydar]

They take walk-ins?

Absolutely. Should have mentioned it's a big retail outlet, too.

[GTRS Fiero]

At one point, I had considered buying this Fiero.  My thought at the time was to leave it with the rough body finish, call it the "Grey Ghost", and just use it for fun.  Of course, my white Fiero is presentable, so Ixd have had that option.

The rough body does not cooperate with radar detectors.  License plates are particularly reflective to compensate for this.  COPs also like to use cameras on everything, so I have used angled yellowed plate covers.  The yellow came from age, and I just keep it around, because I can honestly say it got old.  The cover has other properties that only allow the plate to be viewed from directly behind.  So, no driving by my house and scanning my plate.

[Fierofool]

License plate covers of any opacity aren't allowed in Georgia.  License plate frames that cover or partially cover the state at the top, the renewal decal or county at the bottom are also illegal.  Oddly, they feel the name of the county can't be covered, we have an alternate decal that replaces the county.  It reads "In God We Trust". 

[GTRS Fiero]

Yeah.  More freedom here.

[GTRS Fiero]

The rear bumper appears to be the stock Formula bumper.

[Fierofool]

The only change to the car was that the rear clip, decklid and tail lights were swapped.  Front and rear fascias are Formula.

[GTRS Fiero]

I'm curious if this was a high-mileage vehicle.

[NoMad]

I would guess it was fairly high mileage. The odometer in ir read 157k miles but the title had indication of being inaccurate. Lots of stuff shows a good bit of life lived and lots of replaced parts so I would guess it has seen many a mile. Since it is my daily driver it is certainly racking up the miles fast with how much driving I do.

[GTRS Fiero]

The problems you're having make more sense, given that context.  Since you're driving it, the issues are apparently not show-stoppers.

[NoMad]

No, I am enjoying the challenges and character of the car. Plus as I fix and modify things it becomes more and more "my car" which I really enjoy.

[Fierofool]

I think the odometer is correct.  In Georgia, after so many years, they list the mileage on the title as exempt, unknown, or inaccurate.  They tried to list the 88 Lil Duke Coupe that way when I got it, but I knew it was a one owner car and had never been changed.  Car Faxes and AutoCheks are good ways of checking mileage.  That's what I did on my 86, and surprisingly, after going through 3 other club member owners, it was the original odometer. 

[GTRS Fiero]

I know what you mean.  For better or worse, my Fiero is mine.  It is unique.  I have people as far away as Florida report seeing pictures of mine, because people tried to replicate what I did, either by using mine as a template, or just using the idea.  So, my Fiero showed up as an example on some vendors' web sites.  Oddly, I'm trying to duplicate a prior Fiero.

[GTRS Fiero]

Mine has the original odometer.  I think I'm the 4th owner, but one previous owner only bought this one long enough to flip it.  All my gauges are original, although I may have to change the temp/fuel gauge, due to damage.

My first Fiero only had 139K on it, and all the gauges were original.  I bought it at 121K.