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I just posted another thread with some factory pics of a yellow IROC, before the car ever left Norwood. Pics from 1986. It's missing the front ground effects, as all Camaros are in those pics, because they can't get onto the car haulers without scraping their ground effects. I guess they are installed later at the individual dealer. If ever there was any doubt of yellow IROCs, there is no longer any
__________________ FIREBIRD TRANS AM : WINS THE DRAG RACE STANDING STILL.
1985 base Firebird, LB8/F41/GU6/DE1, '82 T/A wheels, CB, 153k
1982 Norwood Recaro LU5/WS4/WS6/Y84, 3466 original miles
1984 Firebird S/E HO V6, LL1/WS6, 114k, sold 5/02, repo 9/02, kennedy
(1982 Trans Am WS7, GM Goodwrench 5.7L, T-10, daily driver, 88k)
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I own a yellow '85 IROC-Z. It came with the gold wheels and decals but with the re-paint I changed that to dark charcoal. I never cared for the gold. Looks much better to me. Intrerior is tan. Engine is L69 with 5-speed. Also added 145 mph speedo and overhead console. Replaced rear drums with a posi rear form an 88 GTA with rear discs. Have not seen another yellow IROC in Wisconsin. Would love to know how many were made.
I grew up in Waterbury Connecticut and there were a few floating around in the mid-late 80's. A neighbor had a yellow 1985 Iroc with gray or black interior and T tops they had bought brand new. Their daughter burned it somehow (she said it was a cigarette, but it was burned right to the ground). They bought a near identical replacement in 1987.
I suspect that other than the usual casualties, many were repainted in the 90's when the blues, greens and teals were popular. In states like Connecticut with strict emissions laws, many 80's cars fail and get taken off the road and are stashed in backyards and garages.
Here's mine. Its an '86 5-speed car with tan interior that I bought from the original owner whose parents let him order it for a 16th birthday present. It has 86k original miles and he ordered pretty much every option but the rear window washer and G92. Luckily, he kept every scrap of paperwork from the day he ordered it until I bought it from him in a binder with each page in clear plastic sleeves.
Jason
__________________ 1991 ZR-1 Corvette Turquoise/Black
1991 Trans Am Convertible Red/Tan
1989 1LE Camaro White/Black
Here's mine. Its an '86 5-speed car with tan interior that I bought from the original owner whose parents let him order it for a 16th birthday present. It has 86k original miles and he ordered pretty much every option but the rear window washer and G92. Luckily, he kept every scrap of paperwork from the day he ordered it until I bought it from him in a binder with each page in clear plastic sleeves.
I would LOVE to have that yellow one over my black one any day. NICE RIDE!!
__________________ 1986 Camaro Iroc-Z 350 TPI Corvette motor 700r4 trans, BMR strut tower brace,BMR adj.Panhard Rod,Energy Sway Bar links,Eibach Pro Kit,J&M street lower control arms,Accel Distributer,wires.Blacked out all lights.5% Limo tint all the way around.
__________________ 1986 Camaro Iroc-Z 350 TPI Corvette motor 700r4 trans, BMR strut tower brace,BMR adj.Panhard Rod,Energy Sway Bar links,Eibach Pro Kit,J&M street lower control arms,Accel Distributer,wires.Blacked out all lights.5% Limo tint all the way around.
damn this thread is old. We got a yellow I-roc thats been parked in bridgewater NJ right by my friends beverage warehouse. Its not abandoned, they work in the area there. It is a little aged.
oh i think i've seen it, i've also seen one in black/primer over near the CVS or walgreens
My Uncle has a yellow 85 IROC. He is the only owner and watched it come off the truck after he bought it. It has the black and gray interior. Not sure how many miles but one year he let my aunt drive it and she didn't care for it very well and ran it out of oil. After that it sat for almost 10 years in my grandmothers driveway. It was terrible. Last year he started restoring it and it now has a brand new engine and a brand new paint job. I can't wait to see it finished, but seeing as it took 10 years to start, it might be awhile...
I found out today that his is one of the cars that got the L69 H.O. engine. I heard that they didn't make them for very long. Now that I know this I'm going to pester him until that thing is back on the road again.
After that it sat for almost 10 years in my grandmothers driveway. It was terrible. Last year he started restoring it and it now has a brand new engine and a brand new paint job. I can't wait to see it finished, but seeing as it took 10 years to start, it might be awhile...
