Is the 87 Fiero the base model or the SE? At least you are keeping the sun off the center console so it doesn't get that typical vinyl curl.
I have an 88 Fiero Formula that is also sitting, just haven't got enough hours in the day to keep up with all the hobbies.
It's an 87 SE / V6. Believe it or not, for 86-87, they also had an SE that came with all the V6 stuff (gauge cluster, 120mph speedo, aero package, dual exhaust), but had a 4 cyl in it. They are (at least by numbers), the rarest Fieros ever made... hahah... not necessarily the most sought-after though.
Mine is an 87 SE though, but with the V6. It had the Th-125c automatic, and now has the 5-Speed Getrag. I love the 88 Formulas. Is it a 5-Speed? The two quickest stock Fieros were the 88 Formula 5-Speed and the 85 GT 4-Speed with the 3.65:1 gearing.
I had an 85 GT back in ~1999 that someone had decked the heads (compression was now like 9.2:1) and had swaped in a 4.10:1 4-Speed... it was really quick... couldn't even get traction from a clutch drop until I'd shifted into third.
Frogger? It looks more like the shape of a Zaxxon or Congo Bongo cabinet to me. Or do you mean someone sold you a frogger in a zaxxon cabinet?
The cabinet itself was a Zaxxon, but the control panel was a Frogger. The Frogger control panel was the same dimensions and size as the Zaxxon one, which I needed because I wanted something that didn't already have holes in it. Frogger only had a joystick, which is now a track-ball hole, and I was able to add the other buttons simply with a bi-metal hole saw. The Zaxxon cabinet had been stripped, and was slated for the dumpster when I got it... so I don't really feel bad about using it. There were no boards in it, and everything had been removed.
Where in Florida do you live? I'm in Ocala.
I'm in a suburb of Tampa right now, Lithia... neat little town called Fishhawk within Lithia. Sort of like old-style downtown Chicago, because all the homes are modeled after historic American designs.
Welcome to the hobby, as my way of helping get balls deep in it, I will sell you half of my collection, as it sits now I have 38, take 18 of them off my hands and I'll have room for my score tomorrow when I add another 10. I will eventually run out of room. Help a brother out.
Thanks! I'm not really NEW to the hobby, but was a casual observer for a long time. I've had my Missile Command since 1998, but only recently have gotten more interested in fixing up what I have. I'm nervous, because I definitely love arcade games, and thankfully we don't have basements here in Florida... otherwise I'd probably have filled it with arcade machines!!!
