topduarte

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Have been getting Muscle Machines magazines since day 1 (16 years now) and saw this article in August 2019 issue of the Buyers Guide section.

Enjoy

69L48Z27

I just saw my copy arrived the other day, didn’t open it yet. This is one of my favorite magazines!

scottmoyer

I stopped subscribing a few years back when they changed the format from anything muscle/performance to mostly pre-'74. I reached out to the editor on multiple occasions, but they kept with the old stuff that everybody else publishes these days.

topduarte

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Scott

For about 5 years I barely flipped the mag but have noticed the last year or so they are are moving toward more late 70's/80's cars now.

3rd gens are now over a quarter century now.

People in my area now are seeing fbody 3rd gens as cool cars that do not have that ****** haircut ******* reputation.

JohnFB

Thanks, topduarte, for posting that article. I'm especially interested since that's my car (and myself) in the article!

I didn't even know that article was coming out until two days ago. I had brought my car to Hemmings Musclepalooza XXX (last September,
in Lebanon Valley, NY). I didn't win any award (that is hard to win -- they don't have a third gen class -- only favorite Chevy, so you're competing
against every Chevy ever built), but a couple of the Hemmings photographers were impressed by the condition of my car. At the end of the
show, I was packing up my car when they asked me if I could stick around for photographs. I gladly said yes, and I ended up staying
a few more hours until the photo shoot was done.

A couple of weeks later, the editor asked for some technical information, but since then I heard nothing from Hemmings. I was therefore really
surprised when my cousin (who has a subscription to the magazine) called me up two days ago and said my car was finally featured. He scanned the pages and
emailed them to me, so I got an advance look. I still have to purchase a hardcopy though once it reaches the newsstands.

dagwood

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That's awesome! Congrats!

topduarte

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Very nice 3rd gen John. Texas PE here.

If you cannot find the magazine, Ill mail u my copy.

Manny

mikeceli

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Thanks for the HMM Third Gen heads up! I just renewed starting w/ Aug 2019!

JohnFB

Manny,

thanks for that offer, but I'm pretty sure I can find it locally around here. I believe I've seen it at Barnes and Noble.

Cheers, John

JohnFB

Well, I managed to obtain a couple copies of this Hemmings magazine issue. The pictures of my car 　
came out very well. (Even the picture of me wasn't too bad -- I usually hate to have my picture taken!)　

The article itself seems pretty well balanced and mostly accurate. I did notice a couple of minor errors　
(it said that 145-mph speedometers came standard on IROCs but I believe LG4 IROCs came with 85-mph　
speedos, and it said that the 5.7L engine had 220 hp instead of 225 hp).　

The only confusing part of the article for me was why it quotes a price range of　
$6,600 -- $17,000 under "What to pay". The article mentions various auctions where IROCs sold for more　
(e.g., $26,950 for an '85 with 6,460 miles, and $37,400 for an '89 with 344 miles). I guess the range of　
$6,600 -- $17,000 is similar to what some guides (e.g,. NADA) say, but I'm skeptical one can buy　
the most desirable of the IROCs for $17K.

ray jr

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love the red irocs and yours looks really nice .. prices are all over the place on irocs but for 17k you can still get a excellent condition low mile iroc .. there out there ..

JohnFB

I guess that price range ($6,600 -- $17,000) is not too off then. Plus, the article does say "Add　
15 percent for 5.7-liter engine", which would bring the maximum closer to $20K. My only minor quibble　
then is that it doesn't show a similar premium for an LB9/G92/5-speed car. (I believe　
an LB9/G92/5-speed car is closer in price to an L98 car than to an LB9 automatic.)

ray jr

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yes the 5 speed tpi cars and the 5.7 tpi cars are pretty close in price range .. its all preference after that ..