Junkyard Find: 1986 Pontiac Fiero

by Murilee Martin

Published: April 30th, 2014

The Fiero was something of a disappointment for GM, to put it mildly, but enough of them were sold that I still see the occasional example in fast-turnover wrecking yards. For some reason, I haven’t photographed any junkyard Fieros for this series before today (though I have photographed an incredibly detailed full-back Fiero tattoo, and Sajeev has written about this 3.8-swapped Fierrari), but this extremely yellow ’86 in Northern California caught my eye a few months back.

I’m pretty sure these door decals weren’t factory-installed.

Likewise, the yellow instrument-cluster bezels.

This yard was nice enough to put carpets under all the cars, but then someone knocked this Fiero off its jackstands.

In the alternative-universe scenario put forward by GM’s marketers, Fieros driven by attractive young women were so numerous that hitchhikers could afford to wait for a Fiero GT, or at least one with a V6.

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Murilee Martin

Murilee Martin is the pen name of Phil Greden, a writer who has lived in Minnesota, California, Georgia and (now) Colorado. He has toiled at copywriting, technical writing, junkmail writing, fiction writing and now automotive writing. He has owned many terrible vehicles and some good ones. He spends a great deal of time in self-service junkyards. These days, he writes for publications including Autoweek, Autoblog, Hagerty, The Truth About Cars and Capital One.

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William442 on May 01, 2014

Rocker arm covers!

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JohnnyFirebird on May 13, 2014

Fieros were my favorite Hot Wheels. I feel like driving one now might kill my childhood love for these cars.

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