Clif's 87 Fiero GT Project

..... Clif's 1987 Fiero GT Project .....

Kansas City North, Missouri

This page will detail the damages, repairs and restoration of the 87 Fiero GT.

I didn't take images of the shifter replacement or the brake pad replacement, but I will at a later date.
I hope to have the time to catalog all steps with images.

Assesment of damages :

!!! HELP !!! How on earth will I ever fix this mess ?�? Need advice ..

I borrowed the shifter from my white 86 1/2 GT, I would like to find a replacement, or maybe an after market shifter, like the old B&M Star Shifter...to replace this mess.

**87GT Project**
ID	Problem	Solution	Parts Needed	Parts Source	Memo
1	Auto Shifter Broken	Replace	Auto Shifter	Borrowed from another car	Have a shifter en route
2	Front Brakes	Rebuild	Rotors Calipers etc.	Not Complete	Replaced just pads and surfaced rotors
3	Pass. Door wrong door !	Find a door	Door	en Route - fierolist contact
4	Pass Mirror missing	Replace	Power Mirror	en Route - fiero-list contact
5	Inner Door Panel Missing	Replace	Power Door Panel	en Route - fiero-list contact
6	Shocks and Struts all wasted	Need to replace		Not Complete
7	Pass Headlight Motor Gears stripped	Need to replace		Not Conplete
8	Rear quarter lower moulding missing	Need to replace		Not Complete
9	Pass Quarter Window	Missing Need to replace		Not Complete
10	Half round moulding for rear quarter	Missing need to replace		Not Complete
11	Interior Dirty and trashed	Scrub, scrub, scrub		Working on it �
12	Paint heavily oxidized	alot of labor		Working on it	Will paint after all other body work is completed
13	Front GT medallion missing	Replace, or maybe hand paint a facsimile of it		Planning
14	Gauges irratic	Looking for a grounding or charging problem		Working on it	Also want to install mechanicals for comparrison
15	Front end wanders	Shock bushings tie rod end, etc.		Not complete but budgeting
16	Rear Sway Bar	Non-existant	Rear anti-sway bar kit	Not Complete - Budgeting
17	Upper Body broken behind the pass. door	I wish I new ..		Not complete
18	Speakers all trashed	Replace all			Replaced a couple with cheap cones, but more later
19	Door frame damaged from an accident	Needs a good metal worker		Not Complete

!!! HELP !
!! I need parts :
A complete passenger door, with burgandy skins, can be a differant color I guess, and be painted.With inner power window door panel.
A passengers side mirror
Passengers side...Light grey ground effect, lower GT trim, and rounded door moulding.
An automatic trans. shifter, aftermarket if available or stock. (I borrowed the shifter from my 86 1/2 GT for now.
Badly need GT Rear quarter glass for Passenger side

I refuse to strip parts from my favorite White 86 1/2 GT, except the shifter.
I can't seem to locate the correct parts around Kansas City.... any help would be appreciated....

Drivers side = Perfect

Nose=Perfect

Tailend=Perfect

Engine/Trans/Air Cond/=Perfect

Brakes=Trashed Front right rotor chewed to hell, all pads thin and caliper housings need rebuilt.

Suspension= Rough, Shocks rusted away, all bushings need replaced.

Interior=Fair, Dirty, Broken Shifter, Speaker Cones Wasted

Passengers Side=Poor Condition,It looks like the door was center punched,inner panel missing... previous owner did his best to make it look okay. Replaced the door with a red junk yard door and tried to spray can it burgandy, as a result it turned a pink color. Inner door panel missing, rear quarter glass missing, ground effects are in poor condition and lower moulding missing or poor condition.

Damage to the passengers side body and pillar.

Electrical=fair, everything seems to work except for passenger side headlight motor, has stripped gears.

The trip meter states : visits

Last Updated16 July 1997

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The 87 GT, was found by accident. A couple of weeks ago, my Astro Conversion Van, which I use to run service calls on network systems started pumping steam from the exhaust. Needless to say it needs head gaskets at least. We just put about $1000.00 into the top and bottom ends of 4.3 Astro engine last November. And now looking at another 2500.00 to overhaul the 4.3 Astro engine. Being on a tight budget this year, I was trying to decide which of my two vehicles would be the least expensive to repair. The Astro Van or my 86 1/2 Fiero GT in the backyard. I decided that if I could find a parts car cheap enough, then I would rebuild the White 86 1/2 Fiero GT. No such luck. Last week I ran up to the neighbor hood gas station to get gasoline for the lawnmower. And there was a guy sittin' in this burgandy 87 GT, he had just placed a For Sale sign in the back window. I asked him how much he wanted for the GT ... wanting his very bottom dollar figure. He was honest with me, and said that he really didn't want to part with it. But three kids and a bunch of bills were forcing him to let it go. He shot me his bottom dollar amount, and without looking at the car at all, I said that I would take it, on the next day. I had only seen the drivers side, at this point. He started it, and opened the engine compartment, telling me that the previous owner had had the engine overhauled and that it only had about 35k miles on it when he got it 6 months ago. The engine looks real clean and sounds healthy. I gave the guy my card and arranged to take possesion on the next day. I held my breath until, the next afternoon, he showed up, title in hand. And a tear in his eye. I gave him the stack of fresh $100.00 bills, and we did the deal. So, the Astro van is being towed back from the shop, and will have to wait for it's new engine until maybe August. Funny thing is, this Fiero is the very same color scheme as the Astro conversion van.

Any suggestions or tips ? Email me here .....
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