What did you do today?

[Charlie Horse]

Today I took my old 87 Fiero (Thats the purple car in the picture--My first car that I got when I was 18 with money earned in basic training) for a successful shake-down run. It has been down for 17 years or so, ever since something came loose in the gear box and blew a hole in the differential case. It came with a 2.5 Iron Duke 4cyl that sucked anyhow, so over the years I've been working on installing a Quad4-High Output with supposedly double the horsepower. Its been troublesome and has had some problems that were very hard to figure out. For instance, the clutch has been horrible and stranded me on a test run in the spring. Turns out the V6 clutch I put on it was so strong that over the years just sitting there, the finger-springs bent the flywheel into a dish. This never happens and required yanking the engine out again. Anyhow its been a nickel dime nickel dime but it seems to be nearing completion. I have to finish some interior work, change the clutch slave for a bigger one, clean the injectors, replace the computer, and I'll be done at long last. BTW those cars didn't come as convertibles. I installed the kit and painted it back when I was in my 20s. It still looks great and still has the "Smokin' Elvis" skull on the gas cap-- A logo that Oingo Boingo used sometimes. An 80s tribute car indeed!



In the spring I need to decide which of my other project cars to restore. 66 VW chop-top, 51 Willy's Jeepster, or the other 87 Fiero with the 3800 engine. Which one will it be? I'm as helpless as a kitten, up a tree....... BTW that little red car is a 65 Lotus Super Se7en kitcar, my daily driver. Goats are BANNED from jumping on cars around here, let me tell you!