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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 01:43 AM
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Re: what in the world is this conversion?

Originally Posted by Aussie Muscle
at least that 3rd gen conversion is tasteful, unlike this
http://www.bobsclassics.com/sold/86zq.htm
I want to like it, parts of it are so cool.
Looks ready for the salt flats though.
Room for a V12 out back.
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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 09:07 AM
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Re: what in the world is this conversion?

Originally Posted by Gumby
I want to like it, parts of it are so cool.
Looks ready for the salt flats though.
Room for a V12 out back.
When I look at that I don't see fast. I see slow and bloated.
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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 09:33 AM
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Re: what in the world is this conversion?

Originally Posted by Gumby
Yes, someone here long ago photo chopped it for me, I always thought the Birds have lots of similar lines to them Dodges. [And I hate that 91-92 nose.]

And id build it, if it wouldn't bo so much work and a reproduced nose and wing for one of those is big buck, then you gotta cut it up. Which means probably paying a real pricy pro so its seemless and right.

It would be sick, till ya forgot ya had that 6ft tall wing and knocked it off one day in a drive thru n pull a Joe Dirt

You can see the lights in the Daytona nose would be used, not the ones up higher, he just erased the lines but id use the stock location ones for dual intake fresh air ports. Part could even be use for the front brakes. Make it look like its ready for 200MPH,then do it

Thought it out allot but to much $$$$, done gone the Euro / Ferrair look, only big expense is $1000 on glass wide body rear fenders, but they also stop me from having to replace the rear quarter skins, I can hack the cancer out of it, protect and cover for none to see ever again.
where did you get widebody rear fenders for a firebird? are they the showcar ones? did you put them on yet? PICS?
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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 11:33 AM
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Re: what in the world is this conversion?

Originally Posted by 87bluebird
where did you get widebody rear fenders for a firebird? are they the showcar ones? did you put them on yet? PICS?
Yea the show car ones, I haven't gotten them yet but if you search around you can find a few threads with pic of folks installing them.


Think this was the most recent one
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/body...sh-camaro.html
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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 04:43 PM
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Re: what in the world is this conversion?

Originally Posted by Gumby
Yea the show car ones, I haven't gotten them yet but if you search around you can find a few threads with pic of folks installing them.


Think this was the most recent one
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/body...sh-camaro.html
yeah i seen a couple of threads where people have installed them on Camaro's but i haven't found one where it was done to a Firebird.
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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 04:59 PM
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Re: what in the world is this conversion?

Originally Posted by 87bluebird
yeah i seen a couple of threads where people have installed them on Camaro's but i haven't found one where it was done to a Firebird.
Not much different but the tail light area........
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Old Jul 3, 2013 | 01:04 PM
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Re: what in the world is this conversion?

Originally Posted by campin1983
Did that car just get converted to look like an 80's Olds/Buick? Really? I think i'm gonna convert my Firebird to look like an Escort now... that'd be cool, right?
I actually knew someone with that car, its a Zimmer google it , Car gets a lot of attention but i dont see how.its a GM underneath.
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Old Jul 3, 2013 | 08:32 PM
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Re: what in the world is this conversion?

Originally Posted by ikeepitreelz
but i dont see how.its a GM underneath.
Like I posted before.........Its a Pontiac Fiero underneath
all the mods and body panels.
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Old Jul 3, 2013 | 08:45 PM
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Re: what in the world is this conversion?

Originally Posted by sonjaab
Like I posted before.........Its a Pontiac Fiero underneath
all the mods and body panels.
Yup i know i messed up that sentence with bad punctuation. I dont see how it turns heads, i meant.
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Old Jul 3, 2013 | 11:07 PM
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Re: what in the world is this conversion?

Originally Posted by 1ATony
I'm with you on the clones.The only car ever I'd consider cloning is a 69 Daytona or 70 Superbird.Only because the cost of one is so sky high,and two the ones that are out there are mostly in museums,although there's a blue one that shows up at the cruise night over here.
Or a '69 TA, hardtop OR convertible.
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Old Jul 3, 2013 | 11:15 PM
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Re: what in the world is this conversion?

Originally Posted by K-slice
There's at least 1 Fiero with a lamborghini countach kit on it around here. The worst part is I think they guy tells people around town it's a real countach...

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That's easy to debunk - ask to have a peek at the engine. If he won't do that, you should be able to tell by listening to the car drive away.
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Old Jul 3, 2013 | 11:19 PM
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Re: what in the world is this conversion?

Originally Posted by 86T/A_Ram_Air
i don't know but to me the only kit car thats worth doing is the Shelby Cobra replica which uses a 87-93 fox body mustang as a doner i believe.....but really your only using the frame....not saying i like fords....but a shelby is pretty bad a$$ even if it is a replica
I'd rather own a Ford than support the company that killed off Pontiac.
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Old Jul 4, 2013 | 08:51 PM
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Re: what in the world is this conversion?

My bud worked for Zimmer in Pompano beach and I saw plenty of those Grand Prixs and Fieros (and later they used mustangs for the spirits) being carved up and "transformed" into either a Golden Spirit or a Quicksilver.
I had pics of the Pompano factory and still looking for them.......

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Old Jul 5, 2013 | 09:50 AM
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From: Doghouse ······································ Car: 1989 Formula 350 Vert Engine: 350 L98 Transmission: 700R4 Axle/Gears: B&W 3.27
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Re: what in the world is this conversion?

Originally Posted by Aussie Muscle
at least that 3rd gen conversion is tasteful, unlike this
http://www.bobsclassics.com/sold/86zq.htm
No one, or at least I did not notice, mentioned that this is not an F-body, it started life as a Fiero... So it is smaller than it appears. The original ad at bobs said that it was a mid-engine... So it was a dead give away.
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Old Jul 5, 2013 | 10:20 AM
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Re: what in the world is this conversion?

Originally Posted by okfoz
No one, or at least I did not notice, mentioned that this is not an F-body, it started life as a Fiero... So it is smaller than it appears. The original ad at bobs said that it was a mid-engine... So it was a dead give away.
I mentioned it in 2009 and sonjaab mentioned it in 2010 and 2013
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Old Jul 5, 2013 | 01:07 PM
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Re: what in the world is this conversion?

Tuche'
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Old Jul 14, 2013 | 12:55 PM
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Re: what in the world is this conversion?

check out this conversion
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