1987 myROC Restoration
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1987 myROC Restoration
With all these great stories of restorations and rebuilds, it was inevitable I would start my own rebuild/restoration project IROC....
It was about three years ago I started looking for some kind of muscle car project. At the time I had my heart set on a '71 Cuda because of Joe Rogan's "Sik Fish" that Chip Foose designed. My budget was about $1500. So naturally, there was none in decent shape near that amount. As fate would have it one of co-workers overheard me talking to a guy about a mustang, but it was a six banger...
I was telling another co-worker I was looking for anything with a V8. She told me her husband was selling a 1987 IROC-Z...
. I jumped at the chance! I hadn't seen it, or nothing. It just felt like that car was meant to be mine. They wanted $2500 and all I had was $1000. They let me have it in payments. They called me the day they were dropping it off at my work but I was busy with a patient. They left the keys with my sister who also worked here, and some instructions. As soon as I could I took off to see my new IROC aka myROC. The body was ok, but it needed paint bad!!(will add pics later today) But it was mine!! The day I took it two miles down the street it overheated and broke down. I called them told them I'd give them $1500 total and fix anything that happen, or give me my cash back and keep the car. They took the deal for $1500. I had to replace the whole cooling system. Since then Ive done some mods to the interior, and what not. The engine started messing up so I had to replace it. From a 305 TPI to a 383 Carbed. Rebulilt 700R4 with a shift kit. Minor thing here and there....last step is paint!! So give me some time and I will show you progress now and in the future....thanks for looking!!
It was about three years ago I started looking for some kind of muscle car project. At the time I had my heart set on a '71 Cuda because of Joe Rogan's "Sik Fish" that Chip Foose designed. My budget was about $1500. So naturally, there was none in decent shape near that amount. As fate would have it one of co-workers overheard me talking to a guy about a mustang, but it was a six banger...
I was telling another co-worker I was looking for anything with a V8. She told me her husband was selling a 1987 IROC-Z.... I jumped at the chance! I hadn't seen it, or nothing. It just felt like that car was meant to be mine. They wanted $2500 and all I had was $1000. They let me have it in payments. They called me the day they were dropping it off at my work but I was busy with a patient. They left the keys with my sister who also worked here, and some instructions. As soon as I could I took off to see my new IROC aka myROC. The body was ok, but it needed paint bad!!(will add pics later today) But it was mine!! The day I took it two miles down the street it overheated and broke down. I called them told them I'd give them $1500 total and fix anything that happen, or give me my cash back and keep the car. They took the deal for $1500. I had to replace the whole cooling system. Since then Ive done some mods to the interior, and what not. The engine started messing up so I had to replace it. From a 305 TPI to a 383 Carbed. Rebulilt 700R4 with a shift kit. Minor thing here and there....last step is paint!! So give me some time and I will show you progress now and in the future....thanks for looking!! 
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Hood it came with, then the new hood...
12-06-2010, 11:26 AM
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The 2002 SS seats from another Camaro..
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Looks like your off to a good start! I love how you ditched the daytona hood and went with a good old IROC hood instead. Those daytona hoods looked good in the 80's but now they are a little out of place IMO. Love the seats too!! Did you get the matching rears? When my car was still white I wanted those 2 tone white and black seats so bad. Might look a little out of place now on an orange car lol. Good luck with it!
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Re: 1987 myROC Restoration
With all these great stories of restorations and rebuilds, it was inevitable I would start my own rebuild/restoration project IROC....
It was about three years ago I started looking for some kind of muscle car project. At the time I had my heart set on a '71 Cuda because of Joe Rogan's "Sik Fish" that Chip Foose designed. My budget was about $1500. So naturally, there was none in decent shape near that amount. As fate would have it one of co-workers overheard me talking to a guy about a mustang, but it was a six banger... I was telling another co-worker I was looking for anything with a V8. She told me her husband was selling a 1987 IROC-Z.... I jumped at the chance! I hadn't seen it, or nothing. It just felt like that car was meant to be mine. They wanted $2500 and all I had was $1000. They let me have it in payments. They called me the day they were dropping it off at my work but I was busy with a patient. They left the keys with my sister who also worked here, and some instructions. As soon as I could I took off to see my new IROC aka myROC. The body was ok, but it needed paint bad!!(will add pics later today) But it was mine!! The day I took it two miles down the street it overheated and broke down. I called them told them I'd give them $1500 total and fix anything that happen, or give me my cash back and keep the car. They took the deal for $1500. I had to replace the whole cooling system. Since then Ive done some mods to the interior, and what not. The engine started messing up so I had to replace it. From a 305 TPI to a 383 Carbed. Rebulilt 700R4 with a shift kit. Minor thing here and there....last step is paint!! So give me some time and I will show you progress now and in the future....thanks for looking!!
