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Re: How hard is AXing on your car?

To: <andycost@att.net>, <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: How hard is AXing on your car?
From: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 18:13:59 -0500
It's the 88 as it was the last year made and by far the best as Pontiac in
their infinite wisdom made numerous changes only to stop production that
year. Steering is far better as is the suspension. Make that a GT too.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: <andycost@att.net>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 2:07 PM
Subject: Re: How hard is AXing on your car?


> Those poor Fieros.  We should start a "Save the
> endangered Fiero" society.  Someday they will be rare
> like our roadsters.  I suggest that we all buy at least
> one Fiero and restore it.  We can then store them in a
> climate controlled warehouse until they become
> valuable.  We will all be rich!  There has to be some
> 1/2 year limited production Fiero that deserves all of
> our attention and resources.  I tell you what, everybody
> send me donations and I'll start the fund to save the
> Fieros.  I'll send you weekly progress reports on your
> individual sponsored Fiero and you can sleep better at
> night knowing that you made a difference.
> Andy
> Krum, TX
> (Why would anyone want to move from Krum to Oklahoma?)
> > Usually when you see a nice car (old or new) being destroyed (unless it
is a
> > very common or inexpensive car) for a production, it is a replica.  That
is
> > one of the things that keeps the kit car business going.  It also leads
to
> > some legal issues as in one movie (I don't know which) a Ferrari 355 is
> > destroyed.  Well, they could not afford to do that in reality, so a
replica
> > was "splashed" off of it (kit car term for making a replica from the
> > existing body) and it was mounted to a fiero chassis.  The fiero died
for
> > the cause.  In fact, the panel lines were painted on (the panels did not
> > open as on the real one!) just for the illusion.

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