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blackadder 12-01-2022 03:18 AM

First I heard of these.
 
Heard of Mallett but this is new one to me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUVRkoVtZ68

rwfisher 12-01-2022 08:25 AM

https://pontiacmera.com/

TAKerry 12-01-2022 09:04 AM

Fieros were neat cars. I bought one new in '85. Never had a problem with it. I think the styling was very good, the later gt's were beautiful in my opinion, and the 'fast back' design was really good. No need to change a good thing, I never got on board with all of the conversions.

mgarblik 12-01-2022 09:18 AM

We had 2 of them to sell at the Pontiac dealer I worked at. One was red, the other yellow. I only recall they were very expensive, roughly doubling the price of the Fiero it was based on. The yellow one hung around the dealer for over a year, finally being sold as the new models were coming in September. Based on our mid-sized dealer having 2 to sell, I have to believe a fair number were built? Maybe 1000 or so? Anyone know?

Half-Inch Stud 12-01-2022 09:19 AM

Never knew until now, and the Meras look pretty good.

mgarblik 12-01-2022 09:24 AM

We had 2 of them to sell at the Pontiac dealer I worked at. One was red, the other yellow. I only recall they were very expensive, roughly doubling the price of the Fiero it was based on. The yellow one hung around the dealer for over a year, finally being sold as the new models were coming in September. Found a little history on the cars. Total production, 247 cars. All sold through Pontiac dealers. None sold as DIY kits. The TV show Magnum PI, probably helped sell most of them.

poncho-mike 12-01-2022 04:18 PM

I think I saw one of these at Charlotte Autofair a few years back. It had a Chevy V8 in it. The asking price was pretty high, I assumed it was a home made job.

blackadder 12-01-2022 04:33 PM

I see there was one sold on BaT in the past. Although it had a V8 conversion. I would of thought it would have brought in a bit more money. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1988-pontiac-mera-2/

blackadder 12-01-2022 08:56 PM

Beems there is more to the story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdH1td-DJk0

nashcar 12-01-2022 10:02 PM

I sold a collection this Fall for the widow of a friend. There was six Fieros in the lot one being a GT with a sbc 350 conversion. I drove it for a test run, very impressive. The owner did the conversion, he was an engineer and did a great job, very neat looking.


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