1985 IROC-Z

[capriceman]

http://njection.com/blogs/autoblog/archive...t-included.aspx

If you were able to suddenly don a mullet and hop in Doc Brown's time machine to travel back to the year 1985, you'd find that the pinnacle of affordable performance was available at your local Chevy dealership in the form of the Camaro IROC-Z. This was the first year that the Z was offered, and this particular example came equipped with the Camaro's first Tuned Port Injection engine, in this case displacing 305 cubic inches and offering up an impressive-for-the-day 215 horsepower, hooked up to a four-speed automatic transmission. Other uplevel bits included 16" 5-spoke alloy rims and meaty 245/50ZR16 tires cribbed from the Corvette.

Here we are in 2009, and most of these cars were snatched up by young, hot-headed male drivers once they hit the used market, meaning that nearly all of the Z's still on the road are in less-than-stellar condition. Fortunately, eBay has come to the rescue once again with an auction for a factory-fresh '85 IROC with just 4.3 miles on the odometer. Most of the parts are there, minus the stock set of wheels and tires, but the car has been sitting for the last 23 years inside a warehouse of some sort. Perhaps it's a gem underneath all that dust and muck, but expect to perform lots of hard work if you actually want to make it drivable again.

The current bid is well over $15K and the reserve has not yet been reached. We're not sure what an untouched '85 IROC is really worth, but apparently it's a bit more that we'd have guessed. Check out our gallery below and click here for the original auction page, and just to get you in the proper mood, we've included a couple of period Camaro commercials after the jump. Thanks for the tip, Charles!

[toesuf94]

I would love to own that one...if it is as good as it should be...hope it was stored correctly.

[cletus8269]

so he has put it back on ebay again to see if there are any takers now... i doubt they will since he wanted close to $25K last time.

oops nope the article is dated 2-26-09

Edited September 9, 2009 by cletus8269

[Chazman]

ThirdGen.org has a long thread chronicalling it's restoration. Pretty interesting.

[cletus8269]

good to hear it didnt have to languish in the pictured state.

[bobo]

That was the car of my dreams when I was in high school.

[Chazman]

Here's how it looked afew months ago.