Hey guys, check out my newest F-Body It's an 87 IROC that I got from a neighbor down the street, in the condition you see in the first pic and barely running. He had purchased it from a police officer who got in a frontend wreck, and just didn't have the know-how to fix it. Within about 2 days, I had the frame and upper fender supports trimmed up and then we welded the whole core support and frame horns on. My next step was to get it running. It needed a new cap, rotor, wires, spark plugs, it had bad gas, the ignition module was bad, the pickup coil had cracked from the accident, the valve cover gaskets were leaking REALLY bad, and the intake gasket was starting to leak some antifreeze. So after doing all that, and giving the whole TB, plenum, and runners a very thorough cleaning, and taking care of some wiring problems, it fired and ran perfect.

The next step was to get rid of all rust that would be covered by the frontend sheetmetal. That didn't go to bad, and I only needed to make a couple small patches for the wheel wells. You can't see it to well, but in the last pic, but I painted the engine compartment a bright and shiny cherry red

For body repair, I havent done much, I'm saving that stuff for alittle later. The nose only needed a little bit. It had a crack on the left going from the parking lamp to the side if the grill, and on the right front it had a "Y" shaped crack. I also shaved the emblem from the top-middle.

Now it sits as you can see in the last pic, with all the frontend parts on and alligned.

Let me know what you guys think

 

good progress. Keep up the good work.

 

Isnt that Iroc from chicago. If it is i pretty sure that is the same one that i thought about buying.

 

wow.....it's looking much better! I love to see people putting third gens back togehter and not junking them keep up the good work

 

Yeah, I think the guy I got it from said he picked it up from a guy real close to chicago. I'm from down in channahon, Il. It's about 45 min south of the big city.

Thanks for the comments guys, keep em coming

 

Hey sunny,

I sent you an email with a few questions about the car and original owner, please respond whenever it convenient for ya

Thanks

 

I might have to weld a new core support on ... how much of a PITA was it?

 

thats really cool! i really wish i had the know how to do frame and body work!! it looks great and i'm amazed at the engine work alone to get her running perfect! nice work

 

If it is just the core support you are replacing because of rust, I don't think it should be to hard. It's just held in with spot welds if I remember right. If you have to replace part of the frame as well like I did, it's not to bad either. You have to make ALOT of exact measurements and cuts, so it's time consuming more than anything. Me being a novice, I bet it took me about 25 hours of solid work to do it. I think a shop or a professional could have done it alot quicker

It also looks like I went over my bandwidth on my pic host, so I'll find another and get those reposted.

Keep those comments coming!

 

Awesome! Love seeing a project car progress.... keep us posted!

 

Wow. Lookin' good. You put a lot of hard work into it. I can't wait to see what else you do to it.

 

looks great man, if you know what your doing, which it pretty much looks like you do, thats the perfect project car haha

good luck with it, keep us posted.

 

wow thats coming along great, nice work.

 

Good work! :yourock:

 

Thanks for the kind words, I'll be sure to keep you guys updated

 

I'm always amazed at what people can do with a pile of parts! Keep it up, and keep us posted!:hail:

 

Not too much new yet. Fixed the gauges, replaced the control arm bushings, did the brakes, put in new front struts, my dad welded up the broken control arm bracket, installed new front ball joints, replaced the spindle on the passenger side, got rid of all the rust on the headlight baskets and painted them, and then installed all the headlights, finished sanding the front nose, alligned the hood, and installed the hood latch and all the plastic that forces air into the radiator.

Hopefully I'll be driving it by tomorrow

 

Here is how it sits right now



Took it out on the road too. Rides great It pulls a little once I get to about 45 mph, but I think that is due to a bad allignment and bad tires. Kind of a pain in the butt driving with no PS, especially with the quick ratio steering box. I'm sure I'll get used to it though.

Really all that's left now is the bodywork, getting the interior back together, and then getting it to the painter.

 

...no power steering? Did you take it out or does it just not work? I had a car with no power steering once... and I'm glad to have it again!

 

it's alot different huh?? I drove my dads 1963 Impala Super Sport a couple months ago....no power steering..or power brakes...! Now that was a ride!

 

Pulled the pump and lines, filled the steering box with fluid and then plugged up the holes. Seems to work alright so far, just takes some effort