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Old Apr 27, 2001 | 05:46 PM
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Took a few more pictures of my Silver Camaro

There aren't enough Silver Camaros around, anyways I took a few shots with a friends digital camera.

Too bad its cloudy


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Old Apr 27, 2001 | 06:11 PM
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Sweet car!!!!!!!!!
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Old Apr 27, 2001 | 06:50 PM
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mmmmmmm... that looks really good.

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Old Apr 27, 2001 | 07:12 PM
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Old Apr 27, 2001 | 07:28 PM
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WOW! Silver looks sweet! Your car is awesome!
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Old Apr 27, 2001 | 07:30 PM
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@$@$@#@)*$@) me! Your car looks AWESOME!
Mine looks like crap! Personally I think silver IROC's are the best looking.

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Old Apr 27, 2001 | 07:31 PM
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Yeah why does my camaro have a rear windshield wiper and nobody else does?? Can anyone answer that, maybe it was a canadian mandatory option?

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I think I found out, in 85,86 it was an option, not many were made I guess I have a rare windshield wiper hahaah damn I like how it looks without it!!.

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Old Apr 27, 2001 | 07:56 PM
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Your car is my car's twin right down to the rear wiper.
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Old Apr 27, 2001 | 08:01 PM
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cool, send it to jcornacchia@home.com

EDIT: oops just saw your link Yeah you're car is my twin, Is it an 85 too, silver is an underrated colour, I wonder why so little were chosen during production.


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Old Apr 27, 2001 | 08:07 PM
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Hey, Jono,

Yep, 85 IROC. Any chance you have the console quartz clock?

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Old Apr 27, 2001 | 08:20 PM
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Wow, that is wierd. You get a fairly rare option like the rear wiper, but have a standard interior? Do you have power windows or cranks? Plus most silver IROCs I have seen with red graphics have red interiors while most black and grey interiors usually have black graphics.

Beautiful car!
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Old Apr 27, 2001 | 08:41 PM
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Yeah its wierd, when my dads friend bought it in 84 (I bought it in 98 from him for 2000 cdn hell of a deal 126,000km). He wanted black but it was near the end of the year and they had the silver in stock and he liked it so he got it. It doesn't have the quartz clock, power everything,it has the 305 tpi, 3.42 NOT POSI (NOOOOOOO!!!) It's one of those wierd optioned dealer cars. And thats the history of the car

Here's the dirty interior



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Old Apr 27, 2001 | 11:30 PM
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Sweet car!!! Love those Silver IROC's!!!
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Old Apr 28, 2001 | 04:25 AM
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Old Apr 28, 2001 | 12:31 PM
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That looks awesome... I like Silver Camaros more and more every time I see pics of one.

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Old Apr 28, 2001 | 05:05 PM
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Hey, Jono,

I thought you might enjoy some info from Mike Antonick's "Genuine Camaro White Book 1967-1997. According to the author, RPO C25, Rear Window Wiper, with washer was a $120.00 option. There were 7,367 of them. There were only 11,684 silver Camaros in 1985. Total production was 180,018, and of those, there were only 21,177 IROCs. So silver IROCs, at least in 1895, were probably fairly rare. I've never personally laid eyes on another one. My interior was black, by the way.

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Old Apr 29, 2001 | 07:32 AM
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My sister's boyfriend also has a silver IROC. When I first saw the car, I realized that I'd never seen a silver one before. I'll be emailing this post to him.

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Old Apr 29, 2001 | 08:37 AM
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Old Apr 29, 2001 | 10:53 AM
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JamesC: I'd say pretty much any Camaro was rare in 1895.

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Old Apr 29, 2001 | 11:46 AM
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Jza,

Sorry, I was thinking for the Lone Ranger's horse Silver, a rare but powerful Camaro breed.

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Old Apr 30, 2001 | 12:39 AM
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I've always loved silver. Very nice looking car.

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Old Apr 30, 2001 | 12:59 AM
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I've always liked Firebirds, but something about that Camaro makes it just plain gorgeous! Take good care of it.
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Old Apr 30, 2001 | 01:42 AM
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I now know what color I want to paint my car! That is one beautiful IROC!

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Old May 1, 2001 | 08:37 AM
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My car will be painted this month. I was leaning towards silver and I think your photos finalized my decision. You are right, there aren't enough silver thirdgens. I think I want something bright like the silver on new VW/Audi or Fords(cringe). The only thing I don't like is the huge number of new cars I see that are silver, it seems very popular on new cars.

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Old May 1, 2001 | 11:24 AM
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Thanks for all the compliments, Eric86 I know lots of new cars are silver but you will have a silver car 15 years older therefore they copied you
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