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Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish)
Originally Posted by 86IROC112
(Post 6210521)
So, what's the color going to be then? The suspense is killing me... Photos of the color will be posted as soon as the dust settles #cliffhanger |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) Well, here we are! 4 years later and I’m finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. What do you boys think? https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...7121b585c.jpeghttps://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...4b92983d4.jpeg https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...dde8e2529.jpeg https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...5c8c927b7.jpeg https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...1fec8d95c.jpeg https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...100b4c0e1.jpegFor those of you who remember, I know I sure do, these pillar corners and weatherstrip moldings were Swiss cheese. https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...a4e409bff.jpegI can’t believe how bad this section used to be https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...97903d0c0.jpeg https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...70e13145d.jpeg https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...f6f435226.jpeg |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) Oh I LOVE IT! Always loved that blue color on these cars. I love my yellow but if I had done a full color change I'd have gone that blue. Can't wait to see her all back together..... I didn't do my engine bay and didn't want them different colors.. Love it! Great job man... |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) Badass Blue! Man you have took that car along way and it looks Awesome! Congrats I bet it feels great to finally put some color on this project. |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) Wow Brother! She is looking great! |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish)
Originally Posted by Goodolboy0404
(Post 6210781)
Well, here we are! 4 years later and I’m finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. What do you boys think? https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...7121b585c.jpeghttps://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...4b92983d4.jpeg https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...dde8e2529.jpeg https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...5c8c927b7.jpeg https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...1fec8d95c.jpeg https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...100b4c0e1.jpegFor those of you who remember, I know I sure do, these pillar corners and weatherstrip moldings were Swiss cheese. https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...a4e409bff.jpegI can’t believe how bad this section used to be https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...97903d0c0.jpeg https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...70e13145d.jpeg https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...f6f435226.jpeg If you don't mind me asking, what color blue is that? My 1991 Formula is going to be getting the full treatment soon, and I am thinking about going either blue, or charcoal gray. Thanks, and awesome job! |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish)
Originally Posted by Black00SS
(Post 6211449)
WOW, what an unbelievable transformation! Car looks outstanding!! If you don't mind me asking, what color blue is that? My 1991 Formula is going to be getting the full treatment soon, and I am thinking about going either blue, or charcoal gray. Thanks, and awesome job! |
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Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) Well Drew, you’re not bias at all are you? Ha ha. Very nice looking car bro! Can’t wait to finish this thing |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) 1 Attachment(s) I also approve of the colour. ;) Keep up the great work!! :burnout: |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) Not too biased. I just really like the metallic colors on thirdgens. Gunmetal, Flame Red Metallic, Teal Metallic, Dark Green Metallic. Just happens the blue is the best of the bunch. :) |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) Awesome work! I have similar issues I need to tackle and will certainly reference this thread. |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) Drew, I never looked at you as one of those fuzzy dice kind of guys. Going to have to adjust my perspective now. ;) |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) If you like that, you should see the color-matched GREEN fuzzy dice in my convertible. :P I admit, I rock fuzzy dice in all of my thirdgens. It's a throwback to jazzin' up the new ride with a spin down the novelty parts aisle. A bit of irony, a wink at that bit of car culture. I think I was trying to make a statement about the duality of man... |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) I get all of that but would have thought more of you if you had selected the vintage playboy bunny air freshner. Note to self, need to find one for my 87. ;) |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) Alright guys.. the car is it of the booth and into assembly. What I can’t believe is how this color changes so much. It looks super dark in the assembly room and outside looks totally different. I’m just loving this color!! In other news, Christmas has came earlyas you can see in the tower of Summit boxes. All I can say is, things are about to get very interesting on this thread!! I hope you all enjoy it as much as I will be. https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...2e7a45b29.jpeg https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...00f56bb91.jpeg Somewhere... over a year ago in this thread is the identical picture of us taking her to the paint room. Pretty neat. https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...d7ddc10a8.jpeg https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...d390f4443.jpeg She’s still got a wayyyyyy to go but man!! What a difference. |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) I am enjoying this! The car is looking great. You are now at the point where you are assembling clean parts. Good choice on the color. |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) Wow, awesome shop you got there!! Looking good. |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) Wow. what a great thread! I've had two 3rd Gens, an '83 Z28 I g=bought in 1986 and when that got totaled I replaced it with a 1985 IROC in 1999, which I still have, now as an occasional driver. I had a new '68 First Gen, but I still think the 3rd Gens were the best looking Camaros ever. I commend you on all the work you've done and obviously