wassup all! im looking at purchasing a 1989 silver iroc-z. they guy says its rare and i really want to be buy asap if so.. can anyone tell me how many were made that year and other years, if any??
thank,

 

i heard 1989 was the only year for silver??? i need stats, thnx ;-)

 

When u say rare what exactly are u refering too? The silver color is pretty hard to find. But what other options does it have? More info would help out. 89 is a good year for a Roc.

 

ok,sorry, rare as in how many were made that were silver with red iroc letters? ex. 5000 out of 100,000 made for a year, etc, thnx

 

Nope, 1985 was for IROCs.

 

i need info 1989

 

There is no info on them. NO silver IROCs were produced in 1989. Like I said, 1985 only.

 

im going to look at it today, the guy says it has 4 wheel disc, thought those werent avalaible til 86 or 87???

 

4 wheel discs were available from 1982 - from the beginning.

 

WILL85IROC,

Chazman is correct regarding silver only being available in 1985. Is it perhaps dark grey instead of silver? I could have been repainted silver.

 

would the vin tell me the original color?

 

The guys are correct: Met. Silver was a one-year IROC color. Rare? I've never seen another one up close and personal--and only three or four on the net. The VIN won't provide color info. Check my Car Details below for a pic, should you wish to see one.

BTW, the Camaro White Book lists ONLY the following colors for 89:

LIGHT BLUE
WHITE
BLACK
DARK RED
BRIGHT BLUE
MEDIUM GRAY (7,906 out of 110,739)
BRIGHT BLUE

JamesC

 

im trying to insert picture now...

 

ill do it when i get home, cant attach from work, damn 'c' drive!

 

heres a pic

 

Better check the VIN, cause that doesnt look like a 1989.

 

can you tell if its original color? has it been repainted anywhere?

 

going to look at it tomorrow.... from the pic can anyone tell if its the silver its supposed to be for that year??

 

The 85 silver, sure. In 89 the closest was medium gray metallic, i.e. gunmetal. This GTA is the correct color for an 89, even though it's a 90...

But more importantly, the Iroc in your pic has 85-87 wheels, and the decals are placed in 85-87 position on the doors (88-up they were at the rear of the door). Also the red Z28 emblems on the fenders are incorrect for a 89, they should read IROCZ after 88.

BTW I've got an 87 Iroc in the garage that the seller swore was an 88. We got a surprise when he finally broke out the title.

 

my mistake, it is a 1985 iroc-z.

 

1985

 

are you going to buy it?

 

yessir!

 

If the deal went through, let's see some pics!

JamesC

 

got the car a few weeks ago, will post pics tomorrow

 

Pics or it didn't happen.

I'd love to see an original silver IROC. That's a very unique color.

 

 

While waiting for Will to post, should you be interested seeing in an original met. silver IROC, check my vBGarage (lower left).

JamesC

 

nice nice James, your maro is mad clean

 

pics will up tomorrow of my new edition to the family

 

Great buy if it's original silver. Never seen one in person myself!

If you can find a build sheet or original RPO codes, that'd be awesome too and prove it most certainly was silver from factory.

 

If it's an 89, it's this color:

 

Turns out that the car is an 85.

JamesC

 

Oops missed that

From looking at the small pics he posted it already had the red stripes & decals that would go w/ the silver.

Nice find for sure!

 

What's the paint code for that color? Also was there a lighter color? My Trans Am looks like this picture. Is that the gun metal?

 

If it's the same as this:



... then I think the official name of the color would be Medium Gray Metallic. Gunmetal is a bit of a colloquial term for it, I guess.

 

See my problem is that I had an 89 GTA that was Med Gray Met. and this 89 Trans am at the same time and the Trans Am was lighter. The GTA was painted under warrenty before I got it but the Trans Am I had painted under warrenty and it came back the same lighter color than the GTA. It's almost like the GTA had a gold flake in it and the Trans Am had a silver flake. I am going to take it to a paint place this weekend and see if they can match it up.

 

Camaro 1985 Silver Metallic paint code 12 (WA 8535).


The other colour that was kind'a similar that year was Medium Grey Metallic paint code 15 (WA 8573).


The silver was available on both the Z28 & IrocZ that year, but the I believe the grey wasn't on the IrocZ.

 

heres a pic....

 

1985 silver iroc-z

 

I'm drooling. Obviously needs TLC in the engine bay, and desperately needs that quarter panel fixed, but what a gorgeous car! I love the IROC decals in red. You don't see that often. heck, hardly at all

 

Where do you find that info, Iroctopless? I only ask because if met. silver appears on both the Z28 and IROC, you'd think there'd be more silver cars on the road, and yet I've never seen another one--and the ones in pictures have always been IROC's. Or perhaps the number of cars painted silver is the final arbiter. There were 21,000 odd IROC's in 85 and according to the White Book, there were 11,000+ Code 12 Silver (different from met. silver?) cars. Can you shed any light?

BTW, a brochure for my 85 indicates that IROC's only came in the following colors: Silver Met., Black, Bright Blue Met., Yellow, and Red.

JamesC

 

can other iroc owner s with the same color pls post a pic,

 

Since met. silver was a one-year color, Will, I wouldn't get my hopes up. As I say above, I've never seen another met. silver IROC, except in pics, and even then I've only seen four or five. Be good to see others though.

JamesC

 

I've seen the info on several sites listed much like this . . .
http://www.camarosource.ca/php/camar...trim&year=1985
As to the accuracy, I can't be 100% correct. A person can't be with anything online. I would love to see if there was a Z28 out there that colour myself. I have seen a couple '85 met-silver Camaros in my travels and they also were both IrocZ's. One used to drive around my hometown of Gretna, MB Canada back in the mid 90's. He later trashed it.
Had I known then what I know now!!!!

I can't imagine that the met-silver only applied to the IrocZ's. If 21,177 IrocZ's were made in '85, it would be hard to believe that out of all the different coloured IrocZ's I've seen from that year, that roughly half, or 11,684, were painted met-silver. They'd be all over the place. There must be other '85 Camaro models out there that are also that colour. But, I'm like you, I've only seen it on IrocZs.

 

The 85 brochure mentions Silver Met., the Camaro White Book, simply silver. Different colors? My RPO sheet reads as follows: Enamel WA - L8547 08567.

JamesC

 

I've seen a silver SC in local classifieds. And I'm pretty sure I've seen another before.

FOUND IT! http://montreal.kijiji.ca/c-cars-veh...AdIdZ193055454

And here's one more, a 1984 Z28 that has supposedly been stored for 25 years, unplated: http://montreal.kijiji.ca/c-cars-veh...dIdZ188914843# - to be honest, I've seen quite a lot of pictures of silver Z28s in the 82-84 body style, including at least one in the official brochures. Was that a different color?

Wow... only 45K clicks on that thing. 9000$. HO engine. I wish i had that kind of money right now

 

The color codes are different, whatever that means. I have nothing to base my option on (so I'm guessing), but I'm inclined to believe Silver Met. and Silver are different colors.

JamesC

 

That explains it, then. But that '85 SC should be the same color as the '85 IROCs. And it has similar red decals. I kinda like this silver/red theme.

 

The nose on that car doesn't look like an 85.

JamesC