It was about three years ago I started looking for some kind of muscle car project. At the time I had my heart set on a '71 Cuda because of Joe Rogan's "Sik Fish" that Chip Foose designed. My budget was about $1500. So naturally, there was none in decent shape near that amount. As fate would have it one of co-workers overheard me talking to a guy about a mustang, but it was a six banger...
I was telling another co-worker I was looking for anything with a V8. She told me her husband was selling a 1987 IROC-Z.... I jumped at the chance! I hadn't seen it, or nothing. It just felt like that car was meant to be mine. They wanted $2500 and all I had was $1000. They let me have it in payments. They called me the day they were dropping it off at my work but I was busy with a patient. They left the keys with my sister who also worked here, and some instructions. As soon as I could I took off to see my new IROC aka myROC. The body was ok, but it needed paint bad!!(will add pics later today) But it was mine!! The day I took it two miles down the street it overheated and broke down. I called them told them I'd give them $1500 total and fix anything that happen, or give me my cash back and keep the car. They took the deal for $1500. I had to replace the whole cooling system. Since then Ive done some mods to the interior, and what not. The engine started messing up so I had to replace it. From a 305 TPI to a 383 Carbed. Rebulilt 700R4 with a shift kit. Minor thing here and there....last step is paint!! So give me some time and I will show you progress now and in the future....thanks for looking!! It looks like you have a "project" on your hands!!
Best of luck!!
P.S. Are you sure that the car is a 1987, and not a 1986???
Rear hatch third brake light on top 1986, in spoiler 1987, interior looks like 1986, not 1987, speedometer is only 85 mph as in 1986, not 145 as in 1987!!
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Hello Son of Anarchy!!
It looks like you have a "project" on your hands!!
Best of luck!!
P.S. Are you sure that the car is a 1987, and not a 1986???
Rear hatch third brake light on top 1986, in spoiler 1987, interior looks like 1986, not 1987, speedometer is only 85 mph as in 1986, not 145 as in 1987!!
It looks like you have a "project" on your hands!!
Best of luck!!
P.S. Are you sure that the car is a 1987, and not a 1986???
Rear hatch third brake light on top 1986, in spoiler 1987, interior looks like 1986, not 1987, speedometer is only 85 mph as in 1986, not 145 as in 1987!!
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Re: 1987 myROC Restoration
Glad you got rid of the hood, I like the stock hoods that these cars came with much more.
12-14-2010, 11:37 AM
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Thanks for the responses fellas! To answer the MAJOR question at hand, it is an '87 IROC, as per the VIN and Title, the guy before me's ex wife did a number to that back hatch! Poor bastard!
LOL! The only one he could find was from a 1986 Camaro, thus the high brake light. As for the fog lights, I bought this car about three years ago and I was an idiot back then and decided to go for a more "modern" look. Not knowing anything about ORIGINAL IROC's and how much the OE fog lights go for I just threw them away....
I have regreted it ever since. But its coming along...
LOL! The only one he could find was from a 1986 Camaro, thus the high brake light. As for the fog lights, I bought this car about three years ago and I was an idiot back then and decided to go for a more "modern" look. Not knowing anything about ORIGINAL IROC's and how much the OE fog lights go for I just threw them away.... I have regreted it ever since. But its coming along...
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Thanks for the responses fellas! To answer the MAJOR question at hand, it is an '87 IROC, as per the VIN and Title, the guy before me's ex wife did a number to that back hatch! Poor bastard! LOL! The only one he could find was from a 1986 Camaro, thus the high brake light. As for the fog lights, I bought this car about three years ago and I was an idiot back then and decided to go for a more "modern" look. Not knowing anything about ORIGINAL IROC's and how much the OE fog lights go for I just threw them away.... I have regreted it ever since. But its coming along...
LOL! The only one he could find was from a 1986 Camaro, thus the high brake light. As for the fog lights, I bought this car about three years ago and I was an idiot back then and decided to go for a more "modern" look. Not knowing anything about ORIGINAL IROC's and how much the OE fog lights go for I just threw them away.... I have regreted it ever since. But its coming along...It looks sort of a like a Heinz 57!!
Time and money will cure that!!!
