That stolen 1985 Fiero GT that HPD officers pulled from the bottom of Lake Houston last summer after a 22-year soak is now available for sale online, a reader notes. Damaged-car auction site Copart (pronounced “CO-part,” not “COP-art”) features the mangled, muddy mess in an extensive photo gallery, and pegs the car’s actual cash value (before the minor flooding incident, of course) at $2,000 — same as the estimated cost to repair. Minimum bid for the fiberglass-paneled former vehicle: $175. Houston’s Art Car Parade is less than 3 months away.
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The Fiero was only the most notable prize pulled from the not-so-deep depths of the city’s primary reservoir during the summer’s drought-induced debris bonanza. After lake levels dropped as much as 7 ft., workers were also able to retrieve uncovered tires, logs, historic beer cans, and assorted trash as well.
- Lot # 22353741 – 1985 PONTIAC FIERO GT [Copart, via Marc]
- Here’s What’s Been Clogging Up Your Water Supply, Houston [Swamplot]
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Why would that possibly be worth more than scrap metal value?
I’d pay the cost to tow it to a artillery range. I’ve always wanted to blow up a fiero.
$2,000 to repair seems awfully optimistic for that.
Show me the carfax!
I have a warm fuzzy spot for weird old cars, but for the life of me I can’t even begin to look at this as good for anything other than target practice and/or recyling.
recycling. doh!
Put it up on eBay!
No worries – that’ll buff right out…
Fieros were awesome. I drove one in the late 80′s in high school. The fiberglass construction meant zero door dings because things just bounced off. And, similarly, when you would slide on ice into a mailbox post, the whole car would just bounce off without a scratch. Not that I would know.
I find it interesting that if I still had that car today, I could probably sell it for the same amount it cost “used” in 1988.
I cannot look at a Fiero today without thinking of Marvin Zindler.
One was his ride of choice back in the day…..
Any LeMons racers in here?