I remember when you posted your '85 GT a while back.  It's good to see you still have it around.  What's the plan on the '86?

I actually already did the huge spill on the suspension differences when I bought my '88 Formula a while back.  After digging around on this '86 GT I found out it has an Eibach spring kit on it.  All I can say is it's incredibly bumpy ride.  I think I have more bump steer with the Eibachs than normal suspension.  My '88 Formula has virtually no bump steer and rides incredibly smooth.  I'm mean it's seriously smooooooooth, even for a Fiero.  I've driven a few Fiero owners in my Formula and they agree that it's the smoothest riding Fiero they've ever rode in.

I've actually converted this '86 GT to be my new daily driver.  Since I got it dirt cheap I'm pretty much going to drive it until it falls apart.  The plan is that since I'm wanting to hold onto my Formula and it's in dire need of a paintjob, when the GT does finally 'die' it will get a complete body panel swap with the Formula, thus creating an '88 GT/Formula.  I've honestly been holding back on modifying my Formula, but as I've been presented with a Fiero with the fastback body I'm willing to do the swap.  What's kept me reserved from doing any significant work on the Formula is it's unique '88 engine cradle.  Since the '86 GT has the same cradle geometry from all prior '88 Fieros, I can easily prep a drive train assembly outside the car and ready it for placement in the GT with a spare cradle.  It's been quite a problem with locating a spare '88 cradle, as they tend to be a bit expensive.  Prior year cradles are a dime a dozen.  

So the plan is I can swap all the body panels in the span of a full weekend, so what that would leave me with is a '88 GT/Formula that's driveable, and a '86 GT with an aero coupe body simply in need of a drive train.

I have however, between writing papers and studying for exams, begun to make some leeway on getting the car to look "presentable".  This Nov. 13th I plan on showing the Fiero GT alongside my Fiero Formula at a local cruise in show.  I went a while back with my Formula and it was generally well received.  I hope that having two different Fieros alongside each other may pique a few interests...

I first just needed to really clean everything up.  A lot of the black colors on the car has faded or became damaged.  This was the engine compartment the day I bought the car.

Here it is as it sits now.

As you can see there's still a ton of work to do but I've made progress.

I'm also working on up front a bit.

There were parts repainted at some point in the car's life.  You can see in the pictures above some red overspray in parts.  These pics are actually a bit old as I've done some more work, but I've managed to get most everything under the compartments back looking glossy and clean.  I also had to restore the spare wheel and the lug tool, which had both gotten a bit rusty.

I'll likely add updated photos when the cars are on display at the show.