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05-13-2011, 12:32 PM
As a few members may know and/or remember I own a 1985 Iroc.
The car was given to me in 2005 by my friend who had then enlisted in the US Army and had no use for the car. I drove the car several months but due to its condition and work needed, Its basically been off the road since.
Its a real 1985 Iroc Z, 305 LG4(l69 dual snorkel air cleaner though), T5 manual trans, ttops, black exterior with red interior.
The body however is now beyond repair. Rust and rot have progressed too far even in 2005 for it to even be financially feasible to do the metal work. Rot was in the doors, 1/4s hatch, A pillars and even the front frame rails.
Back around 2004 I had also bought an '89 iroc for parts and i still have that roller and soon I should be able to get a clean title for it. I have finally decided to rebuild the '85/'89 irocs into one car.
The 1989 Iroc has a very solid body, the doors even close like a brand new car.
After recently seeing a picture of a rare edition Camaro build in 1985, the "Camaro California Iroc-Z". I have now decided to build one along that style. 400 red ones were made and 100 black ones. They consited of a basic iroc, with no spoiler, flat hood, stripe delete and so forth. Very sleek and smooth looking. the version I will be building will be black with light gray interior.
I will of course be using my Export 3rd gen camaro taillights, clear front side markers, and new front directionals. To add to the sleek/simple look i will also be doing !defroster, foglight delete, antenna delete, and one piece headlight conversion(silverado or celebrity) with clear GTS headlight covers. Mechanically, ill also be doing a/c delete, wiper delete, cruise delete etc.
Motor will be the 6,609mile 1996 LT1 thats currently sitting in my '79 vette, but im going to put a carb intake on it and use a MSD pro billet dizzy and 6A box i have already. Trans will be the T5 still and i'll use the 9 botl in the 89 but eventually upgrade to 3.45 or 3.70 gears. Car will be built for cruising, NOT speed. The '85 currently has lowering springs and fairly new flowmaster exhaust, so those will be used as well. The tailpipes will be cut and hidden though.
For the wheels, i plan on having the 85 single line iroc wheels painted on the inside and then polishing the outer edge to make them look like the final concept picture. Oh and during the build subframe connectors will get added obviously. But other than that, the suspension will remain almost all stock.
Here are some pics of what i'll be starting with...
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d50/SmokingSS/175.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d50/SmokingSS/iroc85tail.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d50/SmokingSS/July2008026.jpg
This is the final goal....
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d50/SmokingSS/123/iroc85-89.jpg
The car was given to me in 2005 by my friend who had then enlisted in the US Army and had no use for the car. I drove the car several months but due to its condition and work needed, Its basically been off the road since.
Its a real 1985 Iroc Z, 305 LG4(l69 dual snorkel air cleaner though), T5 manual trans, ttops, black exterior with red interior.
The body however is now beyond repair. Rust and rot have progressed too far even in 2005 for it to even be financially feasible to do the metal work. Rot was in the doors, 1/4s hatch, A pillars and even the front frame rails.
Back around 2004 I had also bought an '89 iroc for parts and i still have that roller and soon I should be able to get a clean title for it. I have finally decided to rebuild the '85/'89 irocs into one car.
The 1989 Iroc has a very solid body, the doors even close like a brand new car.
After recently seeing a picture of a rare edition Camaro build in 1985, the "Camaro California Iroc-Z". I have now decided to build one along that style. 400 red ones were made and 100 black ones. They consited of a basic iroc, with no spoiler, flat hood, stripe delete and so forth. Very sleek and smooth looking. the version I will be building will be black with light gray interior.
I will of course be using my Export 3rd gen camaro taillights, clear front side markers, and new front directionals. To add to the sleek/simple look i will also be doing !defroster, foglight delete, antenna delete, and one piece headlight conversion(silverado or celebrity) with clear GTS headlight covers. Mechanically, ill also be doing a/c delete, wiper delete, cruise delete etc.
Motor will be the 6,609mile 1996 LT1 thats currently sitting in my '79 vette, but im going to put a carb intake on it and use a MSD pro billet dizzy and 6A box i have already. Trans will be the T5 still and i'll use the 9 botl in the 89 but eventually upgrade to 3.45 or 3.70 gears. Car will be built for cruising, NOT speed. The '85 currently has lowering springs and fairly new flowmaster exhaust, so those will be used as well. The tailpipes will be cut and hidden though.
For the wheels, i plan on having the 85 single line iroc wheels painted on the inside and then polishing the outer edge to make them look like the final concept picture. Oh and during the build subframe connectors will get added obviously. But other than that, the suspension will remain almost all stock.
Here are some pics of what i'll be starting with...
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d50/SmokingSS/175.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d50/SmokingSS/iroc85tail.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d50/SmokingSS/July2008026.jpg
This is the final goal....
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d50/SmokingSS/123/iroc85-89.jpg