Fiero 35th Anniversary Pictures

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Here is where I'm going to put my pictures from the Fiero 35th Anniversary (and I hope others will add pictures here also).
First up, the supercharged Duke folks have been talking about.
This is basically a stock 87 duke engine (bored .020 over, I was told, but otherwise stock). It has a 4 barrel carburetor and an Eaton supercharger. Boost is set at 6 pounds. The ignition is supplied by the stock DIS setup.
The supercharger compresses the air-fuel mixture, not just air (sort-of like Smokey Yunick's Fiero).



This is the car the engine is in...


Here is the very first Mera made...



I have many more pictures, but I drove 700 miles yesterday, and had to work today, so I haven't had much time to process them yet.

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Here's a bit of what happened at the event...
On Thursday evening, we drove to the 50's Diner for supper, where they were having a car show...


We sort-of took over that...


On Friday morning, we drove 60 miles to Pontiac Illinois...


The town reserved their public square parking just for us...





While there, we visited the Pontiac Oakland Museum, where they had many interesting exhibits, including a couple of Fieros.




More pictures later.

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Here are some pics from the cruise to Pontiac:
The welcome banner at the parking lot.



This entire parking lot was reserved for Fieros.  We could come and go as we wished.  Very welcoming.

It seemed that every street corner had one of these cars:

They're big enough for one or 2 small children.



The golden ticket for parking directly in front of the museum:


Abe getting his hair mussed, or one of the small cars up close:


The Route 66 mural:

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There were some Fiero go-karts at the 35th.  Originally, the plan was to let the kids drive them, but the AACA insurance said no.



Instead, the kids got to judge these Fieros.  My son really got into it.  Truthfully, their judging was more like a preference.  Of course, the one with the stuffed what-evers in it won.

If they do this again, I think 2-digit numbers should be used.  In kid logic, if the cars are identified as #1, #2, #3, and #4, of course they will choose #1; the chances are much more fair if the cars are labeled 10, 11, 12, 13, etc.

Edit: I should point out that go-karts #2, #3, and #4 could not be judged, according to the rules, because insurance regulations require the fire extinguisher in front of the left front tire, and only #1 fits that.  The other 3 go-karts were supposed to have been forced to get the fire extinguisher or removed from the field.

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I saw some sortof familiar faces:

Wouldn't you know, one turned away, another turned, and the third ducked behind his Fiero, just as I took the pic.

And Buzz:


And this Fiero:

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Here are a few pics:

Oldjoedad's car:

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Inside cars:
Lego Fiero city:


Real race car:




I think this had the lowest VIN.


Pace car #3:


The red PPG:


The blue PPG:


The yellow PPG:

All 3 PPG cars were in a row.





I think this was the factory IMSA:


Paul Hosler's race car:

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Pgackerman, here's a pic:


I'm in red.

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Here I am in front of the giant Route 66 mural.


All 3 Swayne boys in front of the mural.

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Hmm.  I was at the wrong mural.  I may have to go back and do that.

[pgackerman]

Nice shots. 

What was being discussed in GTRS's pic?

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Continuing the story...
After visiting Pontiac, we went 10 miles further to check out a restored 1932 gas station on Route 66 in Odell, Illinois. (That's my brother Lloyd looking at his phone.)

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Nice shots. 

What was being discussed in GTRS's pic?

That was judging school.

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I see "brakeinspace" on the left.

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Continuing the story...
Friday night, there was a "Friday Night Lights" contest.


Saturday was the big car show. I'm relaxing between my car and my brother Mike's car.


A ladder truck from the East Peoria Fire Department came out to take aerial pictures.


Some of the car show was indoors. (To the guy in the plaid shorts -- it's easier if you stand on a chair.)