awesome car dude - KITT1983, Mon, 15 Jun 2009 9:26AM
Love to car ! I have a 1987 IROC-Z with 140,000 miles. It has been sitting in my garage for 6 years after changing professions. It is the Dark Red Metallic with the Gold trim, and believe it or not, it is in good running condition. Over the years of owning it, I have kept ahead of any rust and maintained it well . I have been shopping around to find someone to restore it, since now I work most of the time.
Still debating weather to spend the money on this model Z28, or selling this one and investing in an older 1969 - 1970 model, already restored.
Great Car ! Love the pics. Awesome color ! - Dan Harrold, Sat, 3 May 2008 6:16AM
Hey! Beautiful Iroc Z!! I have an 86 iroc z with 42k miles and I was wondering where you got the reproduction window sticker for it and all the reproduction stickers for it ?
if you could please reply to my email it would be awesome. Nice car Thanks! - Aaron, Wed, 26 Mar 2008 4:48PM
Hi Nice iroc!! Can I come look at your iroc for sale? I live in corona, CA. I have been looking for a camaro I can take to shows that has been totally restored. I was going to build one my self but im not mechanically inclined and would have to pay somebody a fortune to restore mine. I have six camaros 3 rs and 3 irocs 2 are in good shape the others need work. I have a 91 camaro Rs convertibel with 25k original miles like showroom new inside and out. also a red 89 iroc with 33k original miles 5.7 hardtop if you want to trade. how much do you want for the camaro? Looks like you put a lot of hard work into restoring it by looking at the pictures. very nice job. let me know if I can come Sunday to look at the car. my phone # is 951-271-0676 i cant use ebay because Im not a member so I cant bid on this anyways thanks JR - Jaime, Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:58AM
That is the nicest 3rd gen F-Body I've ever seen. LOVE the color and the choice of stripe color. - Steve, Sat, 15 Mar 2008 4:20PM
Paul; I finally got to your site. Looks good-makes me wish for the '85 with the ZZ3 again, but I do love the color better than our old white beast. Congratulations! I know you've had it together for some time now--it looks great. BN - Bob Nieto, Mon, 15 Oct 2007 8:58PM
That's the most comprehensive and detailed third gen camaro restoration I've seen. You're to be complimented on your skill and attention to detail. I'd like your e-mail address as I have a 1989 IROC Z here in New Zealand (bright blue metallic, 84,000 miles, non T top, 5.7 TPI) and would appreciate the opportunity to correspond. Regards Martin - martin, Thu, 26 Jul 2007 3:56PM
7 Home town hot rods,Popular Hot rodding july 2006 They spelled my last name wrong and it took only 9 months!! not years to do the car!
8 Received our First Award at Super Chevy May 1st 2005
9 05/07/05 Castaic CAD Car Show Out of 300+ Camaro's We Won the Best of Show award.
10 Super Chevy show 3/25/07 My son is in the middle.
11 First Place Winner Street Class Super Chevy 3/25/07
12 8/05/07 We won best 82-92 modified F-Body at WCFB's 40th F-body anniversary car show
13 2009 International auto show orange county set up day. 9/30/08 We were invited by GM to display the car at the show.
14 Reproduction window sticker.Was reproduced from the original dealer invoice so all information is correct with the exception of the color. It was changed to sunset orange.
15 Bought May 31st 2004
One very rare IROC only 5,507 were made for the 1990 model year and 2,415 with the 5.7 L98 motor and 2,710 with the G92 option.This car has both the 5.7 B2L motor and the G92 options.1990 Was the Shortest production year for the Iroc-Z Lasting only Three Months which makes them Very rare and hard to find in good conditon.
16 06/01/04 Hood paint peeling
17 06/01/04 Body is very straight no Bondo or Rust anywhere!
18 06/01/04 New plates.
19 06/01/04 Passenger side, Very straight.
20 06/01/04 Arm rests peeling back.
21 06/01/04
22 06/01/04 Seats faded.
23 06/01/04 Driver seat has hole and needs new foam.
24 06/01/04 Steering wheel sun burned. Needs to be repaired. I opted for a new one.Big $$$
25 06/01/04 Engine compartment after I cleaned it.
26 06/01/04 Note to self. Put LS1 motor here!
27 06/01/04 BBK 52mm throttle.
28 06/01/04 Very Rare emblem.They only made the yellow Iroc emblem and the car for three months.
29 06/01/04 Delco Bose stereo. Amplifiers need major repair. 994 Camaro's came with this option in 1990.
30 06/15/04 The 5.7 TPI motor and trans Removed from the car.
31 06/15/04 Engine was removed with all accessories installed,A great time saver only one hour to pull!
32 06/15/04 GM remanufactured Trans. Has correct code for 1990 Iroc 5.7 TPI.
33 06/24/04 Getting ready for paint
34 Engine compartment striped. Needs an LS1 motor.If only I had one!
35 06/24/04 Windows out all mouldings removed
36 06/24/04 Tail lights and rear bumper removed
37 06/24/04 Doors gutted,all internals removed
38 06/24/04 Interior completely removed.
39 06/24/04 All wiring and a/c removed
40 06/24/04 Soon to be sunset orange metallic or pearl?
41 06/25/04 Cleaned and waiting for the tow truck.
42 06/25/04 Three dings on the hood marked by blue tape.
43 06/25/04 Ten dings on the driver door and one on the passenger door.This car has never been in an accident. It has no bondo anywhere on the body and it has Zero Rust!!
