Posted on 07/31/2012 1:56:11 PM PDT by AFreeBird
As you’re helping her with the restoration,be sure you emphasize the importance of checking the oil. IIRC, the Fiero has a 3 quart oil sump, so keeping it full is a major chore. And it’s one with dire consequences if not kept up.
This child is a reflection of you and your’s values. It’s always a pleasant surprise when they live up to them.
This one looks like a 2.8 V6.
I think the 3 quart sump was the 4 banger, no?
I remember those cars from the 80’s......
I seem to remember hearing that Fiero translated to “Proud”.... Coincidence?? Sounds like you have real good kid.
After she masters the V6, she can swap over to an LS for some real fun.
http://www.v8archie.com/v8Archie/Prod2.htm
Good for her...and the decision of mom and dad!
When I did motojournalism (and in my own spare time) I always played with off-road desert trucks (70s vintage F trucks mostly). My daughter was always playing with them with me from about 10 onwards. Not very ‘girly’ of her but it did result in a career working on F117s, F22s and lastly the F35 project ;)
The girl in the story DOES have a bright future ahead of her.
When our kids first started driving, I showed them how to check things before going.
One of the things I told them is: You can drive it while low on gas if you want, but don’t you dare drive it without oil.
How cool!
My uncle was on the design/early production team. He kept one “dry docked” in his garage for years.
Ping to you.
You have a way cool daughter.
Sadly, she too young for my son...
/johnny
...she’s...
Woa! Not my kid folks! Tried to make that clear.
Naw, not helping her with it. Just learned of the story today and spent some time going through 19 pages of posts. A lot of those folks posting sound like FReepers, or ought to be.
Just wow.
Apparently, some pages into the thread, the wife of a production line guy had saved up a bunch of EOP gifts and stuff, and he ended up sending some of it to her.
How cool was that.
>>> “Dad, I love blowing $H!t up!” <<<
LOL. Doesn’t everyone?
I wonder if BHO would say to her, You didn’t rebuild that, Somebody else did that? Wow, what a story.
When I was a teen, I helped my cousin in law restore a black 86 fiero and swap everything out for high-performance parts. We took it down a steep hill down the road from my parent’s house and the front end started lifting off the ground from the lack of weight and speed. I “fixed” the problem by dropping in a 50 lb bag of concrete that had been left outside. Drove like a charm after that.
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