1985 Camaro & 1985 IROC commercials

this is two 1985 Chevrolet Camaro commercials
one for Camaro coupe, Berlinetta - one for IROC

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Autos & Vehicles

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• racerboyroy
• camaro
• 1985
• IROC
• commercial

[v6firebirdv6]

what does the Z stand for

[racerboyroy]

The "z" is short for z28. z28 was the original RPO (regular production order) option code for the 1967 camaro produced for racing in the original trans am race series in the 60's and 70's. Z28 was the original option code to order the car on the order form.

[petey8764]

yes white would look nice with red interior.but paint the car black with black interior and it will look killer.

[ArisingSoul]

she probably looks ugly now

[cudaphil]

@nasw Then the 89 Pace car T/A with the 3.8 Turbo (GNX) Motor is the right car for you. The last time I saw one for sale was about 10 years ago and the guy was asking like $17,000 for it I think. Super low miles. A bit over priced I thought.

[nasw]

@cudaphil Agreed on the TA/GTA aesthetics - in good shape, those *still* look current (and have aged better than the '90s redesign, oddly enough). Not so sure on the 305 vs 350 issue, though - mileage was pretty important then (as it is now), plus, it's not like one could take either car over 55 mph, back then anyway! The best "all-rounder" for the era would have been if they'd offered the 4-cylinder with a light turbo, plus a 5-speed stick: all the speed you'd need + good mpg and insurance #s!

[supra6t9]

this is so hilariously bad. it just so cheesy and filled with bad 80's special effects. foxbodies are superior to these in everyway, but damn " take a turn grab a gear" and the guy surfing is just legendary.

[cudaphil]

I know so many people who had 80's F-body cars with the 700R-4 and those trannys were junk. The rear ends were garbage too, both would blow up around 70-80 thousand miles. I do love the GTA's and the BBS wheels made the whole car. Plus the 305 was a joke, the Fox 5.0's walked all over them. The 350 TPI should of been the standard engine.

[patriot0048]

The 1980s were great, miss those days. People 30 years from now will look back at 2011 and say the same thing: what the hell was up with people in 2011, time and styles change its a fact of life.

[makingnamesisfun]

@91TransAmKid It's the TPI 305 that motor started first try I thought it was quite reliable car. Car has been sitting since 07 things slowly started going on it like guages not reading correctly anymore. It needs body work around the wheel wells and such I plan on doing that soon stopping all the rust on it. I started ripping up the interior and floor pans look good only a small hole near the rocker arm, and i heard thats a common spot. Little by little and shell run again.

[91TransAmKid]

@makingnamesisfun You got the carb or tpi 305? Had a 86 TA once and it wasnt real fast because of the downsized cam. But once i got high flow runners, bigger injectors, throttle body and ported the entire intake, fuel pump, rebuilt the motor which i (highly modified) aftermarket heads that were ported, put a better cam in it, pretty much all the goodies and i was running with ls1s and that sucker would haul ass. i miss it but had to sell due to needing a truck. Dont let that IROC go

[makingnamesisfun]

@91TransAmKid You got that right. I had no problems with my 1986 IROC i got around year 2000. Minor care stuff every year tune ups tranny flushes things like that but the car never left me stranded. I still have my IROC and want to fix her up if time and money will prevail. I really miss driving that car nothing beat the attention it got wether it be positive or negitive (police love them).

[wiredtvcraze]

My 2002 Camaro isn't all that bad in the winter. Once you get use to them, it makes winter driving fun. You know that the rear end is gonna kick out a little. Finding good all season tires is key to keeping things from going insane with the winter slip-n-slide ride.

[91TransAmKid]

Why is everybody talking about nissan? Why are ppl even commenting if you dont like these cars. I love these cars, and have personally owned a few i cant imagine owning a nissan or honda. You either love f bodys or you dont.

Yes they made more 3rd gens than they did 4th gens, but ppl criticize these for being mullets or ghetto cars. They were never like that, ppl back then bought them, then drove the shit out of them. These are actually the most reliable cars if they are cared for.