44 06/25/04 14 years and 140,000 miles and the body is as straight as the day it was new. The perfect Project car!
45 06/25/04 Does anyone know where I can get the information labels from?
46 06/25/04 Reporduction decals would be fine.
47 6/26/04 At Brea Auto body waiting for paint.
48 8/6/04 Body work finaly underway!
49 8/6/04 Small ding turned out to be a larger dent!
50 8/6/04 Two door dings repaired.Next stop Paint. All decals will be removed before paint.
51 8/6/04 This is the dent you get when the door is locked and doesn't shut right.Than the person who exited on the passenger side try's to push it closed!!
52 8/13/04 In the prep stage.
53 8/13/04 Driver door primered and waiting final blocking.
54 8/13/04Found one more small ding.
55 8/13/04 Wont be long and it will sport new Paint!
56 9/10/04 The painting has started.
57 9/10/04 The color is Sunset Orange Metallic
58 9/10/04 The guys at the body shop have gone a little crazy and have painted and cleared the whole inside of the car including the roof.
59 10/04/04 Finally painted!
60 10/04/04 Front and rear bumpers painted.
61 10/04/04 Hood.
62 10/04/04 Passenger side paint looks washed out but it's not.
63 10/05/04 awiting the tow truck for the ride home.
64 Camera doesn't do the color justice.
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66 10/05/04 Finally home!
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71 10/05/04 2nd generation Iroc wheel.
72 10/05/04 Sent back to the body shop to correct some mistakes.
73 11/28/04 Back from the body shop . I can finally put it back together!
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78 11/28/04 Starting to look like a car again!
79 11/28/04
80 door before assembly.12/02/04
81 Door assembled.12/02/04
82 12/11/04
83 12/11/04
84 Hatch back on looks like a whole car again.Got to love the 80 degree California weather.12/11/04
85 Dash in car wired. 12/11/04
86 Doors completed glass adjusted.
87 Engine Compartment going back together. 12/11/04
88 12/30/04 New rear suspension installed.This is one of the few 1990 Iroc's that got the 9 bolt rear installed at the factory.And it has the 3.27 gears.
89 12/30/04 Under body cleaned.Gotta love the rust free California cars.
90 1LE brake conversion.
91 12/30/04 1LE front calipers installed.
92 12/30/04
93 12/30/04 New front suspension installed Bilstein shocks and the correct 1LE stabilizer links can be seen.
94 12/30/04 Front crossmember cleaned and painted. The original coating was a form of cosmoline. I painted it.
95 12/30/04
96 12/30/04 Stripes have been put on.
97 12/30/04 All the decals are now back on the car.
98 01/01/05 Paint has real good reflection.The cars in the back round are on the other side of the street about 75 ft away.
99 01/01/05
100 01/27/05 The interior is finally back in the car. The camera flash makes the seats look blue..They are in fact Black!
101 01/27/05 The new steering wheel is still wraped in plastic.
102 01/27/05 here you can see the seat is black.
103 01/27/05 New headliner.
104 01/27/05 GM claims that the floor mats are black. Doesn't look like it to me.
105 01/27/05 All's that's needed now is the motor and the car is done.I'm a little behind schedule because we had 15 days of rain.
106 02/22/05 The new engine is back together and ready to go back in the car.The engine is a brand new GM replacment L98 crate motor!
107 02/22/05 It has a few upgrades nothing to....special.:)
108 02/22/05 Notice the new runners.
109 8/05/07 Photo by Jon
110 02/27/05 The motor is finally back in.
111 02/27/05 Just a few more things to connect and I can fire it up.
112 02/27/05
113 03/02/05 The car is done. Just a few bugs to work out and a wheel alignment.
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122 03/02/05 This is the finished car.
123 05/01/05 My son Ian at the Super Chevy show.
124 05/01/05 Super Chevy Show Pomona My car is in the middle.
125 05/01/05 Super Chevy Show Pomona
126 05/07/05 Castaic CAD Car Show
127 05/07/05 Best of show winner
128 05/07/05 Castaic Car Show Winners
129 05/07/05
130 05/07/05
131 7/31/05 San Diego Embarcadero park
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134 Hotchkis car show 2005
135 02/11/06 My Iroc and my F-1
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137 02/11/06
138 My son Devon at the San Diego Impala car show.only 3 f-bodys out of 50 showed.
139 6/04/07
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143 8/05/07 WCFB car show at Rickey and Ronnies Drive in diner. We took best of class 82-92 modified F-body.
144 8/05/07 WCFB car show
145 8/05/07 leaving the show. Photo by Jon
146 8/05/07 photo by Jon
147 8/05/07
148 3/08/08 Rare cargo area cover still in the original box unused.
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159 3/08/08 Compass and temp auto dim rear view mirror
160 3/08/08
161 3/08/08 5.7 liter California emmissions label
162 2009 International auto show Orange county set up day. 9/30/08
163 9/30/08 My two sons Ian and Devon posing with Bumblebee. They were allowed on the podium with the $2,000,000.00 car and got to check it out before the show.Thanks to Scott Settlemire
164 9/30/08 Ian sitting in front of the engine dyno. He got his own private show of the dyno in action. Thanks To Scott Settlemire
165 Car show set up 9/30/08
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167 car show set up 9/30/08
168 car show set up 9/30/08
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172 10/01/08 car show with out lights.
173 10/01/08 car show with lights..What a differance.