you have the facilities and skills to do it. Clearly it's a labor of love because you'll never recover a fraction of the cost. |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) I was able to spend some time on the car tonight and start pulling stuff out of storage to reinstall. I tilt ally forgot the AC box was slammed so I have to fix it and figured I’d take some pictures of the progress. https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...e818a05d9.jpeg https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...e500914f3.jpegI think this damage is fairly common. I have seven parts cars, every single one was busted. https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...eff0bcc28.jpeg https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...497bad228.jpeg https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...7726ab0f7.jpegCleaned the area several inches back from the damaged area, braced the broken pieces with vice grips and got to fiberglassing this thing back together. https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...5abeeb407.jpegThis thing was broke everywhere https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...dbd5783b9.jpegMake sure you put some glass on the inside of your patch to help support your repair https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...59f805dab.jpegShould have it painted and installed next week with the brake system. |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) What an awesome job,love the color.thats my dream iroc,blue with t-tops.and you are doing my dream build,I have an 86 iroc that is a good daily driver but needs work.the battery tray is rotted,the doors are rotted from plugged drains,the rear bumper support is rotted,the hatch has a bit of rust,and my big scare is I found a bubble on lower a pillar and I poked it and went through!now I'm scared to wash the car.but my dream is to strip it,fix the rust,repaint it factory white,and just like you do a 383 t56 swap that looks stock.keep us updated!cant wait to see it together. |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) Amazing skills! Well done. Can’t wait to see finished product. Subscribed. |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) Finally had a chance to get the rear pulled back out so I can start coating the inside with Lizard Skin Sound Deadener and the underside with SEM undercoating. Soon as this dries... we start plumbing and wiring. https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...efce7c77e.jpegTake the time to cover the paint! Lol https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...2bdab3abd.jpegBefore https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...c2333320a.jpegAfter https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...10ca7ba52.jpegBefore https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...06aff5ef3.jpegAfter https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...482bbb1b2.jpegNo more red |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) All unwrapped from undercoating (top side/ under side). Next step is plumbing and wiring. Stay tuned.https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...ced4a5875.jpeghttps://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...8ccba1b27.jpeg https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...7bdc07b87.jpeg https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...2eee89df0.jpeg |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) looking great! |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) Beautiful Work,your 87 will last forever!!:thumbsup: |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) Nice work Brother. |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) Started putting things back into the car today... note to anyone taking one this far apart, take the time to separate and label hardware in baggies. It makes like sooooooooo much easier. While putting the air box and starting the brakes I found the insulation on the firewall was disgusting. The replacement is crazy expensive so I fixed mine. I removed the insulation from the rubber backing, cleaned and sanitized, then glued in new insulation. It is a tad bit thinner but looks and smells wayyyy better. Took forever but I would’ve been pissed if I finished this thing and it smelled like old socks. Also, I found the topside of my interior air box is damaged. The blend door arm is snapped. Next step is fixing this or pulling one from the parts cars. https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...ac491aa89.jpegUnfolded from storage and attempted to clean it... decided this wasn’t going to work for me https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...cb3ffe347.jpegStripped the old insulation off https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...fa66b6a51.jpegProcured a moving blanket and 3M spray adhesive https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...16d76a105.jpegLike new! Definitely worth the effort. |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) While installing the interior air box I discovered the cool/ heat blend door arm was broken, so I had to go out to the parts cars and pull it out of an 85 IROC. I was not happy doing it however, it served a good purpose. There’s an order the AC box goes in, I put mine in backwards. So, NOTE.. the interior box must go in first then the evaporator in engine bay. There’s one bolt behind the evaporator (inside the engine bay box) that holds the interior box. This would’ve royally pissed me off if I didn’t figure this out until I was doing the interior stuff. Anyways, pictures will be coming of the interior box restoration and progress this week. Does anyone think I should document restoring certain pieces in a different thread or just keep it here? Thoughts?? |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) I'd vote for a seperate thread in the correct section. It makes it easier for someone searching that section for info they're looking for. Otherwise they may never see it here in your build thread. Side note...I'd also put up a signature with a link to this build thread. That makes this info easier to find also as you respond to other peoples threads/post. |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish)
Originally Posted by KCG
(Post 6220272)
