My White 1985 IROC-Z
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My White 1985 IROC-Z
Hey all
I just picked up my dream car. It is a white 1985 Camaro IROC-Z with T-tops. It has always been a Michigan car and never driven in the winter, no rust anywhere.
It has all original paint, interior, and dash pad. It has about 100,700 miles on it, and drives great. I plan on putting the original Delco tape deck in the car, along with a new steering wheel because the leather is chewed up. The flowmaster exhaust and 4 inch tips were put on by the original owner.
I have to fix a few paint chips near the rear hatch and putting the IROC-Z stickers back on the doors.
I look forward to spending time here. Here are a few pictures I took yesterday.
I just picked up my dream car. It is a white 1985 Camaro IROC-Z with T-tops. It has always been a Michigan car and never driven in the winter, no rust anywhere.
It has all original paint, interior, and dash pad. It has about 100,700 miles on it, and drives great. I plan on putting the original Delco tape deck in the car, along with a new steering wheel because the leather is chewed up. The flowmaster exhaust and 4 inch tips were put on by the original owner.
I have to fix a few paint chips near the rear hatch and putting the IROC-Z stickers back on the doors.
I look forward to spending time here. Here are a few pictures I took yesterday.
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Car: 1988 Firbird formula 350
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Beautiful! What color IROC-Z decals are you going to put on? Post a photo them when you get them on.
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Thanks so much!
I might go early on Friday if i do go. It just gets way to crazy busy on the last night.
I might go early on Friday if i do go. It just gets way to crazy busy on the last night.
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Mine is a May of 85. Any specific production number of white 85's? Or you just dont see many?
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No, unfortunately they didn't break productions numbers down by color back then. But the number is low. I've had mine since the mid 90's so I have been on the look out for a long time for other white 85's and you just don't come across them very often.
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The mats were in the car when I bought it. I plan on buying OEM mats, and until I find those ill keep these in. The carpet is in perfect shape.
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Car: 1986 camaro Sports Coupe
Engine: L31 350
Transmission: 89 700R4
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they were a birthday gift from my grandma since she knew i didnt have any in my car and she knew it was november
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Car: 1985 Z28/1981 Z28
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i have those floor mats in my camaro and tahoe dont know why they always show up in my cars really nice lookin camaro
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Thanks stroken85.
Ive seen some pretty trashy looking thirdgens on the internet, I didnt think floormats were so offensive on this site lol.
Ive seen some pretty trashy looking thirdgens on the internet, I didnt think floormats were so offensive on this site lol.
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Based on what puma's car looks like, he has every right to speak his mind. His car is out of this world!
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Car: 86' IROC-Z....and 5 other 3rdgens
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nice find, seems to be a very clean iroc. but im curious, is your dash guages missing the clear lense that protect them??
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Thanks for the compliments otherwise!
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First repair:
Gauges. After a whole 5 minutes of owning the car, I got tired of looking at gauges that were dirty and faded that had no plastic lens on them. The tach face was actually rusting and the "redline" was now pink!
The temp sensor had no resistance whatsoever and would get stuck in the bezel when the engine was started. I quickly realized thats why the lens was missing: to unstick the temp gauge.
Bought a set of perfect looking gauges from the classifieds and got to work. I wanted to keep the speedo because it was specific to the 1985 and since I dont remember the last time I was driving at 145mph, the 85 speedo was plenty enough for me.
Heres the tach and temp sensor comparison.
Took some cleaning wax to the face of the speedometer because it was dirty, and it looked just as good as the rest of the new gauges I got.
Got it all buttoned up and it looks 1000x better now.
My next order of business is to find a nice looking steering wheel.
Gauges. After a whole 5 minutes of owning the car, I got tired of looking at gauges that were dirty and faded that had no plastic lens on them. The tach face was actually rusting and the "redline" was now pink!
The temp sensor had no resistance whatsoever and would get stuck in the bezel when the engine was started. I quickly realized thats why the lens was missing: to unstick the temp gauge.
Bought a set of perfect looking gauges from the classifieds and got to work. I wanted to keep the speedo because it was specific to the 1985 and since I dont remember the last time I was driving at 145mph, the 85 speedo was plenty enough for me.
Heres the tach and temp sensor comparison.
Took some cleaning wax to the face of the speedometer because it was dirty, and it looked just as good as the rest of the new gauges I got.
Got it all buttoned up and it looks 1000x better now.
My next order of business is to find a nice looking steering wheel.
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