There aren't that many people with 82-84 Camaros on here, and on top of it most of the time they have newer graphics? It seems its almost impossible to find an 82-84 car with a total stock look to it.

 

Maybe theres fewer left. When I was looking to buy a thirdgen, that was my preferred year range (25 years old for emissions reasons) and I had trouble finding one too. Out of the dozens of birds and camaros on craigslist, almost none were from those years.

 

well its kinda common sence.. sometimes the older it is the harder it is to find inless its a really collectable like the 69.. i would like to know how many actually 69s there are.. not restored or rebuilt. like actually bone stock from the factory in nice shape.. probably not many..

 

Mines an '84, but guilty of the Iroc nose update. The PO had customized the stock 84 bumper and I hated it so I changed it out with what I had available.

 

Probably not many that many. My favorite third gen Camaros are the 91-92, but my second favorite are the 82-84 (I actually like the 82-84 hood more than the 91-92). Never have really cared for the 85-90 look. So when I see someone on here with an 82-84 with an iroc hood and 85-90 ground effects, it looks like every other car on the site. I honestly would love to see someone that had 82-84 ground effects, front bumper and hood on their 82-84 car so I could get a picture for my desktop

 

It has to do with age... The earlier cars were the first ones to become cheap. Back in the late 80's/early 90's, they were cheap enough for highschool kids to afford, so a ton of them got "updated" to look like later cars, and otherwise used up, smashed, rusted, destroyed, etc. They were the first ones to wear out, and become old enough that banks wouldn't lend money on them, etc. 1984 was the largest production run of these cars. It used to be that almost EVERY Camaro I saw was either an 84 or an 86, but now they've all been used up.

 

Want an '83? I can pick you one up, good driving condition (I test drove it), needs an oil pan (not sure what happened there) and head cover gaskets. Maybe the bolt on the front end of the motor to keep oil from leaking out? Not sure if that got fixed. Anyway, it's been painted, but so far as I can tell, never wrecked. Needs weatherstriping. I would imagine I could pick it up for ~$2000 cash. Oh yeah, 305 Z28, by the VIN.

 

I'd love to get one when I'm older, right now all my money goes towards my 91 Z28. Hopefully once I'm about 30 I can have an LS1 inside of my 91 and then I can pick up an 82-84 that is a stick.

 

I have a 84 Z 305 HO t-tops rare 3:73 locker (g-92?) loaded with all the options with factory paint and stripes. 100% stock and all the stickers and papers from new.
A Carolina car from new and now lives and sleeps for the winter in NY !

 

mines stock =D

though i'm teetering between the daytona iroc hood, or an 82 fiberglass hood

 

Here is my desktop pic, hope this helps.

 

That sounds exactly like what I'm looking for! 1920 x 1080 would be a good size so I could use them as desktop backgrounds

Maybe it's just me, but I've never been a fan of changing how the car looks on the outside or inside. I like bone stock interior and bone stock exterior, but then having an engine swap and tons of suspension mods under the hood.

 

I think its simply because of the fact that the '85-'92 look is much more modern, and is easy to achieve. Not to mention the fact that the parts are much more plentiful, as well!

I think another issue with the '82-'84 cars is the engines flat wore out faster. A good friend of mine has been a GM mechanic for many years. He owned an '82 Impala for years with a puny 267 V8 in it. We pulled the cam out of it at 120k because it was running rough...the lobes were flat worn out. The roller cams of '87+ last soooo much longer. My LO3 with 120k on it, by comparison burns no oil, runs out as well as a fairly stock 305 can, and feels like a new one.