'85 fiero GT Widebody restore

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   Came down sick this weekend so no updates.  

I've been mulling over the idea of looking for another good condition 85 GT and just swapping the body pannels etc. If I can find one for a good price and low milage (good luck) it might be more economical than an engine swap + restoring any other faulty components.  

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JKFiero Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 05 March 2016 Location: North Vancouver Status: Offline Points: 15	Post Options Post Reply Quote JKFiero Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 13 March 2016 at 11:39am
	Came down sick this weekend so no updates. I've been mulling over the idea of looking for another good condition 85 GT and just swapping the body pannels etc. If I can find one for a good price and low milage (good luck) it might be more economical than an engine swap + restoring any other faulty components.

Car-2-Lo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Post God Joined: 14 February 2007 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 1266	Post Options Post Reply Quote Car-2-Lo Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 13 March 2016 at 2:08pm
	[QUOTE=JKFiero]Came down sick this weekend so no updates. I've been mulling over the idea of looking for another good condition 85 GT and just swapping the body pannels etc. If I can find one for a good price and low milage (good luck) it might be more economical than an engine swap + restoring any other faulty components. [/QUOT you may not be able to swap the rear body clip, looks like it was moulded (rear clip, rear bumper and quarter panels) all into one piece on the car ?
	Johnny-B-Good

ARTIC-1 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 14 October 2009 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 434	Post Options Post Reply Quote ARTIC-1 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 13 March 2016 at 8:17pm
	Yea it looks like Johnny is right,the body on your Fiero has bin moulded in to pice,front clip an rear bumper. If you can get it running ? Then you may be able to make a stronger choice on just what to do,fresh motor Would be a good choice? If this motor isn't up to Snuff!they may will be a few other things all so. Good luck
	SNOW MAN 87-GT/AUTO-2.8_ WHITE 88-TTop/ Duke-2.5. RED

JKFiero Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 05 March 2016 Location: North Vancouver Status: Offline Points: 15	Post Options Post Reply Quote JKFiero Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 16 March 2016 at 8:42pm
	Yeah the body was a one off I think. He told me they made it seamless. I think the intake scoop actually works! The engine oil looked empty and the coolant looked empty too. I'm going to need to check many things in the engine. I have some really good service manuals and I'm just going to follow one step by step. The Pontiac "Do it Yourself" guide that came with the car even shows you a lot of things. It was cool I got the original manuals with it.