i drove several cars through the 1980s, but i never remember a brown IROC. recently though, i ran across that apparently rare color code on camarosource.ca for the life of me, i don't remember a brown exterior 1987 IROC Camaro did these really get made?

If you notice the abbreviation for the IROC is Zci and it's not in the column for dark brown.That's not to say one wasn't built but I highly doubt it.

my bad...

still, that would have been impressive.

EDIT: so based on the above chart, there was at least a Z28 offered with brown metallic exterior paint? what i find even weirder than a brown IROC would be a brown Z28 with a black interior.

unless there is a difference between the interior code "BK" and "Bk"

It's easy to overlook items like that in columns.Dark brown with gold wheels and stripes/decals would have looked good.Try looking through the parts catalogs to track something down.And the medium grey would have been another good IROC color.They had the dark grey single line IROC wheels so that would have looked nice with say red stripes/decals.

EDIT:And dark grey was available in '88 in the IROC(but different code so different hue grey I guess)so the same goes for me looking at abbreviations in columns.

I do know they made a brown GTA...


I own one

Really? do you have some pictures??? I am interested to see how it looks. Thanks

My brother had one, he wishes he still had it.........I think he would trade his 00 Ram Air, WS6 T/A for another one

Not the best picture, paint is old and faded from sitting outside for 5 years in the same spot.

There's an old lady that lives down the road from me with a Brown 84 Z28 with a T5, no AC and a Brown Vynal interior. I've lived here for 8 years and the car has not been driven in all that time.

I've tried to buy it several times but she gave it to her son and he's not selling !!!! I've opened the car door once and it smelled so Bad I had to close the door - FAST ! It's parked in the woods and the mice have made a hotel out of it !

yeah that happens to alot of very nice cars, i know were a 10th aniversy special edition trans am sits rotting away, my father in laws ex wifes husband own it, and hasnt driven it since 89 with no plans to restore it, doesnt even have a cover on it sits in the backyard under some pine trees, such a pitty very nice car, 400 with a 4spd manual and t-tops full leather inteior, very nice, i know of atleast one guy that offered him $12k for it how it sits

Now that's just plain stupid.

wow never heard or SEEN a brown thirdgen before...unless you count the rusted ones

The brown z28's with gold gfx look great, IMO. It would be interesting to see a brown IROC with gold stripes, gold wheels and a tan interior. Anyone besides me think it would look good?

I agree with you it would have looked good.I've seen a couple brown Z28s and it's a nice color as Klortho's GTA is a nice example.

They did make Brown 2-tone 89 IROC, stock one parked down the street.

my neighbor recently attempted to restore a brown 79 TA... until a drunk kid smashed into it with his truck while the TA was parked next to the sidewalk one night.

i'll admit i'm not big on brown cars, but this one looked nice complete with the gold firebird hood decal.

so was the L98 engine an option for the 1987 Z28?

according to what i'm reading, the large 5.7L engine was not an option on the Z28 that year.

As far as I know,and have read,the B2L/L98 350 was an IROC only option.The top motor in the Z28 was the LB9 305(but again I maybe incorrect).

I also had a friend that bought a brown '79 T/A new.It was a nice combination with the gold decals and saddle interior.

And 3rdGenWillie there isn't a brown listed as a color option for Camaro's in '89.http://www.camarosource.ca/php/camar...trim&year=1989

Here's a beautiful example of the GTA that is done Russet metallic, he was on this board for a while and on the gtasourcepage named gmendoza

Maybe dealer option....This is for sure org. paint 2-tone tan and brown 89 iroc

Are you sure it's a '89(tenth digit of the VIN - K)and it's an IROC?And when you say tu-tone do you mean the GFX section is a different color or just the stripes.Is this someone you know to ask and possibly look at the SPID decal in the console(make sure the VIN matches the car)?

And Klortho that is a beauty.It's lighter than the brown used on the 2nd Gen.And by the name russet does it have some red in it up close?

Wow, I never would of thought brown as a good color for a GTA.... but that one is BEAUTIFUL!

That's what GM calls the color, when I went to the paint shop to get the paint for my car, I remember them saying it had some red, but also gold perl in it.

Brown was never an option on the IROC-Z. There is a rust color that could be mistaken for it in certain lighting, but it was never 2 toned.

Found this pic on the net 10 years ago

As nice as that car is, all I can think about when I look at it is a Snicker's candy bar.

Thanks Klortho.

Here are more pics of the GTA:

My 84 Z28 was brown with brown L/S interior. Silver wheels and trim.

i owned an 84 z28 once that was originally brown with brown interior. there's another one about 5 minutes from my house that looks like it hasn't moved in about 10 years.

they made them, that's for sure.

Oh, my goodness.... that GTA is mighty fine looking. A beautiful, one-year-only color.

when ya "hear" it mentioned ya think "ummmm NOPE!!!!" then ya see it , esp when the paint is nice it looks pretty dang good. brn with gold detail, id own one, camaro or bird.

that looks like the purple color that was availbe for 1 year on irocs cant remeber the name of it though........And I gotta say that gmendoza ur car is amazing

I agree it looks like a purple/dark cherry color, but there was never a purple iroc from the factory.

Thanks

welp you are correct I checked it out today, and there isnt I could have sworn though that they made some though huh?

I am NOT a brown fan by any means but the GTa bove looks really sweet. When I look at the pictures there is enough red in it that it pops, (now I will get bashed for sying there is red in the paint)...

John

You would think they were actually produced, seeing as how I've seen so many of them painted that color or similar over the years. One of them didn't look so great though, it had a red interior