1987 Fiero GT Project Sat for 15 years Part 1

[@formula73]

Dude! Ronald Finger’s Fiero series got me looking for one, too!

[@pml394]

Me too

[@KennethWayne]

Here from Ronald Finger. This was a real treat to watch. I'm fixing up my own car that's been sitting one of these days but until I have the money, I live vicariously through you more diligent guys 🤣. Great work. She looks great and that oil change should do her some good

[@bangalgar]

Same man lol

[@markonmotoring]

I've already watched the Ronald Finger Fiero Series. I like certain aspects of each of the two body styles of the Fiero. We didn't have them here in the UK other than as an import but I saw one as a kid and never forgotten it. They seem to get a lot of bad press but maybe they are not muscular enough (especial the iron Duke engine) fir the US buyers and perhaps not as dynamic a drive as a Fiat X1/9 or MR2 for us Europeans. No mistake these are very 80s and I love it.

[@andrewlovett8890]

Great to see another one back on the road. I've always loved the Fiero ever since a holiday to the US with my parents in 1987, where as a 19-year-old lad , i saw a white GT cruising the strip, with pontiac lit up in red... I fell in love with the shape and style of the GT Fiero. She sure sounds sweet ! well done!

[@zestydude87]

I own 2 vintage Porsches but i'll tell you what.... I would absolutely LOVE to have a 5speed Fiero GT! They are just so cool looking and they never rust.

[@jboogie3497]

I bought a fiero by as my first car back in 92.. had an 86 gt. I now own a corvette but you def got me on the hunt for another fiero.. great vid!

[@JaredQMarsh]

I’m excited about this, just picked up my Fiero project card last night, don’t stop uploading!

[@toddbailey1219]

I just found this video series when I began looking for my next project. 2 weeks ago I picked up an '88 GT that has been sitting for about 13 years and needs a lot of work. Thanks for documenting your restoration as it is a great source of information! I look forward to watching the rest of the series. Great work too!

[@carlos64030]

This is one of my all-time favorite cars! I'd love to get a white '88 GT with gold Diamond Spoke wheels and t-tops.

[@stansmith4054]

I was in an accident in my 85 SE Fiero too. I was rear ended while at a stop sign at 55 mph. My fiance and myself were fine. The Fiero had barely any damage and I was able to drive it home. The 97 Cavalier that hit me was totalled! I now have a 86 GT fastback and she is my baby!

[@aguyandhiscomputer]

I work down the road from the Fiero plant in Pontiac, MI. Sad all the factories are empty and being torn down.

[@jean-lucdorais7198]

I used to owne 33 years ago.I lived in Quebec, Canada. I watched your video,and I am glad for you. Thank.

[@fiero880]

Thank you and thanks for watching.

[@jefferysmith3930]

Still a great looking and great sounding car. When I was in high school the spoiled rich girl that lived down the road had a 2 year old ‘85 GT 4 spd. She drove the hell out of it and it made such a great noise for a 1980’s American car.

[@TheDuckseason]

Dude you are living my dream, always wanted a black and tan with gold rims.

[@AdamAve93]

Completely hooked on these videos! Just about to get my very own 88 formula. Just waiting for it to be delivered and then I can begin my journey!

[@FieroKyle]

Awesome! Super excited to see another fiero fiero series on KZbin

[@waltjackson9381]

As a fellow Fiero owner (86 notchback and an 86 GT) I can tell you there are some great videos out there on what to do with the rubber which lifts off the trim pieces. Mr Mikes website has great pointers too.

[@fiero880]

Thank you Walt

[@gravediggerr5591]

Great to watch! oh the memories! I had a 86 SE from 86 to 2010 I miss it so much great job love the car 😁

[@indigoridge]

Subscribed! I live in the Lowcountry and also have the Fiero bug. I've been restoring and modifying mine for 16 years.

[@fiero880]

And by the way, Welcome Aboard!!!