I'd vote for a seperate thread in the correct section. It makes it easier for someone searching that section for info they're looking for. Otherwise they may never see it here in your build thread. Side note...I'd also put up a signature with a link to this build thread. That makes this info easier to find also as you respond to other peoples threads/post. |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) Go to the first page of this thread. Up at the top of your browser in the address bar..... Where it says something like http WWW third gen...,etc. Right click on it, then click on COPY. Next, down underneath the address bar, you should see a BLUE bar with USER CP on the left. Cick that and scroll down page till you see EDIT SIGNATURE on the left. Clicking on that will open up a box for you to type in anything you want to show up as YOUR SIGNATURE. Right click in that box, then PASTE will put the link to page 1 of your build thread.(as long as you went to page 1 when you COPIED it) then SAVE SIGNATURE button under that. See mine at the bottom of my post?, I just typed "build thread" in front of the copy/pasted link for mine. |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) Tonight I finished rebuilding the air box, that thing was a mess. The flaps were frozen, the vaccum ports were broken, pieces were snapped and all of the “anti-noise” insulation on the flaps had deteriated. So! I took it completely apart, used another box and made basically a new one. It’s installed now, next is the column, pedals, laying the wiring in and plumbing the brakes. https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...a7d1ad0e8.jpegThis is what I started with... aka trashed box. https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...3e1bc8686.jpegAll cleaned and blasted hard pieces https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...a8ba25f30.jpegCame out super nice https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...692f6ed37.jpegThis stuff was $1.85 at the hardware store and identical to the stuff glued to the flaps, worked great with some 3M spray glue. https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...c09f60c6d.jpegPerfect https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...d3b8ef26f.jpeg https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...bf58ac82d.jpegAll finished with new heater core. https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...5e097022b.jpegInstalled and on to the next step. FYI, the triangular vent that sits to the right of the main box has to be installed first. Save yourselves some colorful language and do that part first. https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...dc4b18a05.jpegReady to go. Pretty neat to hold power to the motor and get air flowing to the vents. |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) WOW! Great thread, an amazing amount of work... |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) Wow man, that looks amazing! Great work! |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) Sub'd. That is great work and really inspirational to get mine done! |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) You do nice work Brother. |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) Spent the evening rebuilding the pedal assembly and installing it. Blasted all the pieces, painted them, replaced the plastic bushings and greased them. Pedals are hooked up to the brake master cylinder and clutch master cylinder. I used the dupli-color “cast-iron” to coat all the metal stuff. I know it’s not supposed to be painted but I don’t want this stuff rusting up again. Should last a while. Wiring is next. https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...3b5f3976d.jpegBefore https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...c0a781984.jpegAfter |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) Looking great, taking notes here |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) Just a couple of observations and comments: 1. You seem to possess tremendous determination. 2. You have a very nice place to work on the car. 3. You're doing a very impressive job with restoring this car. 4. I can't wait to see it finished. |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) Good **** man I thought this was gonna be another dead thread. |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) Not bad. Just like my restoration. But, i will never understand one thing: If you do so MAGNOIFICEN restoration, how can you leave this parts on body? https://d.radikal.ru/d37/1805/5c/1234c370b72f.jpg https://c.radikal.ru/c20/1805/80/dbaad298d5d4.jpg https://d.radikal.ru/d27/1805/b1/5cad02173f8b.jpg |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish)
Originally Posted by Camaro29
(Post 6224579)
Not bad. Just like my restoration. But, i will never understand one thing: If you do so MAGNOIFICEN restoration, how can you leave this parts on body? https://d.radikal.ru/d37/1805/5c/1234c370b72f.jpg https://c.radikal.ru/c20/1805/80/dbaad298d5d4.jpg https://d.radikal.ru/d27/1805/b1/5cad02173f8b.jpg |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) Hope to see your interesting car soon! Best wishes!!! |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) I sure wouldn't sweat a few pieces of hardware left on during the paint. GM painted the cars with more than that assembled. As soon as most of the car starts going back together no one will ever see those clip-nuts anyway. Pretty sure the upper fender rails weren't even painted beyond the factory sealer, and the hood latch support was in place when the cars were painted. |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish)
Originally Posted by Drew
(Post 6224646)
I sure wouldn't sweat a few pieces of hardware left on during the paint. GM painted the cars with more than that assembled. As soon as most of the car starts going back together no one will ever see those clip-nuts anyway. Pretty sure the upper fender rails weren't even painted beyond the factory sealer, and the hood latch support was in place when the cars were painted. |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish)
Originally Posted by Camaro29
(Post 6224579)
Not bad. Just like my restoration. But, i will never understand one thing: If you do so MAGNOIFICEN restoration, how can you leave this parts on body? https://d.radikal.ru/d37/1805/5c/1234c370b72f.jpg https://c.radikal.ru/c20/1805/80/dbaad298d5d4.jpg https://d.radikal.ru/d27/1805/b1/5cad02173f8b.jpg WTF is this post??? Car looks amazing, keep up the good work.. |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) Ofcourse amazing. it was my opinion. Do not be so nervous. ;) I made total restaration, so i know what i am talking about. I saw many restaration and this is one of the best. |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) There are whole range of possible restorations, ranging from a simple paint job to complete disassembly, etc., including replicating the exact factory paint, over-spray and inspection crayon marks. Clearly this effort isn't that extreme, but it's darn professionsl and more that I could everexpect to do.When I bought my '85 in 1999 it had just been restored by the previous owner, but not as meticulously as this. I'm really enjoying following this thread and learning stuff along the way. Fantastic job, Goodolboy0404! |
Re: 1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish) The lizard skin coating looks good. |
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