The Pontiac Fiero was positioned as a cheaper alternative to General Motors’ mainstay sportscar, the Chevy Corvette. Unlike the Corvette, though, the Fiero was never offered with a soft top roof, so customers had to live with either a hardtop roof or the much rarer T-Top.
A 1984 Pontiac Fiero recently popped up for sale on an online car auction site called Cars and Bids, but this is no ordinary Fiero. The owner of this car appears to have taken matters into their own hands after GM failed to offer a convertible version of the Fiero, chopping off the roof and replacing it with a stowable soft top. The exact details of how this homebrew roadster conversion was carried out are not available, but according to the listing, the owner installed chassis reinforcements to ensure the car retained some rigidity once they sent the roof to the shadow realm.
In addition to the soft top conversion, this 1984 Fiero has also been customized with 18-inch aftermarket wheels, an aftermarket exhaust, a late-model rear spoiler and a full interior color change from red to black. It features the factory 2.5L Iron Duke four-cylinder engine, which is rated at a rather tepid 92 horsepower and 134 pound-feet of torque.
That somewhat sluggish engine isn’t so bad when paired with the standard five-speed manual transmission, but this unique Fiero, unfortunately, features the optional three-speed automatic. It was delivered well equipped with creature comforts like power windows, air conditioning and an AM/FM radio.
This car currently shows just 68,200 miles on the odometer and is sold with a clean CarFax report. It has attracted a high bid of $3,000 as of this writing with five days left before the auction times out. Check out the listing at this link for additional information and photos.
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No I would pass. Never buy a car with no roof.
There were a number of professionally Fiero conversion done and most are still with us. If you want a drop to Fiero that is the one to find.
There was no 5 speed offered in ’84.
I owned an 84 with a stick. It was a 5 speed. It was a 1st design 84. So yes, they did offer a 5 speed in 84.
Although sales literature listed only two models available in 1984, there were at least three models available with different optional packages. There was the Fiero Coupe, the Sport Coupe and the SE. The Fiero Coupe, also called “Fuel Economy Leader”, came with the MY-8 4-speed manual transaxle that had a 0.73 overdrive top gear along with a high mpg 3.32:1 axle ratio. This gave it an EPA highway/city rating of 50/31 mpg. Air conditioning and automatic transaxle could not be ordered. The starting price for the Fiero Coupe was $7,999. The Fiero Sport Coupe, also referred to as the “base car”, came with the M-19 four-speed manual with a 0.81 top gear along with 4.10:1 differential, giving it better acceleration at the cost of fuel economy, 42/26 mpg. An automatic 3-speed transmission, MD-9 Hydramatic 125-C
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No there was no 5 speed in ’84. All 1984 Fieros had the 2.5 liter Iron Duke four cylinder engine, paired with either a 4 speed manual or a 3 speed automatic trans. My first new car was a 1984 Indy Fiero with a 4 speed.