[@spankthemonkey3437]

indigoridge what state

[@indigoridge]

@@spankthemonkey3437 Charleston, South Carolina, aka, the LowCountry.

[@spankthemonkey3437]

indigoridge yea I was wondering I live in orangeburg county. Just wondering if it was the same low country I was thinking of but any way cool to meet another Carolinian

[@indigoridge]

Spank Themonkey several years ago we had a small group of active Fiero owners that met on a regular basis here in the Charleston area. My job keeps me more than busy so I am not as active with the hobby as I once was. I have participated in a few car shows in the past few years. I put a whopping 15 miles on my Fiero last year. I am committed to driving and enjoying it more this year.

[@sonnywhyte3010]

Great video!! I recently bought a 1984 Fiero. Love it!!

[@fiero880]

Thank you

[@angelorivera3611]

Sounds very nice,has a little rumble to it, I know your going to enjoy it. Not bad at all. Have fun dude.

[@cristian6766]

Wow, such a great looking car! So cool! It's better looking than the normal Fiero.

[@keninthekitchen1562]

Id def go for a GT model rebuild! One day, when I dont already have 2 project cars in my driveway lol

[@andymantoronto]

Very cool, I have an 87 Trans Am GTA but always loved the Fiero GT, I'll be watching and enjoying your videos.

[@jcmusco]

Enjoy your car, I too have a nice stack of receipts for my 87gt I have owned for 13 yrs. Enjoy

[@h8rade4u]

I have one that looks exactly like yours. 87 silver gt with grey interior. Putting a 3800 supercharged in mine. It sat for 10 years

[@medearishome3761]

....looks just like the Fiero that was flying by our neighborhood a few days ago!

[@fiero880]

Ha ha ha. We tried to be quiet!!

[@trace9130]

This dude gets alot of work done really fast.

[@houstoncowdog]

This was good content, imagine how cool it would have been if GM would have made a One of those with the Grand National turbo motor.

[@_.Mercury._]

8SecSleeper no it wouldn’t have

[@houstoncowdog]

Sorry guys but Fiero’s are often swapped to anything from 3800’s to Cadillac 4.9 V8’s these days.

[@feelthesteeltatt00piercing]

Whoa!

[@spankthemonkey3437]

houstoncowdog 4.9 plus a 175 shot on mine

[@AmericaBumpertoBumper]

I'm A fiero Nut. Driven a couple, but have never had the chance to own. New Sub. Oh, the glorious sound of the 2.8L

[@fiero880]

Thank you and welcome aboard !!!

[@pimpHO87]

weird, since for me, I've grown up with Fieros most of my life and I live near an Interstate 880 in CA. Amazing.

[@seththomas9105]

Put a can of Sea Foam in the crank case and drive it about an hour before you do the oil change. When you get done with that add a little Marvels Oil to the oil change. Its a little tune up in a can that actually works.

[@twenty4dupont]

I know the Fiero is kinda the Vega of their day but I’ve always liked these cars. Hard to work on, yes, but that just makes it more fun. I love your passion about the car and can’t wait to see more of what you do with it. Congrats on the find! 👍

[@jackpinnell3204]

I'm impressed on several points: your find and putting the deal together, finding a "toater" to move it for you, putting a LOT of TLC into the project and bringing it back to life! I live in Whiteville, NC and have been looking for a Fiero for a few months. I've actually looked at 2 or 3 trying to put a deal together and either they're too rough and the seller is not living on this planet. Let me know if you run across one that's " a deal" and I don't care what color and would prefer automatic. Thanks, Jack in Whiteville.

[@omarsmith8523]

The car sounded Great!! Beautiful Tone

[@fiero880]

Thank you!!

