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edpontiac91 03-24-2010 10:39 PM

1985 CAMARO IROC/ 5 original miles on eBay
 
I just got thru reading 8 pages (on TGO) about the bringing back to life a 1985 Camaro IROC that was put into a trailer with 4.3 miles on it and was not even prepped by the dealership. It still has the original plastic on the seats/ door panels/ steering wheel and floor areas. It is a very interesting story that documents the work involved in bringing it back to life and all the members that got involved. The car is now listed on eBay (#260574824313) as the new owner is testing the waters as to what this car might be worth. It failed to reach a reserve at the Krusse auction and now they are trying this approach. He paid $26,000 for the car, not counting the hours of work and parts needed to make it look new again. :shock:

T69SS 03-24-2010 10:43 PM

Thats pretty awesome. Is it on Ebay yet? Link?

DAcoatAH 03-24-2010 10:43 PM

there is a vid on youtube that shows them taking it out of the trailer with it still all wraped up, i cant find it but its pretty cool if anyone feels like hunting for it

mc73nova 03-24-2010 11:01 PM

Looks great but its missing the front ground fx. You can see the holes in the bottom of the front bumper where it should be attached.

V 03-24-2010 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by mc73nova (Post 692306)
Looks great but its missing the front ground fx. You can see the holes in the bottom of the front bumper where it should be attached.

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Originally Posted by ebay ad
As you can see in the pictures, the front chin spoiler hasn’t been installed yet, that was a part of the dealer prep. It is still wrapped in plastic, as well as all the hardware to install it with.

reading ftw :-D hehe

Ls1dreamin02 03-24-2010 11:12 PM

the orig vid....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCK7N2SgJjE

edpontiac91 03-24-2010 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by mc73nova (Post 692306)
Looks great but its missing the front ground fx. You can see the holes in the bottom of the front bumper where it should be attached.

Yeah, when you read the whole story, he has the front ground fx in the original sealed box, but is torn between putting it on, or leaving it off because that's the way it was found. Just like there is chalk writing on the rear window that is still left on because THAT'S the way it was found. It's dumb to some people and others say just buy another ground fx, put it on and leave the original one in the box. This guy is trying to find NOS wheels for the car (the ones on there are not the original) because the story goes that the original owner bought this car to make it into a BIG BLOCK race car and sold the original wheels and tires to help pay for the start of the project, but it never got off the ground and wound up in the trailer for 25 years. It had a set of black painted steel wheels with snow tires on the rear. LOL

mc73nova 03-24-2010 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by SmokingSS (Post 692309)
reading ftw :-D hehe

Oh ok! I just read the part that said "needs nothing" and got confused! Still a very nice car.

Mike 03-24-2010 11:23 PM

they left them off for delivery because of how steep the haulers ramps can be

HardcoreZ28 03-25-2010 07:19 AM

Yeah I saw that video atleast 6 months ago and was wondering what would happen with the car. I'll be watching with great interest. I had a guy offer me 20k for mine 2 years ago...not bad for one with 115,000 miles on it haha.

SteveR 03-25-2010 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by edpontiac91 (Post 692300)
He paid $26,000 for the car, not counting the hours of work and parts needed to make it look new again. :shock:



So......





it should be worth it's original sticker price again of 5k? :rofl:




sorry, had to.

sweetbmxrider 03-25-2010 10:44 AM

damn, thats pretty cool

CHRIS67 03-25-2010 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by SteveR (Post 692395)
So......





it should be worth it's original sticker price again of 5k? :rofl:




sorry, had to.


Nope that would be us first gen guys. Sorry, had to. 8-)

iroc86NJ 03-25-2010 02:48 PM

http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl

So once you factor in inflation.....it can be said that Third Gens are appreciating in value?????.....I own a third gen and I still can't believe it....


Dude paid waaaay to much for it though 26k??? that's crack prices for a regular Iroc....1LE that's a different story....IMO I can't see him getting his money back unless he sits on it for a few years and then sends it to Barrett Jackson and markets it as a "Survivor"..

IROCZman15 03-26-2010 02:44 AM

woah!!! that is so insane. i'd put the front piece on for sure. what a find!

camaroracer1992 03-29-2010 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by HardcoreZ28 (Post 692349)
Yeah I saw that video atleast 6 months ago and was wondering what would happen with the car. I'll be watching with great interest. I had a guy offer me 20k for mine 2 years ago...not bad for one with 115,000 miles on it haha.

damn paul, a guy offered me $10 grand for mine how it is now with everything......

Tru2Chevy 03-29-2010 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by camaroracer1992 (Post 693337)
damn paul, a guy offered me $10 grand for mine how it is now with everything......

What was he smoking?

- Justin


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