1987 IROC sells for $42,900
 

Did you guys see this recent eBay auction? A dark red metallic 1987 IROC-Z 350, with fabric interior and black undercoating! The doors have been modified with aftermarket speakers. This car doesn't have TTops, Bose, rear hatch cover (D42), leather, etc. Looks like I may need to reconsider my starting price when I list my car.

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...a36505aa07.png

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But did it actual sell? Or another eBay game? It shows it was relisted then closed on the 26th.

Their website still lists the car in their inventory:
https://www.vanguardmotorsales.com/i...amaro-iroc-z28

You keep talking about raising the price but you still haven't sold it for your previous pricing!!

Re: 1987 IROC sells for $42,900
 

They have it listed on their website as Sold and also in their current inventory. Hmmm. I wonder what games their trying to play. Are they trying to manipulate the market for future sales?

Regarding selling mine, I have to list it to sell it! I just haven't done it yet. I have the '82 actively listed and I have someone coming to see it tomorrow. I'll do something with the IROC-Z later.

Re: 1987 IROC sells for $42,900
 

So does posting it in our Classifieds during 2019 not count?!

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/cama...1987-iroc.html

Re: 1987 IROC sells for $42,900
 

Nope. Absolutely zero activity on it since I posted it here.

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They probably had a friend bid on it to drive the price up and he ended up winning the damn thing, luckily he does'nt have to actually buy it.

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I saw this car when it was going around FB. If you watch the video they did on the car you can catch a bunch of flaws. The grille is all beat up, there’s paint flaws, the interior has aftermarket mods...

underside is all undercoated shiny black... doesn’t have original tires and looks like the shocks were replaced

No TPI decal on the rocker is weird

Very nice, Very clean car... but no way it’s a $42,900 example

There was one they were selling for this price with a Flowmaster muffler on it... not sure if it’s this one...

They had 3 different cars with different mileage and condition all listed for this price. Years ago their going price for all their IROCs was $36,900

they are always pushing the prices higher, but I doubt they are getting that.

I know a guy who offered a dealer $10k under asking price for a car and they did it for $9k under.

Those cars would probably be in the high,mid twenties on BAT IMO


Also, yes, I think Scott’s car is nicer than this one

Vanguard does clean up and present the vehicles better than anyone though.

Re: 1987 IROC sells for $42,900
 

They’ve had cars they marked as sold before that showed up a year later for sale again same ad, same mileage and higher price.

No way this car is selling for that money. Maybe this is just how they weed out the riff raff to get the highest possible offers. Must be a method to the madness.

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This one marked as Sold:
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...1d62027383.jpg

This one in their current inventory:
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...6459b7bad5.jpg

A couple mileage difference but same stock number, same VIN so same car.

Re: 1987 IROC sells for $42,900
 

1) Scott's car is nicer.

2) No way that car actually sold for that money.

Re: 1987 IROC sells for $42,900
 

There's a sucker born every minute, but this is just a little too hard to believe. Nice car, but not $42K of nice. Not even close.

eBay is unreliable as to final purchase prices. But I have noticed a general uptick in Firebird prices. Of course, that's asking pricing. But the initial ask seems to have had a significant increase over the past year.

Re: 1987 IROC sells for $42,900
 

There’s an uptick in the used car market across the board and especially fun, enthusiast/weekend cars and off roaders... The off road market is exploding. Since the pandemic with people stuck at home/not traveling and the FED printing money for 1/3 of the economy not allowed to work, the people that are still working have extra cash.

used car dealers say they’re paying practically low retail prices to get inventory and have very slim margins to price cars where customers will not balk.

In the beginning of the pandemic people thought it would go the other way where people would be selling off their toys to pay their bills.

It’s good for any special interest vehicle the way this played out for sure.

Re: 1987 IROC sells for $42,900
 

For a lot of thirdgen people, a hardtop is not a bug, but a feature.

Re: 1987 IROC sells for $42,900
 

Seller claimed elsewhere online, car is going to buyer in California.

No comment on condition or value/sales price. Just reporting what I saw. So perhaps it sold.

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thats a fact .. its funny in the third gen world everyone with t-tops thinks there the greatest things ever and makes there car more valuable .. not true , its all preference and i know a ton of people that wont buy them with t-tops ..

Re: 1987 IROC sells for $42,900
 

Its back on eBay.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1987-Chevro...%7C1000%7C2500

Re: 1987 IROC sells for $42,900
 

I agree in that Vanguard does a fantastic job cleaning up cars for their videos, especially the undercarriage. Also, it looks like they use some type of soft lens for their camera rig; the images look incredibly warm and smooth, yet highly detailed.

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It's funny, back in the day, I considered anything else but a hardtop as a car for wussies. Other than the car I ordered in 1989, every other 3rd gen I've owned has been a t-top or convertible.

Re: 1987 IROC sells for $42,900
 

When you only get 3 months (at most) of nice weather, and of those, only 8-10 days where you are not working, at this or that event, etc., you want all the sun "beating down on your head" as you can get. As for driving in the rain, I (and am certain most others with a thirdgen vert) have another car for those days. As for practical, what about a thirdgen is practical?

Re: 1987 IROC sells for $42,900
 

Guess their California buyer fell through. Shocker.