A friend of mine owns a 1984 Convertible Z28 and we were wondering how many of these were made? Any help would be appreciated.

 

As far as I know, it is impossible to know how many pre '87 verts were made, as all were aftermarket cars...none came from the factory (or should I say ASC ) as convertibles. Is it rare?? Absolutely. But it definitely is not factory.

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Jason E

'89 Camaro RS
Medium Grey Metallic
2.8, A4, T-tops, 91k miles

'97 Z28 w/30th Anniversary package
LT1, M6, t-tops
White with orange stripes, killer system, 42k miles

Speed Kills...Wanna live forever? Drive a Ford.
Long Live #3...

 

196 in 84
around 50 in 83
0 in 82
86 was another handful
85 I don't think there were any done

 

ASC did not convert Camaros until 1986. Before that, a handful of companies performed the "surgery". If anyone would like an article on this, e-mail me.

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Willie

Supercharged 1987 305 IROC-Z, Daily-Driver, Emissions-Legal.
Former Paxton (6-psig): 12.57 @ 111 mph.
Former Paxton (6-psig) & former 50-hp nitrous: 12.04 @ 114 mph.
Current ATI D1SC (Initially 10-psig): Projecting high 11's.
Future ATI D1SC (15-psig): Gotta catch them pesky 26-psig boosted TTA's!!

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1987 "20th Anniversary Commemorative Edition" Z28 Convertible -- Super Chevy Show Class Winner, 1998.

 

If a handful of companies made the pre-'87 verts (as I suspected), how is it possible to quantify how many were made each year?? Did someone go around to every company and add them up?

Not being argumentative, just wondering where the info came from

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Jason E

'89 Camaro RS
Medium Grey Metallic
2.8, A4, T-tops, 91k miles

'97 Z28 w/30th Anniversary package
LT1, M6, t-tops
White with orange stripes, killer system, 42k miles

Speed Kills...Wanna live forever? Drive a Ford.
Long Live #3...

 

anybody found out exactly how many of these camaro was made. I have been looking for this information and have come up empty.

 

I agree with Jason E, there were many companies doing different conversions over the years. With that, it would be almost impossible to know how many were produced for dealers or for the individual owner. Some of these companies did not work exclusively for companies, but would convert a persons own car for them.

 

i have a 1984 Z-28 convertible. form wha i understand they are very rare.mine was done in eckart indiana by autoform corp. also from what i understand autoform is out of business.if anyone knows how i can contact them email me.i just registered to this site so there will be pictures soon. i have left it mostly stock except for headman headers, y-pipe and a flowmaster exhaust i dont have the money for it right now but it has 54,000 original miles on it and i only paid $4,000 the guy i bought it off of didnt know what he had and basically gave it away

 

so I can take my 85 iroc and have a company make it a convertible then label it as rare and get gobbs of money for it?

 

no fasteddez because these companies did these conversions for GM it was just goin to some random company on your own and getting it done

 

Yes you can, do it and post the results and cost: bs:
here is an example

 

Also add a little gas to the fire of your custom ride and do something like this. Plus you can label it #001

 

Here is a compy of my photo alblum that you can steal some ideas and improve your Iroc as it goes through the custom shops.
Engine, Dyno, Body Work, and Interior coming this summer. BTW it was all done by me.
http://community.webshots.com/user/dtl504

 

well technichally yes you could consider it rare because according to webster anything that is uncommon is something considered rare. and a pre 87 convertible is rare so go ahead and spend the $11,000+ to get it done. but i doubt you ever will

 

rare, was Gm sending these pre 87 camaros out to be converted for original customers?

 

Post a picture of your car, so we can see the foundation before you get all the custom work done. That way we can see the before and after pictures.

 

fast, i think they were from what ive heard from other owners, at least 84 Z owners, is that they were all done in eckart indiana by a company called autoform corporation if someone else had theres done somewhere else please let me know. i will have pictures soon i just need to get a hold of a digital camera.

 

my point is if chevy didnt make a covertible till 87 how can an 84 be considered rare and worth more money...I know 87 and up were done by a outside company but were documented and sold as new...84 vert would just be an aftermarket retro and seeing as none were officially made by gm then wouldnt be considered as a rare production vehicle, would it?

 

the company autoform is not in business anymore from what i know. i cant find anything on the internet about them but what im saying is these vehicles were bought by a person and gm gave them the oppurtunity to make it a vert using there own money, as far as i can tell all these vehicles that were made like mine were done at the same place.i have no written down proof of that but other owners of this vert said theres were done at the same place. and im not necessarily saying it is a rare production vehicle but just that in and of itself it is rare

 

Post an email and I will sent you the info on the cars form Auto Form:

 

Here is the link:
http://www.firebirdgallery.com/autoformlot1.htm

 

dtl504 my email is jasonmstokes@yahoo.com please send me that stuff im extremely intrerested in it

 

thanks for that website, hey fast check out that site it should answer the questions you have that i cant answer