Followup to the Smokey Yunick Fiero
A couple weeks ago, I wrote about the existence, or lack thereof, of Smokey Yunick’s famed adiabatic-engined Fiero.
As it turns out, I got an email last night from a man named Tony Allers, who owns the Fiero now. Interestingly enough, Tony’s a few miles up the freeway in Hendersonville, TN. He pointed me to the most recent article about it in The Tennessean, which is Nashville’s major newspaper. Here’s the article.
Mr. Allers also mentioned that the Fiero had been mentioned on Spike TV’s Horsepower TV a while back, as was mentioned in the comments of the last article. Mr. Allers also mentioned that the Fiero was shown to the public for the first time a few weeks ago at The Fiero Factory in Toney, Alabama. Toney is where my sister lives, interestingly enough. Small world.
Here’s a couple pics from the Tennessean article:
–Will
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July 3rd, 2007 at 9:41 am
Hello! Good Site! Thanks you! xkitsvcvrb
August 27th, 2007 at 2:14 pm
Hi, can I have Tony Allers email address to contact him?
February 6th, 2008 at 1:20 am
So, how does that “adiabatic” Fiero perform?
June 1st, 2008 at 5:38 pm
I’ve seen the Fiero and the engine. I think it’s very impressive. I’m working to build one with simuliar results.
June 18th, 2008 at 10:45 am
Tony Allers is a fraud.
it’s been over 25 yrs since the release of smokey’s fiero story. Plenty of time to fabricate/clean-up a ‘mock” car.
unless the famed fiero was repainted, smokey’s car was red not white in the HR 1984 article pictures.
July 9th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Why Mr. Rat, you couldn’t be more wrong. Tony Allers is most assuredly the real deal. Smokey’s Fiero was, as pictured on the cover of magazines at the time WHITE. The red hot vapor car was a Buick. Should you have any more questions, please feel free to contact me directly. Trish@SmokeyYunick.com
Trish Yunick