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LOL! Thanks man, Bad news, I sold my baby
...but because it was more work than I wanted/needed! 
The good news is I know the kind of IROC im looking for, and I got about $3500 to play with. So for now Im a thirdgenless....but come Feb/March you all will why I sold it for another Thirdgen!
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LOL! Thanks man, Bad news, I sold my baby ...but because it was more work than I wanted/needed! The good news is I know the kind of IROC im looking for, and I got about $3500 to play with. So for now Im a thirdgenless....but come Feb/March you all will why I sold it for another Thirdgen!
...but because it was more work than I wanted/needed! The good news is I know the kind of IROC im looking for, and I got about $3500 to play with. So for now Im a thirdgenless....but come Feb/March you all will why I sold it for another Thirdgen!Sorry to hear the bad news.........
, but wait, you speak of another "rising" of the IROC!!Keep us posted.........show pictures when you take possesion of the new arrival!!
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Thanks for the best wishes my friend...I found a 1992 Z28 5.7 TPI Black T-Top with the Blister hood and silver stripes. for $2000. Looks solid but the interior needs some work and the engine...I really wanted another IROC, but I might just take this one...Id be the second owner as well...
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Nice dude, i hope you post new pics of your Iroc, i just bought a 87 Z28 with an awfuls 22s and im starting my own project too, i will need some mods too and i enjoyed looking at your Iroc, really hope to see more pics with the new paint job....
Theres a pic when i took for the first time my Z...
http://postimage.org/image/8e2qbep0/
Theres a pic when i took for the first time my Z...
http://postimage.org/image/8e2qbep0/
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Nice dude, i hope you post new pics of your Iroc, i just bought a 87 Z28 with an awfuls 22s and im starting my own project too, i will need some mods too and i enjoyed looking at your Iroc, really hope to see more pics with the new paint job....
Theres a pic when i took for the first time my Z...
http://postimage.org/image/8e2qbep0/
Theres a pic when i took for the first time my Z...
http://postimage.org/image/8e2qbep0/
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damn i really was hoping to see more pics about your progress in the IROC...
well now im started my project and the first thing i did was taking off that Knock off awful wheels, i live in San Diego and theres a lot of Low Rider Lovers in the area most of them in Tijuana so i will send the rims to buy a nice BOSS 338 18" for my Z...
See you soon dude...
well now im started my project and the first thing i did was taking off that Knock off awful wheels, i live in San Diego and theres a lot of Low Rider Lovers in the area most of them in Tijuana so i will send the rims to buy a nice BOSS 338 18" for my Z...
See you soon dude...
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Thanks for the best wishes my friend...I found a 1992 Z28 5.7 TPI Black T-Top with the Blister hood and silver stripes. for $2000. Looks solid but the interior needs some work and the engine...I really wanted another IROC, but I might just take this one...Id be the second owner as well...
Did you buy the '92!!!!
Interiors can be fixed/replaced, and what's up with the engine!!!
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Nice dude, i hope you post new pics of your Iroc, i just bought a 87 Z28 with an awfuls 22s and im starting my own project too, i will need some mods too and i enjoyed looking at your Iroc, really hope to see more pics with the new paint job....
Theres a pic when i took for the first time my Z...
http://postimage.org/image/8e2qbep0/
Theres a pic when i took for the first time my Z...
http://postimage.org/image/8e2qbep0/
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Bounce bounce... jejeje... yes i know it really looked funny before, now i took off those awful rims and just receive a brand new Z06 c5 rims for the moment...
in the hood area somebody installed this base RS hood; yesterday i took out the hood, fenders and side skirts... im going slow with this project its hard to find parts for this z28 here in mexico cause theres just a few Z's here... but i live in the border so i can cross and buy stuff in USA...
in the hood area somebody installed this base RS hood; yesterday i took out the hood, fenders and side skirts... im going slow with this project its hard to find parts for this z28 here in mexico cause theres just a few Z's here... but i live in the border so i can cross and buy stuff in USA...
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Well I'm sure it looks better already! Good luck with it. Nice to see another one fixed up! And it's cool to see that you own a Z28 in Mexico. I'm sure you get a lot of looks with that car over there!
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yea well, the car still looks not so nice... but i want to finish most part of the project for before the summer just to take off the TipTops and feel the hot sun of California... ejejeej and your right theres just a few Z's here in Mexico and most of them are used as a Piece of Crap its so sad... i will have one of the few Nice Camaro in all the country (its easy to do that here)...
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