How bad is this and do you think its worth fixing.
I paid 400 for it and it runs and drives.

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You paid $200 too much for a parts car. You'll want to find yourself a qualified uni-body shop that can put the car on a rack and try to pull it straight again. Because if it's not done right, it'll slowly creep back to the smashed position.

Uni-body cars are built with the frame as part of the body of the car. One part of that is they were designed to give in a crash. It's better that the occupant survives a crash then the car. However, it takes an expert with some specialized equipment to put everything back where it's supposed to be.

You'd be a lot further ahead to find a non-wrecked car. With visible damage that bad, it surely has issues that you can't see, and it'll never be like a car that hasn't been wrecked.

 

ok, i found a couple of 91's but they want 600 for them and neither have a drivetrain in them

 

i'd say that car was a steal for $400 as long as there
is no major rust problems,i recon it's way worth fixing.
when it's apart for the repairs,add SFCS,STB and other
additions needed to get the chassis rigid and cure a
major 3rd gen fault in the process
These things are awesome cars-especially when modifed
right and the chassis solidified.

 

i got a quote of $1500 today from a body and frame shop that i sell tires to.

 

well it needs to be pulled straight by a competent body shop......then you can put some new panels back on it.....if it doesn't have a salvage title, then it's worth fixing.....if it does have a salvage title, then better to find a straight shell and transfer the parts over...

 

i have used them before so i know they do good work, and it has a clean title

 

Its bad,but i could fix it, i think you did good!

 

im kind of interested in it if you want to get your money back out of it. well depends on where your location is.

 

Dude I would part that thing out and make some money.

 

What is the condition of the car from the doors back? Is the interior in good shape? If everything is "good to go", I would save it, pat yourself on the back and say "Well Done!!!!". On the other hand, if it is rusted out, interior shot, engine needs work......why bother, part it out and pat yourself on the back and say "Well Done!!!!".

The key is what do you want? If you are looking for one of Okfoz's listed rarieties, then great. If you also want to preserve a Thirdgen, also great. If you looking for a resto goldmine........ain't gonna' happen' soon with these cars.

 

You can buy a decent unwrecked 88 IROC for $1500. You havent added the cost of the front clip + paint on. Sorry, but its a parts car. Sure it can be fixed, but its not cost effective over stripping it and buying a better one

 

All is not lost... Look at it this way, you just bought everything you need to turn any solid Thirdgen into a reasonable Iroc clone. Or at least performance wise. The Iroc drivetrain, suspension, and some trim swapped into an early Sport Coupe would be a lot cooler car. With a donor car even V6 to V8 swaps are relatively easy.

Parting these cars doesn't generate much income. The majority of the parts aren't in demand. However, if you're a buyer looking for all the parts to make a lesser car into an Iroc, it usually ends up costing a small fortune. If you look at as a parts car to make a $500 V6 Camaro into something neat, it wasn't a bad deal.

 

Your $400 Iroc and my $400 Iroc would make 1 nice Iroc. Mine needs a drivetrain and yours needs a body.

 

If its just the apron it is an easy fix, what else is hit?

 

If the body is mostly solid, I wouldn't hesitate to fix it. But to be fair, that's the kind of work I do for a living and it would only cost me a little bit of my time, so my opinion is biased.

 

If you part it out, does it have the original PPG windshield, i am looking for one. Thanks

 

thats funny yours is the same color and everything,

everything on it is all original

 

That's pretty funny. It's a match made in heaven. Come on down and buy mine. I dropped the price to $675

 

Where?? Show me one example!

 

If you can do the work yourself, that's an easy fix. If you're paying a shop to do it, then its probably not worth it. As was mentioned above, find a decent cheap roller and swap the drivetrain over.

My 92 was in much worse shape when I bought it. I paid $600 for my Camaro and everything needed to fix it but the radiator. Its hard to see in the pics, but I had to replace the entire radiator support, the driver's side strut tower/wheel well, and part of the frame rail.

Sorry for the quality, they are from a friend's cell phone.

 

2 minutes on search tempest yielded these which is about 1/2 all the results for IROC for 3 cities away

http://myrtlebeach.craigslist.org/cto/2661018800.html
http://greenville.craigslist.org/cto/2654137611.html
http://hickory.craigslist.org/cto/2651867049.html
http://fayetteville.craigslist.org/cto/2595467623.html
http://greenville.craigslist.org/cto/2651120086.html
http://greenville.craigslist.org/cto/2641866014.html
http://greenville.craigslist.org/cto/2609107646.html

My point was, 3rd gens are cheap. Buy another decent car before coughing up a pile of cash to fix one. Sure you "saved one" but you're left with a salvage car and more money tied up in it than its worth to buy a whole new one

 

Sorry, but that list of cars above does not represent a single "decent" car. Every one of those will require a lot of work. Another word for "decent" is "nice". Each example you listed is ok, not nice!

 

Being fair that second-to-last one is totaled. That said, I agree completely with Pocket. Not worth messing with a bad shell.

Just get a base model and install what you want from that IROC. All the parts that make it an "IROC" are easily removable. There is nothing special about the chassis.

 

Agreed! 2 or 3 of those dont even run and others need bodywork. I wouldnt classify any of those as decent. Its pretty rare that you find a clean, running 3rd gen for under $3k. People dont just give away decent IROCs for $1500.

I just did my own search (Washington, Oregon, Idaho)...In the "decent" catagory I found:
$2200 but still looks like a good buy http://spokane.craigslist.org/cto/2627718562.html

$2000 but will need paint http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/cto/2642428792.html

 

"decent" is a word with completely differant scales for everyone. everyones decent is differant. i would say those irocs pocket posted would be decent for those prices. in other peoples eyes they could be considered scrap heaps. but if they have a title and go up and down the road without having your foot through the floor boards. thats worth a grand lol. iv found DECENT ones for 300 and one for 400. just no titles, thats the down fall. iv spent a coupe hundred getting one so it then became a 600 car, that is better than those examples posted. so just remember what decent means...it means somthing else to anyone else

 

Let me throw in an example of my "decent" Iroc that I paid $1300 for. It didn't run when I bought it, but I felt confident that it would be something fairly simple. Turned out to be a couple broken wires in the wiring harness. It would be a 3-4K Iroc IMO if it were running when the PO sold it. There are definately good cars out there that are affordable. You just have to keep your eyes open and know what you're capable of fixing.

 

I think you got a screaming deal! Congrats! Not many deals out there like that one. Most non running camaro's need a new motor! You did well (clean body too).

 

that would actualy be considered a steal my man. thats not "decent" for the price, thats AMAZING for that price! like u said, thats easily worth over 3k as is

 

It was definately a small risk to buy because the PO had replaced EVERYTHING to get it to crank....distributor, wires, plugs, sensors, relays, computer etc.... My friend and I ran everything down with his voltmeter and leared that the computer and the fuel pump power relay were not getting any power. We knew it had to have a broken wire somewhere, so we pulled the distributor to get to the wiring harness. Opened it up and sure enough, the wiring was broken at a connector where several powerwires came together. Fixed it and it cranked right up. My only trouble is my wife has laid claim to it.