[@firpo417]

Was always a fan of the Fiero, sad that when they finally made it good, they stopped making them. I'm looking forward to seeing you driving it around the Greenville/Simpsonville area, if you see a blue Dodge Magnum R/T honking at you, that will just be me..lol

[@stephenbello1081]

Cool car, sadly there's hardly any of them around in OZ. I put postit notes on my steering wheel to remind me of stuff that's important. Handy, as Im usually doing a few hours at a time stretched out over many weeks. "Pump the brakes!" is a favourite that I put on before doing a brake pad change. "Unplug the trickle charger" (6:40) is also in my top 5 .

[@garycorbin2789]

I used to see a couple running around the Australian capital territory and the Eden Monaro in the eighties , always wanted One love the restoration channels especially on Fieros as I couldn't get close enough to really Eyeball them back in the day

[@mrkazman]

6:42, drives off with the jumper box. Ahhh, a man after my own heart.

[@fiero880]

Charger!!!! I was pulling up just a little to put it on ramps. The wonderful world of editing. lol!!

[@mrkazman]

@@fiero880 to be honest every little mistake, every dropped tool just makes me appreciate you more. I like that you don't edit those out, because that's the reality of wrenching on cars.

[@chloedegurechaff1941]

Theres a broken down gt near me. I want it so bad. But i cant afford to have it just yet. One day i hope to get it and work on it. Id love all the love fieros are getting right now. Really makes me want to try and get that one.

[@fiero880]

You never know, got make an offer you can afford.

[@bencorder2544]

Picked mine up a few months ago for $1400 with almost mint interior. The kid couldn’t figure out why it wouldn’t idle right and turned out to be a $100 vacuum leak fix 🎉

[@PuppetCrank]

Im late but yeah im gonna binge watch this series 😁

[@benjamman1]

Awesome job man! Congrats. It makes my heart warm that another one is saved.

[@fiero880]

Thank you

[@0nem1leh1gh]

I owned a GT in 1994 and I loved it.

[@keironastbury9399]

that sure is a good looking car i cant understand why people run it down id love it, and i do think silver would be great colour for it, keep it up bro.. im lovin it from the UK.

[@lloydbarten12]

Ronald finger is getting me fired uo to do one of my fieros.

[@JohnDoe-wf3rx]

Still have my 87GT I bought new in high school in 1987.......time for a restore

[@BlueXonar]

Damn, Ronald Finger needs him some of those wheels!

[@Joseph-Cav]

Good video! I had 2 fiero’s both were u underpowered for me, 4 cyls. Bought them at auction. Ronald fingers car videos a good way to familiarize yourself with the fiero. 6cyl is what i want

[@outtahere321]

Cool Fiero..... have fun with it.

[@aguyandhiscomputer]

5:10 I forgot they had the Corvette E-brake .

[@creightonfreeman8059]

I hope you video the process of replacing the rubber weatherstrip around the windows. Mine is petrified too and I have been procrastinating pulling the door panels apart to replace it. Seeing you do it might give me some motivation.

[@fiero880]

I did the dew wipes in part 3 or 2. It wasn't too hard. The window motors so far have been the hardest.

[@obiwanjacobi76]

Anyone see the tow driver pump the gas pedal before starting? Thought that makes no difference on EFI cars?

[@josesilesgarcia9859]

I love this car ,but in Spain its imposible to find,Good Luck with your proyect amigo

[@icerazar713]

For a 32 year old car, it sounds rough, but it looks pretty solid. Nice car. I drove an 83 for a while. 👍

[@tomasbrown3091]

There was no 1983. 1984 thru 1988

[@icerazar713]

@@tomasbrown3091 sorry for any confusion. Was not trying to claim my 83 was a GT. I was just saying that I drove an 83 Fiero for a while when I younger..

[@tomasbrown3091]

@@icerazar713 haha, no worries man. I was just saying they didn't make the Fiero in 1983.

[@icerazar713]

@@tomasbrown3091 then I guess it was an 84. Shoot, I'm old and my memory ain't what it used to be. 😂

[@fiero880]

I know its crazy to think these are now 33 + years old now.

[@riphaven]

Pontiac: we have a winner, we changed to the body style and it looks great! GM: that's great, now cancel it, it competes with the corvette and Camaro.

