David Hambleton

Just to tease Padgett, here's a pic of my 'real' Fieros (notchback style of course) from right to left - 84 SE 2.5l 4 speed, 86 coupe 2.5l 5 speed and 88 Formula 2.8l 5 speed.

I bought the 84 Fiero SE 2.5L 4 speed (on the right) new in 1984. It has 385,000 kilometers on it now (239,000 miles). It's a daily driver except in wet salty conditions. I was looking for a spare in Feb 2008, but found the 88 Fiero Formula 2.8L 5 speed (on the left) with 5,200 kilometers on it (3,230 miles) in showroom condition, so, couldn't pass up a 'new' Fiero... It's for shows & occasional use. Still looking for a daily driver alternate, in Jan 2011 I found the red 86 Fiero Coupe 2.5L 5 speed in need of some TLC but very solid as it was a lady's summer car. I replaced the increasingly noisy engine with an 87 2.5L in 2013. Since I try to do all my own car repairs but am only a 'pretend mechanic', it's handy to have a spare so I'm not without a daily driver Fiero! I got the house/car era matching 1929 Model A in Nov 2016. It is very solid, the paint was ok for me, it was functional, but EVERYTHING needed TLC, lol! Perfect. I had looked for a four door sedan like this for about five years. After driving the Model A, all of the Fieros feel like race cars. 😁

Well we're partially ok then, lol! The upstairs and sunroom windows are vinyl replacements. 😀

Here's the fleet coachJC refers to; the Model A is more house-appropriate and makes the Fieros feel like race cars. 😁