1k: Mildly Upset Max: 1984 Pontiac Fiero Dune Buggy
If the apocalypse is going to be a place where gas is rationed and parts are limited, it would not be a good idea to drive around in a supercharged interceptor V8 or a giant 4×4 Land Crusher…the better bet would be something powered by a fuel efficient inline-4 or V6 and small enough to squeeze under fallen overpasses. Find this 1984 Pontiac Fiero Dune Buggy offered for $1,700 in Sioux Falls, SD via craigslist. I have no idea where this tip came from, but I don’t think I found it on my own…fess up in the comments if you sent it!
This Fiero is much more customized than the average Fierarri, but in a good way. It is easy to be dismissive of the poseur Prancing Iron Duke, but this car just puts it all out there and doesn’t pretend to be anything other than awesome.
If you thought the stills were intriguing, just take a look at the sellers video. It starts with a high school aged metal band riffing some tunes and then segues into this Fiero playing cat and mouse with a demolition derby car. More questions are raised…nothing is answered. It is like a redneck version of the Thunderdome casually blended with synchronized ice dancing. WHAT AM I WATCHING AND WHY CAN’T I STOP!!
At least the seller was nice enough to show a detailed picture with the rear clamshell open, revealing the 2.8 liter V6 from the Fiero GT mated to an automatic transmission.
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HOLY CR*P! This is totally insane! This is so Super Hessian I'm not certain if it's real or an elaborately staged ruse. All I can say is this, as much as I'm happy these dudes are not my neighbors, they are having 100 times more fun than I'm having. Damn. Wish I was there flat brimming & drinking Natty Ice with them right now…
The heck with selling this. They ought to make a kit for it!
I gotta figue that if you look on the bottom of that hood, it says "Exit 35a" in big white-on-green letters
I can just imagine how impressive I would look sliding across the hood and jumping in through the welded-shut door/window opening while reveling in my Dukes of Hazzard/Mad Max fantasies.
Oh my god, it's the hillbilly version of that rally AW11 that's all over the tumblers and inter-network!
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That AW11 looks even more like an Empire Strikes Back Snowspeeder than they usually do. All it needs are two big blaster cannons and a rear-facing tailgunner.
The music and the fabrication appear to be at about the same level as far as technical competence versus producing an admirable result.
With a little more practice and a couple more corners on the hood, a lot of polish could be achieved. This is a fantastic project to add one's own touches to, but I confess I'm almost more interested in what looks like either a TE37 or TE72 sitting in the middle of that dustbowl in the video.
This looks like as favorable a fun to cost ratio car as I've seen. It would be worth it just to send out an email link to the video saying look what I bought. The 20 years ago me would have already bought it. South Dakota is kind of far away , and I don't know if Hagerty would put it on my policy.
This seems to be a product of the same guy
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Yeowch!