[@ronlheureux7623]

The did a lot more than a body style upgrade. Mechanically it was the best Fiero to that point. The GM screwed the pouch!

[@riphaven]

@@ronlheureux7623 GM always hated Pontiac, that's why they dumped them and kept Buick, no sport competition.

[@ronlheureux7623]

Joker I don't know the sales figures, but Buick had a different demographic, older folks so likely they were the sales leader between the two brands.

[@Cyrus-wp1ks]

@@riphaven when the government bail out happened, the government wanted GM to only have like 2 brands.... Well gm negotiated to keep gmc and buick. But its true the sales figures werent there for pontiac by that point ... So pontiac,hummer,oldmobile,and i forget the last one or two brands that were sent to the chopping block. Some company or some rich dude offered to buy pontiac but they wouldn't let it go. They should be changed from GM to GB.... Greedy bastards!!

[@chrisp3085]

@@ronlheureux7623 The reason for Buick surviving and Pontiac dying is simply the fact that Buick sold and still sells hot cakes in China for some ungodly reason.

[@drw-007]

I remember back in the 1990s I had 3 Fieros (at different times). You could buy them all day long for like $500 running and driving. I had a non running snowmobile that I traded for one of them. All had Iron Duke 4-cyl. those engines were bullet proof and gutless. Manual trans was much funner to drive but I also had an automatic at one point. You can't find them for sale anymore... atleast not in the Nashville area.

[@fiero880]

I know it is crazy. And the nice ones were 2500$. It took 4 years to find this one.

[@drw-007]

@@fiero880 this makes me want to get another one. I never had a GT before...

[@benmccullough9816]

I allways wanted one 2 i just think it's neat

[@delmarrathbone7092]

I’m going to look at an 86 Fiero GT next weekend. One owner, 42k miles, garaged and covered since new. It belongs to a family member who doesn’t want it any more. Any idea what would be a fair offer for the car?

[@jimsxray]

It sounds great! What comprises the exhaust system?

[@dr.schmecklesbergklitnick3811]

I'm surprised no mice got in it from sitting out for 15 years!

[@shadymaint1]

Got to drive one with a Cadillac North star in it. Much more enjoyable to drive.

[@carlosaguirre9643]

Fckn nice find! So miami vice style...80s live!

[@kylesaren1604]

Would love the links to the fiero seat covers and the window rubbers!

[@fiero880]

rwupholstery.com/shop?olsPage=products%2Fslip-on-seat-covers www.fierostore.com/Product/Detail.aspx?s=66226&d=360&p=1

[@jymmid.8278]

You should look into putting a Cadillac V8 (4.9 ltr) in it. I have an acquaintance that did that and dude, that thing is fast!

[@fiero880]

Maybe a 3800SC down the road.

[@humbertocoria3329]

Very nice car.

[@stansmith4054]

She looks almost like a DeLorean in the dark!

[@JBsC6]

Fun video. Thank you.

[@rickwitt5735]

Love the video, but I'm begging you to NEVER say "transportating" ever again. It's "transporting". Keep up the great work!

[@ronlheureux7623]

Rick Witt You caught that little ditty too, ha.

[@1uptospeed]

nice job well done if you did all the work on it think of all the money you saved! now i know why your called fiero 880 ,

[@fiero880]

Thank you!!! yes all work has been done by myself.

[@RolandCaston]

Very nice

[@jq1187]

Did you happen to record yourself making the repairs? I have a Fiero project myself and could definitely use some good reference material. Thanks for the video!

[@fiero880]

Yes there is 7 videos so far on this Fiero.

[@tx6538]

the first mid engined american car !nice

[@gerard7aa]

Cool!..

[@jp_parrish]

Cool video 👌 ready for more 👍

[@chadherron2741]

wow funny thing i just bought an 87 gt fiero that has been parked for about 15 years too, hope i can get it to run

[@fiero880]

Thank you

[@fiero880]

Lots and lots of work. But its worth it in the end.

