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new guy 1st fiero

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Well I come across odd stuff from time to time. Today got a call from a guy needing some work done on his car hauler. I go quote him a price and he sets a time up to drop the trailer off at my place. He had a 86 fiero gt sitting in the back yard.

I asked him about it and he has had it for 10 years and about 6 months ago had all new leather interior done. Since I was looking for a new shop to do interior on another car I asked if I could check it out. Got the number of the shop and the guy continues to tell me how he had every bushing a inthe suspension done at a local shop. The car was super clean. Then he tells me 3 months ago the clutch was needing replaced so he had the same shop do the clutch. During reassembly they accidently cut the wires to the coil. Well i don't know what happened but they had a falling out. So i told him if he wanted to bring it to my shop i would fix the wires, sunroof seal, and a couple of other small things.

He said he was to busy to mess with it right now. So i made him a offer on the car and after a little back and forth i got the car for 800. So he signed her over and I go back to pick it up tomorrow. Will post some pictures of it tomorrow evening.
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Welcome to the forum!

Good luck with the fix!
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>All new leather interior
>Suspension Refresh
>Clutch job

$800 sale. Good for you. Welcome.
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sounds like a steal so far. looking fwd to seeing some pics
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Whooo. Had one mess of a day. Got her to the house and the gray coil plug is the one the shop broke off. they said they could not find another at parts place. I rigged my own spades and plugged them in and she started up. I didn't drive it. The rear alignment is all out of whack from the clutch change. So after washing it paint is a 20 footer macco job. Looks decent but no where near what my standards are.

Right off the bat these are the things I need to fix.
e brake
valve covers leaking a little.
Oil pan leaking.
Needs painting.

Interior is in really good shape.

Here is my main question. Are these cars valuable enough to not change factory color?

Reason I ask is the po changed interior from grey to black. So since that is changed I'm thinking of going with a different color when I paint her. Going to turn lights on out side and try to take some pictures now.
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You'd only lose value if the car still had original paint and 12k miles. The only factory color I find interesting is the red metallic, but maybe you like one of them. Id whole heartedly suggest finding a color from a paint book.

Dont keep the car if youre looking for something to make money with. Fieros are sows ears only for enjoyment on the road, not for collecting.
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