i was driving in my old neighbor hood and infront of a used car sales lot, i saw a beat up GREEN iroc-z, it looked completely stock, like, untouched for years! but it was green..and i just realized ive never seen a green iroc....were there any made that color?

 

Green was not an available factory colour on the Iroc Z.

 

weird....hmm, it doesnt look that bad though

 

I have seen one in a dark green colour and it looked great. makes me wonder why it was not a factory colour option. I believe initially bright red,blue, pale yellow, white,silver and black were available.I think in 86 or 87 silver was dropped and grey was added,then yellow was dropped at the end of the 87 model year, oh yeah a brownish red was also available,I'm not sure what year it was introduced though. I'm probably forgetting a colour or 2.

 

anyone have a pic of a green IROC?
I am sure someone has painted their IROC green and it's on someones hard drive.
lets see it!!!
biker

 

i think i have a digital somewhere, im usually in that neighborhood and i see it alot, so maybe sometimes ill take a shot of it and post it

 

 

thats the pic that I seen before. It looks great. I think the guy that painted it that colour sold it soon afterwards.

 

thats a very sweet car!!!!!
wonder why they never made a green IROC. maybe save that color for the RS and SC.
one stupid question, did the colors ever reflect the cars that raced in the IROC races in those years? you know, no one raced a yellow IROC so no production yellow IROCs???? or green ones....
biker

 

What do you mean there were no yellow IROCs. There were quite a few from 1985-1987. They were discontinued in 88. As you can see, the owner of this car wasn't too pleased with the color!!!

 

lol
i guess not

 

"What do you mean there were no yellow IROCs. There were quite a few from 1985-1987. They were discontinued in 88. As you can see, the owner of this car wasn't too pleased with the color!!!"

I know there were yellow IROCs,
why did they stop making them in 88?
come to think of it I don't think I ever saw a yellow 4th gen, maybe it just sliped my mind because it is 2:00 AM.
biker

 

Here's a theory....I think the last year for the IROC was 1990, correct? As far as I can remember, green really didn't become popular again until the early '90's. That might be why only the '91-'92's came in green. But, like I said, just a theory.

 

that green iroc-z looks pretty good!

 

There is a green Iroc in my town. it looks just like the one in the pic. The exact same shade!! Could it have been a dealer option or something? I know that dealers made some modifications of there own. Like for the monte carlo some dealers dropped in a 350 uppon special request and some made convertibles. No monte came from the plant with a 350 or a vert. So just something to think about.

 

Ya i rember seeing a Green Iroc in my Hood It was a 88-90 (I rembered the Rims on it). From what i saw it look Stock. It was That same Green as in the pic And had Gold Wheels and Gold Iroc Lettering and Striping.

 

You're exactly right. It's a color trend sorta thing. BTW teal outsold red in both '91 & '92.
The yellow was dropped after 1987 because it didn't meet a certain percentage of production. I think it was 3 or 4%, not sure.

 

 

could they have not made one in green because green was never a lucky color on the ractrack? I remember a discussion about the green racecar contraversy on the radio on the way home from indy this year.

 

I know they did make a green (dark metallic, like the picture of the IROC) Z28 in 1997, a friend has one that he is the original owner of and has never repainted it.

 

I know they did make a green (dark metallic, like the picture of the IROC) Z28 in 1997, a friend has one that he is the original owner of and has never repainted it

Could they just have been experiments? Like a few cars just to see if the puplic will like them?

 

Yeah, now that you mention it, I can't think of any cars that were available in green during the mid to late 80's. Were there any?

 

FYI

polo green was available on the RS camaro in 92
and then all camaro's in 93 until 97
polo green debuted on the vette in 1990

 

Oops! I meant 1987! He has a 1987 Z28 that is dark green metallic. Orig. owner, orig. paint. Has the infamous peeling clear coat to prove it!

 

I don't know what year green started on the Pontiacs, but Camaros didn't see it untill 1992. My '92 T/A is green, but I don't know when pontiac started.

 

I really dont think thats the case. British Racing Green cant be that unlucky or the whole country wouldnt have used it so much. Personally I think the green 92 RS's look sweet. Id also like to do an IROC in pewter someday, but thats off topic