[@matthewbratton3825]

Love old Fiero GTs and Pontiacs in general. Nice work keeping it going.

[@SGTJDerek]

Always wanted one but I want a manual. Especially if it's an '87-'88.

[@fiero880]

I looked for 4 + years and wanted a 5 speed manual. The problem is to find a nice restorable Fiero or even one in good to great condition they are expensive. So when this one came up for sale, yes it was an auto but it had a great structure to work with.

[@SGTJDerek]

@@fiero880 I completely understand. Now if you went the 3800 route😁.

[@stansmith4054]

Do you still have her?

[@mosicnflowmuasyaj9748]

👍👍

[@THEKOBE7612]

Hello fiero880. Do you have any additional contact information. Thanks

[@bandit8315]

my fiero is great real nice is bather than yours in I never drive it it run great

[@victorgreenfamily]

I am fan of the Fiero i wand to buy one.

[@Cyrus-wp1ks]

Ive never been ok with electrical parts and lines that close or ON the engine ... Just seems like a fire hazard... Id wrap what you could in some of that high heat tape/wrap.

[@miked5444]

6:44 battery charger says waaaaaaait.

[@HansDelbruck53]

Transportating?

[@JonO387]

I hate transportating cars for long distances.

[@brokecountry3965]

How much do you want for it

[@fiero880]

I laughed out loud when I read your comment. I am so far past the point of no return with Part 6 and 7 coming soon. It will far exceed the book value.

[@brokecountry3965]

@@fiero880 I hear ya sir. Love the gt's. I had a 87 and a, 86. Both were pristine. Regrettably I had to sell them just to watch both of them get destroyed slowly. Now getting hard to find such a car in the shape as you have. Keep up your work sir. Those cars will take care of you right back. Hell i wouldn't mind helping you work on getting it fixed up. Ive had my hand in them plenty. But fort worth is a ways away from you. Lol. So how much do you want for it? 🤣

[@TheProgrammerGuy]

What's with the freaking ADS!!! TOO MANY. I would like to 'transportate' them all to heck and let them fix their own 'calibers'.

[@eddwiggins4383]

Man. I had one of those new.... It was ALREADY a pile of crap.

[@nesmandan1037]

Not cool. People watch these videos to know what they are getting into and cost is a huge part of that

[@ajberdan]

Too bad it's an automatic transmission. Those 3 speeds are garbage.

[@fiero880]

Too bad yes, but no too. It is nearly impossible to find a nice project Fiero worth fixing up with the manual transmission. And few I have found were so far gone. Yes I did want a manual really bad but the auto in this GT is actually really nice. Shifts great and I am getting too old to be constantly shifting. Unless it was a mustang GT that would be a different story.

[@indigoridge]

I have an 86GT with a SC3800 conversion and a four speed manual. I absolutely LOVE the four speed, but truth be told, I was actually looking for an automatic as a daily driver recently because the four speed in heavy stop and go traffic really bites... "Clutch in and Clutch out" and creeping along at about ten to fifteen miles per hours for up to an hour for a 15 mile commute is no fun.

[@ajberdan]

@@indigoridge I guess where you live has a lot to do with it? I had a Ford Ranger 4x4 years ago with a stiff as hell clutch. In traffic you'd get a sore left leg. I learned to drive that truck almost without using it. Not sure this would work for an 86GT?? However? Maybe?? I am saying that first comment assuming not many are gonna use Fieros as daily drivers. I am putting $ aside to purchase one. I may have to buy an automatic? Rest assured mine won't stay that way. Enjoy your GT I have driver an Oldsmobile with the 3800 in the past. Great power. I can only imagine it in a Fiero!!

[@indigoridge]

ajberdan you are quite right. Where you live has a lot to do with it. My commute to and from work is on pretty busy streets with a lot of traffic lights. If it was freeway driving I could creep along in gear without a lot of clutch.