I'm just curious if these were made after 1988. I read somewhere that the D42 RPO only ran from 82-88, but I could swear I've seen at least one 91-92 Camaro with it. Anyone know?

 

I looked at a 92 heritage edition Z on sunday that had one.I didnt look at the RPOs for the code though.

 

The RPO could have changed, not unusual... Actually the cover changed somewhere along the line, they went from a Vinyl to a cloth like tecture. I imagine the reason would be 1) cost, and 2) glare. With my 87 I sometimes get some glare on the rear window when the sun is shining. The cloth one would not be as bad.

John

 

I've got one - 1992 Z28, RPO D42. It's the one made of canvas or something similar.

-B

 

1992 Firebird

D42 - SHADE, REAR COMPARTMENT SECURITY

black cloth

 

all three 3rd gens I've had, had the cargo cover. 89, 91, 92.

 

Yep my 90 had the cloth one. I replaced it with the vinyl style since they look nicer.

 

Well that answers that.

 

My 89 only has the mounts for one :/

 

From my 92

 

90 iroc
d42 its a black canvas like material. I like it myself

 

I got one too!

 

Got an 89 GTA that has the mounts for it too... but no cover... I wouldn't mind finding another cover for it tho...

 

It may be a misprint, I think the hard plastic well cover was discontinued somewhere in the mid-late 80's. EXCEPT for those camaro's with the Bose Radio.

John

 

I saw it on a site listing RPOs and the years they were used. If I find it, I'll post it. I assume the plastic cover uses a different RPO.

It's quite possible it meant the D42 changed from vinyl to canvas between 88 and 89, too. So far, that seems to be the trend here.

 

Will the cloth ones fit in an 86? My vinyl one decided not to roll back up anymore.

 

The vinyl ones fit into 89+ mounts, according to cdartz, so it should not be a problem.

Has anyone rebuilt the roll-up mechanism on these things? Mine is starting to not want to roll up anymore as well.

 

All three of my camaros (85, 89, 92) had the covers. I have found several in junkyards that were in excellent shape other than needing a good cleaning. Only cost a couple of bucks each, of course this will vary from junkyard to junkyard and how well you know the owner. The ones I found were of the cloth and vinyl design.