I'm looking at an 86 IROC How can you tell if the body and frame are numbers matching? I know about the windshield vin and the radiator support tag with a partial vin # and the vin on the drivers door sticker. I'm told that there should be two numbers on the frame somewere, and what about the motor and transmission.

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2E,87 Formula 350, 4 other Camaro's & 3 Firebirds to fix, Drive, or sell.

 

I hope you have an automatic or this won't be any use to you.


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1983 T/A LG4 w/T-tops
Rebuilt/Modified E Q-jet
Custom Dual Ram-Air
Self painted cherry red w/ restored black/grey interior
Welded Comp Eng SFC
Tokico Struts/Shocks
Hotchkis LCAs and Panhard Bar
Energy Suspension bushings all around

[This message has been edited by Nightcruzer (edited November 29, 2000).]

[This message has been edited by Nightcruzer (edited November 29, 2000).]

 

Let me try again.

 

When I stripped my '88 down I found VIN stickers EVERYWHERE!

There's one on the inside of the rear bumper cover, under the rear carpet, on the inside of the sail panel behind the driver's speaker "pod", a factory "OK" inspection paper tucked under the front carpet near the radio (can't believe I missed it when I put in the Kenwood).

It's like a teenage chick's backpack!


There's also the standard RPO sticker in the center console (use the decoder @ www.thirdgen.org ). That will tell you what the factory engine, transmission, rear end, paint colors, interior colors, ground effects, wheels, tires, brakes, springs, options, ect. are.

The engines and transmissions aren't numbered to the car. The transmission numbers don't have ANY relation to the car, just the manufacturing date/time/location. The engine numbers (casting number on the rear driver's side of the bell housing, and assembly number on the passenger side/front of the block) can tell you what the engine was built for (year/make/model) but not the exact car.


Hope this helps,

John

 

87+ had VIN stickers plastered all over the car. The earlier ones did not, however.

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Thanks Jim! I was wondering why my 84 didn't have those vin stickers and many of the cars in the boneyard i saw did.