Found this on ebay....a complete brand new, been in storage since 1986, black Camaro interior for an 85 IROC with the Lear Conteur driver's seat and "Camaro Camaro Camaro" fabric.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=34206

 

$1300 bucks is a bit insane for that.

 

It's been on ebay before. He keeps trying to sell it for that much. I'm surprised someone bid on it.

 

wtf is a lear sigler driver seat?

 

rare seat option. 1300 is okay I guess for doorpanels and front and rear seats. I've seen just fourth gen front and rear seats go for that much. Its worth what you're willing to pay for it.

 

Which is why I say its insane!

 

can you say... "TACKY AND UGLY" also he asking way too much. he is insane

 

I might forget what kind of car I drove if I had that interior.

 

Thats a lot of money for out dated seats ..

They look good.. but F***, whatever makes the guy happy I guess ...

 

That was the "Recaro" option (Recaro seats). The seats and door panels were "ribbed" and each rib said "Camaro" on it (Very tacky), in 86 they just said Camaro on the headreast and on one rib on the door panels.
I hated it in 85 and got the Berlinetta style seats instead...much better looking.
And there is no way it was $3k in 86, the option for them was only like $600 in 85.

 

Actually its not the "Recaro" option. The seats were made by Lear (based in Michigan), no relation to Recaro (based in Germany). Recaro seats were a Trans Am only option and looked completely different.

FWIW, both companies are still in business and still making seats - Lear does about $15.7 billion in sales each year which makes them the worlds largest supplier of interior components.

I own an 84 Z28 with the red/orange/yellow "Camaro Camaro Camaro" seats. Yeah, its tacky and obnoxious...and I have a hard time contemplating that anyone thought it was a good idea, even back in 84. But its a part of the car, its an attention getter, its rare, and I have no intention of changing it. Its no different than the people that restore 69 Camaros with orange houndstooth interiors....

Try pricing out a complete new interior sometime made from NOS material (if you can find it)....and I dont mean the "sorta looks correct" covers that are on the market now....$1300 for what he has there is a fair price.

 

Actually BOTH were avialable in the 85 IROC... RPO AQ9 Lear's RPO AS5 Recaro

 

You know, rare option are always worth more. Regardless of the fact that they are "ugly" or not (which I personally don't think they are). Not to mention it's original and never been used. That is awesome. I'd probly take 4th gen leathers over them personally but only cuz I;d feel bad once they got worn out.

 

Good for you!!! My '83 Z28 looked just like yours except for the t-tops.....not many people realize this, but the interior designers were copying a Recaro upholstery pattern from the early 80's that said RECARO RECARO RECARO. So, if it's tacky, then blame Recaro for creating it first. Yeah, it was a little "loud", but I loved the hell out of it anyway. At least in those days, the Z28 did get some special interior/seating treatment......

Tacky is more of an opinion than fact anyway.....so many of you guys love that '91-'92 Z28 wing, and I've always thought it looked like a cheap Ferrari F40 ripoff......totally out of place with the lines of the car.

 

Went for almost $1600. Pretty unique stuff, worth the money to the right person, and that right person saw it this time.

 

I guess what goes around comes around....check out the seat fabric in the 2005 Mustang....yep, its "MUSTANG MUSTANG MUSTANG" although its a lot more subtle than the Camaro.

AS5 is the RPO for Recaro seats....for a Trans Am. If someone has pics of an IROC with factory Recaros though I wouldn't mind seeing a picture.

 

Ha! I've seen the Recaro Ideal-C seats that have that! Never struck me that Chevy was copying that.

 

It's a lot of money? Insane? Compared to what? Finding that interior in brand new condition is probably a once in a lifetime opportunity for somebody who's doing a stock restoration.

Whether or not you guys think it's nice, or tacky, or whatever is completely beside the point. It's tough to put a pricetag on something that rare. Obviously somebody thought it was worth the money.

 

That was when you bought 'em already on the car. Case in point...my 93 Pace Car. A $990 option on top of the regular production Z28. The drivers side seat bottom fabric alone was quoted as $345 to replace. The stripes on the car, when available, priced out at ~$1k. To replicate the 93 Pace Car with paint, stripes and interior would cost about $4k for a $990 option.

 

That was AFTER the car had been produced and the seats were no longer being made. He said he got them during the model year, when they WERE being produced, 3k...no way.

 

I know of people that paid $1000 for the interior of the 93 in 1993. I also know of people that bought the stripes in 1993. GM didn't raise the prices on these things in 1994. The prices I quoted were GMs prices and that's what people had to pay to get them.

Has anyone looked at the cost to upgrade the stereo in their car. Maybe $100-$300 for the good setup. If you went to buy it from the GM parts counter, it would be about $600-$800.

What I'm saying is, you can't build a car with the parts counter parts for the same price you can buy the car already assembled. That's the way it works. I'm sure the $3k is close to accurate for original door panels and top of the line seats. Call the parts department and ask them how much the door panels and seats to a 2003 or 2004 GTO run.

 

I've still got some of this "NOS" fabric hanging around, Probably the only guy in the world that still has some left !! That goes for the Black/Grey fabric anyway,........ I've got Red/Orange as well as Tan/Brown fabric too !!!!


Tacky - Yes, but being rare it makes the interior stand out from the croud !! I had a set of Firebird L.S. contour seats recovered in the Black/Grey fabric because the Pontiac offered the seat on both sides of the car. ( Camaro's only got a drivers side version due to a lack of capacity at the factory.)

See a custom thirdgen interior here ------>


P.S. The car has a T56 in it now,.............. !

 

Ive got **MINT** recaros in my car. THey are beige with blueish inserts.They dont say anything on them except a little emblem in the middle that say recaro..ill post a pic later. Theyre in my 86 T/A. What would they go for?just curious. An im serious, they are MINT


-Adam

 

sorry for the size, dunno how to resize....

 

It was $504 for the factory option: YE2 Radio, Stereo,Cassette,Clock,s/s,eq