Is this a 90 IROC or 91 Z28
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Is this a 90 IROC or 91 Z28
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Ok guys .... I would like some info. Hopefully you guys can help out.
My buddy bought a Camaro. Production date is 6/90. Title says its a 1991. Vin 10th digit is L, which means 1990. The badging on the car says IROC. The RPO label supports the IROC as being real. But they didn't make 1991 IROC's. So the question is ..... Is this a super rare car or ?????
Ok guys .... I would like some info. Hopefully you guys can help out.
My buddy bought a Camaro. Production date is 6/90. Title says its a 1991. Vin 10th digit is L, which means 1990. The badging on the car says IROC. The RPO label supports the IROC as being real. But they didn't make 1991 IROC's. So the question is ..... Is this a super rare car or ?????
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Re: Is this a 90 IROC or 91 Z28
Your vins 10th is a M which is 91 your L is the 11th meaning build in Van Nuys. Its a z28. Recount again
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Re: Is this a 90 IROC or 91 Z28
The "IROC" license ran out at midnight, December 31st 1989. Any cars built after that were Z28s only, as GM could no longer use the name under contract even though they were mechanically identical.
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Re: Is this a 90 IROC or 91 Z28
he started a couple of posts about this on a facebook group, and i came to the conclusion that it's a late '90 build that didn't get sold and titled until '91 for whatever reason... of course i didn't really put too much effort into digging up VIN info since i'm not really a numbers kinda guy and left that up to him.
i also reasoned that even if it isn't an IROC- since Dodge got the rights to the IROC name and provided cars for the race series starting in 91- the IROC badging could have been dealer installed, or put on by a previous owner because he thought it looked cooler or whatever..
i also reasoned that even if it isn't an IROC- since Dodge got the rights to the IROC name and provided cars for the race series starting in 91- the IROC badging could have been dealer installed, or put on by a previous owner because he thought it looked cooler or whatever..
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Re: Is this a 90 IROC or 91 Z28
he started a couple of posts about this on a facebook group, and i came to the conclusion that it's a late '90 build that didn't get sold and titled until '91 for whatever reason... of course i didn't really put too much effort into digging up VIN info since i'm not really a numbers kinda guy and left that up to him.
i also reasoned that even if it isn't an IROC- since Dodge got the rights to the IROC name and provided cars for the race series starting in 91- the IROC badging could have been dealer installed, or put on by a previous owner because he thought it looked cooler or whatever..
i also reasoned that even if it isn't an IROC- since Dodge got the rights to the IROC name and provided cars for the race series starting in 91- the IROC badging could have been dealer installed, or put on by a previous owner because he thought it looked cooler or whatever..
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Re: Is this a 90 IROC or 91 Z28
The "IROC" license ran out at midnight, December 31st 1989.
Chevy licensed the name from The International Race Of Champions, and the contract expired at that time. Chevy decided that it was no longer of marketing value to associate themselves with a race series where they didn't race against other brands.
Dodge bought the rights next, for a few years; put the name on some little FWD POS. Did very little marketing with it.
When that expired, I don't recall anybody licensing it any more... the series ended up buying their own cars. They used Firebird bodies for the last few years of the series existence. The cars of course weren't "stock", they were tube-frame race cars, just with whatever sheet metal hung on them.
Bottom line is, somebody bought the stickers later on, and stuck them on the car.
I don't see "IROC" anywhere in the SPID label.
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Re: Is this a 90 IROC or 91 Z28
This is correct.
Chevy licensed the name from The International Race Of Champions, and the contract expired at that time. Chevy decided that it was no longer of marketing value to associate themselves with a race series where they didn't race against other brands.
Dodge bought the rights next, for a few years; put the name on some little FWD POS. Did very little marketing with it.
When that expired, I don't recall anybody licensing it any more... the series ended up buying their own cars. They used Firebird bodies for the last few years of the series existence. The cars of course weren't "stock", they were tube-frame race cars, just with whatever sheet metal hung on them.
Bottom line is, somebody bought the stickers later on, and stuck them on the car.
I don't see "IROC" anywhere in the SPID label.
Chevy licensed the name from The International Race Of Champions, and the contract expired at that time. Chevy decided that it was no longer of marketing value to associate themselves with a race series where they didn't race against other brands.
Dodge bought the rights next, for a few years; put the name on some little FWD POS. Did very little marketing with it.
When that expired, I don't recall anybody licensing it any more... the series ended up buying their own cars. They used Firebird bodies for the last few years of the series existence. The cars of course weren't "stock", they were tube-frame race cars, just with whatever sheet metal hung on them.
Bottom line is, somebody bought the stickers later on, and stuck them on the car.
I don't see "IROC" anywhere in the SPID label.
I suspect the Trans Am never had an IROC, was "Trans Am" is a completely different racing series, As is the "Formula" racing series, actually several series used the "Formula" name, Formula 1 is probably the most common, but there are also "Formula Vee" "Formula Auto GT" and the list goes on. So it too would have been akward to have a "Formula IROC" On top of all of that, How much sense would it have made to have a Firebird IROC, when they already have the Trans Am and Formula (and even Firehawk) name plates, what would they do differently with the car? The difference between the Trans Am and Formula was only trim, same drive-train, at what point would it end?
Could you imagine the lineup for the Firebird if they did adopt the name?
Firebird
Formula
Formula Firehawk
Formula WS6
Trans Am
Trans Am Firehawk
Trans Am WS6
IROC
I think it would have gotten ridiculous, thus why Pontiac never used it.
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Re: Is this a 90 IROC or 91 Z28
GM paid the SCCA a licensing fee for every Trans AM they ever sold from 1969 to 2002...
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I suspect IROC got a little greedy with the licensing though, as the series never was very good at managing money. At the end it died off ignobly because of money issues, broken up and all its assets sold off.
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So in short .... it's not an IROC and it is a 91 model year.
The doors are the only IROC labeling on the vehicle.
It is a Z28 Camaro, 350 L98 TPI, that is unmolested. Even still has stock radio and exhaust. I told him to repaint the car, remove the IROC from the doors and keep what it is ... a Z28.
Thanks guys.
The doors are the only IROC labeling on the vehicle.
It is a Z28 Camaro, 350 L98 TPI, that is unmolested. Even still has stock radio and exhaust. I told him to repaint the car, remove the IROC from the doors and keep what it is ... a Z28.
Thanks guys.
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The "IROC" license ran out at midnight, December 31st 1989.
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Re: Is this a 90 IROC or 91 Z28
There were NO 1990 F-bodies made in the physical year of 1990, they were all produced in 1989.
Interestingly they did make 13 1991 Camaros and 13 1991 Firebirds in 1989. Around October 30 or 31 of 1989...
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Re: Is this a 90 IROC or 91 Z28
I thought I had a list of the 26 VINs but I do not know where they are...
I suspect they were for a few things, Crash, fuel economy, emissions...
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