TBRays98

you should show the old owner haha

RSFreak

I bought the car from a guy in my car club who gutted the interior for his Z28 and then sold the car to me so I never met the previous owners. I asked my buddy to show them the pics if he still has their contact info!

RSFreak

Yep, got the louvers tucked away along with the fog light grill insert. The louvers need to be repainted and the grill had multiple holes drilled in it when I picked it up at the junkyard. Holes are filled but I still have to sand and repaint it as well. The headlight buckets will get painted black soon after.

RSFreak

Double post

RSFreak

A few updates. Been working on the engine bay a little and got Z28 badges on. When we move into our new house next month I will be painting the louvers and grill insert.

DynoDave43

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Mighty handsome!

RSFreak

Thanks!

onthedownlow

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Your Berlinetta is looking great! What a transformation! I know how much work it is as I have done the same conversion to my 1984 Camaro Berlinetta.

RSFreak

Another update:

Beautification project



At a local 3rd gen gathering



Took home a class win in '82 - '92 Modified Camaro Class at the Pacific NW Camaro Club show



She's come a long way!

loopy

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Nice car, congratulations. Mines a 83 berlinetta.

InfernalVortex

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Oh my.... I dont see how you were able to do that in any sort of cost effective way, so congrats for pulling it off. You cant argue with results, that looks fantastic. I love silver IROCs.

mjdavis68

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Is the dash digital?

Scorpner

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Congratulations on the win!

I had a standard center console in mine for a while. It takes a couple of modifications but it might be worth considering. You could also swap to a 4th Gen center console as well.

FWIW, Berlinettas lack a couple of triangle braces up by the front frame rails. Easy to pick up a set and install though. Did you upgrade sway bars yet?

InfernalVortex

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The K-member braces?

These black pieces are the factory k-member braces.

RSFreak

I did this build slowly over several years and already had most of the pieces. The paint cost more than the rest of the build (including the price of the car) combined.

Yep, digital dash and pod radio. I love it!

I got a Wonder Bar from an IROC and Z28 front sway bar. The Berli didn't have a rear bar, so that will be a nice upgrade.

Scorpner

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There are actually four IIRC. Berlinetta's only have two.

Scorpner

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Yep, you'll need the end link brackets as well if you don't already have them.

86blackiroc

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So where did you find NOS red Z28 badges? Or are they repops? I haven't found any that look stock.

John in RI

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The car look GREAT dude !! The black headlight pockets were (very) worth the effort. I had an 86IROC painted silver once and your Berlinetta looks very much like my old ride right now. Silver is my (second!) favorite color on a ThirdGen.

http://berlinetta.info/mypics/86IROC...riverRear1.JPG

Edit: Your Berlinetta is an 85,.... Did it have the front frame rail to cross-member braces from the factory ??? I know 82-84 Coupes/Berlinetta didn't get them, ( only Z28 did ) but thought the braces were added to all cars ( "standard" F41 for all ?) starting in 85 or 86.

Scorpner is giving you some good advise about those Frame-Rail braces. If you plan to keep the car, get some !! There's also a 3rd brace under the drivers side "battery tray" - be sure to get that one too. the 4th one is a rod type brace from the cowl to the pass side hood hinge.

IMO; you REALLY need to install a rear sway bar ! Once you install a rear sway bar your gonna' fell like your driving a totally different car. While installing the rear bar I'd also consider rear springs ( put the front spring swap on hold till the struts need to be replaced. ) Adding a rear sway bar is going to cause a HUGE change to it's handling; so much that you will have to re-learn driving thru the curves !!


Keep up the great work !!

RSFreak

Yup, it's got the digital dash and pod radio:



Just a few more updates:

Got some new wheels, 17" 'Vette replicas, which I need tires for:


Also got some later style IROC wheels on her:


Finally got the louvers on her:

Billgluckman

Great job with the car, love to see a junker turned into a driver.

ThirdGen1984

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Great project, im getting ready to have all the rust repair on my car done, then she will be sent to paint, or maybe my 16'' chrome iroc wheels, not sure which order,

Ericklsx

I know this thread a bit old but I want to the same with 87 camaro that came with no gfx I was wondering what you did to install the door sideskirt gfx