Cosmetic twin of the one I just bought. BIN of $28,000. Repaint? Door decals in wrong position, wrong wheel center cap, driver's door molding cracked. When you want ALL the money, make sure the car presents perfectly.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/1987-Chevrol...pZXo4f&vxp=mtr

 

Why is it an Indy Pace Car? Sometimes these people are so ignorant!!

I also noticed the exhaust isn't hanging correctly. Why? I didn't notice the center cap until you mentioned it. Good eye. The upper door panel plastics is known for cracking. Both of mine were cracked when I bought my car with 6k miles on it. But, again, if you ask top dollar, the car needs to reflect that.

 

I asked if the car's been repainted due to the decal positioning. Let's see what he says.

 

He said the previous owner repainted the front.

 

Have to wonder... Were yours cracked about 8" from the front? The ones on my 87 Iroc were cracked at 50K miles, yet the 120K mile caps from my 83 Camaro are still fine. The caps on all my other thirdgens have been fine. Can't help but suspect a manufacturing defect.

The wheel weights would drive me crazy. The weights on my Iroc are goofy too. They bug me but not enough to bother fixing them. LOL

 

That hood gap would drive me nuts...

It looks more like a 50k mile car...

 

Door panels are nice.

 

Tire wear in the front centers would sure indicate a rotation & the rears look worn about the same. For sure they should't be quite that down at 17K miles, but I know if If it would have been my car in 1987 they would be worn too. So, hard to complain about that. We all know what makes them wear down the center....
If the edges were gone, then I would question the miles a bit more.
But, I do see the original grey stem caps on the rear yet!

If I had to pick at it, I would agree on the exhaust & the rear bumper cover looks awfully wavy on top.

I just looked at a 1990 vert in Iola yesterday. was super clean & low miles. I have some picts I can post, but I didn't take many.

 

they sure are. Are those diagonal bands glued down? the panels on my 87 are really nice, but they have no trace of those lines anymore I had the interior "professionally" cleaned many years ago & I know they treated & vacuumed them. it was part of the package. I'm betting thats when they started to let go.
Not sure, but they look so nice with them visible & matching the seats.

 

Here's the 90 I saw. sorry fro the crappy pictures. the sun wasn't cooperating much. I din't realize they where washed out looking. The interior, top, paint & wheels where like a brand new car. Only negatives I thought were the lack of ordering power options & the tire change.

I was wondering if the owner was trying to create his own convertible 1LE

Was a nice car though. I was trying to be thoughtful & I blocked out his phone number so its not made public across the globe.

EDIT: not sure why the under chassis flipped upside down. Its correct on my computer. It just wants to be upside-down

 

Drew, my upper door plastics were cracked just to the rear of the side view mirror, not the rear, like these.

F-body, the outer fabric is glued to the textured panel that creates the lines. I've not done it, but I believe a good upholstery shop can peel back the fabric, apply some glue that won't come through the fabric and restore the look.

 

That's my friend, Jim's car!

Here's our cars next to each other at ThirdGen Expo '16.

 

How cool is that? I was drooling over the interior. A person can repaint their car & restore wheels to make them look as nice as they they do on his car, but an interior like that is just about impossible to recreate imo. The owner wasn't there when I looked at it but I did talk to a friend of his.

Do you know why it was ordered like that? was it for weight savings?

just curious. I am a junkie for power options. the more the better

 

I didn't realize the pattern is still in the filler behind. thats really cool. I'm guessing that fabric was originally entirely bonded to that filler layer, that would make sense why you see some panels not only loose the pleated lines, but end up with wrinkles where they don't belong. great info!

 

Interesting -- my experience is very similar to Drew's.
The 1987 garage queen IROC with <3K miles I bought a couple of years ago had cracked door panel plastic trim on the top of both the passenger and driver side doors. (The driver side had the crack toward the rear of the door, while the passenger side had a crack right behind the side mirror -- similar to what Scott described, so I don't think there is much of a pattern here.)


Yet the 1982 Berlinetta that my Dad bought and later became my first car never had any such cracks -- and I drove that car until it hit 227,000 miles on the odometer when it was 15 years old. Considering how that car was a daily driver, experiencing 100+ temperatures in the summer and once hitting -40F overnight on a ski trip, it's hard to believe that storage conditions can be to blame for the cracks in the 1987 IROC, which has had a spoiled life in comparison.


I wonder if there was a manufacturing defect in 1987 (or maybe they changed the design in the later years?). I'm interested in finding out because I obtained some NOS plastic trim which I haven't installed yet, and I'm wondering if I install them, will they likely crack soon even though I only drive this car around 1000 miles/year?
I almost wonder if I would be better off with the aftermarket pieces.

 

Sounds like yours were cracked the same place mine did. I didn't look at the photos in the ebay auction.

A manufacturing or assembly defect would be my guess.

 

I find the red custom cloth, '90-'92 interiors to be spectacular, especially if not faded.

Jim's not the original owner, so can't help you there. I guess he figured who needs AC in a convertible.

It's for sale, BTW. But Jim wants his price. I told him he shouldn't sell it, he'll never find another one like that again.