82_Camaro

I have an 82 Camaro 305 TBI crossfire Injection Z28. Its all stock leather interior fully decked out all stock. Perfect Condition. I need to know if anyone knows a place where i can run my vin number to get the exact production numbers on my car. not the z28 and such. i want the exact pro numbers. please get back to me

scottmoyer

Do a search of this forum for original invoice and you'll find information on who to contact to get them.

Also just an FYI, the 1982 Camaro seats were vinyl. Leather wasn't available until 1987.

82_Camaro

Well the car only had two owners and I'm the second and the first didn't touch the car. Everything was dry rotted and leaky I had to go through it. The leather came with it thats why I want to find production numbers because eveRyone says that's rare to have leather

camaroinoh

Go to a gm dealer ask them to run your vin they should be able to give u every thing your looking for

scottmoyer

the dealer can't get the information for an 82. You need to contact the media archives for an invoice.

In an 82 Camaro, it is rare to have leather. It's so rare, it's non existant! There was no leather in Camaros in 1982. The seats, unless reupholstered, are vinyl. The production numbers are zero.

82_Camaro

Maybe it is vinyl, but even so i havnt seen any 82's with anything other than cloth. how do i contact the media archives?

navy02ws6

Generally, only the no-option cars came with vinyl.

Rare? Sure! But desirable? I would say not.

82_Camaro

Well it looks a lot better than Cloth

navy02ws6

That's debatable

I will say that vinyl holds up to wear better than any other material.

Different strokes for different folks though. I think vinyl's gotten a bad name since about the only place you see it in new vehicles is in stripped-down trucks and fleet cars.

82_Camaro

Tell me what you think about it.

Iroctopless

Looks in great condition.

jharrison5

Looks to me like the car was ordered with the standard interior instead of the deluxe which seems odd to me since the car has power windows. Are the door panels cloth or vinyl?

82_Camaro

vinyl. is that really the standard interior

Dens71TA

iTrader: (5)

That looks like the Camaro deluxe interior to me. The base interior was shared between the Camaro and Firebird. It had very basic front seats with squared-off integral head rests and vinyl heat pressed door panels.

82_Camaro

Good to know thanks

Drew

iTrader: (58)

The high back buckets covered in vinyl were the base standard interior in early thirdgen Camaros. The "custom" interior upgraded to the seats with an adjustable headrest. The top of the line seats were the LS Conteur seats.

Vinyl wasn't really common because it was cheap, HOT, HOT, HOT, HOT, HOT, did I mention it gets HOT after it sits in sun for a few hours? Most Sport Coupe's even came with the upgraded cloth. I'm pretty sure that cloth seats were standard on the Z28.

jharrison5

Yes they were standard and I was under the impression that you had to custom order a Z28 with vinyl seats. However '82 was the first year of the new body style and it was the 80's, so god only knows what was going on in GM's head back then.

Usually when I come across Z28s with a vinyl interior they were ordered that way special and were bare bones with very few options to keep down on weight. As in no power locks, power windows, power mirrors, A/C, or sometimes even a radio.

You have found a unique and oddly optioned car so hold on to it.

scottmoyer

My 83 Z28 that I bought in 85 had the vinyl seats. It was also a bare bones car with manual windows, locks, no cassette, no ttops, 5 speed manual/LG4, etc...

My 82 Z28 had black vinyl seats, TTops, power windows, locks, seats, LU5, positraction, rear carpet, hard locking cargo cover, etc... So this car came fully loaded and still had the vinyl seats. Not sure why though.

Dens71TA

iTrader: (5)

Standard and Deluxe AKA Custom interior both used high back front seats in '82. The Lear Siegler seat option had adjustable head rests.

Vinyl and cloth were available on both style interiors.

FWIW, you could get leather seats with the deluxe interior on '82 Firebirds. It wasn't cheap at $844 which is probably the reason why Chevrolet chose to stay with vinyl. The Camaro was usually marketed as the more affordable F-body.

82_Camaro

Thats how my 82 is all power with the vinyl interior

82_Camaro

i also have the original sales brochure and i looks like the LS Conture seat was only the driver side.