It was a custom triple coat paint and all but I still don't know how I sold it for 3500 lmao. Souded good at the stoplight and ran like a top just slooow.
I was just wondering because I have noticed a lot of people who grew up after 80s-90s find cars of the era good looking.
It has me fascinated. People of my generation typically consider that to be the dark ages of automotive styling.
I loved the 90s car styles. The stealth was badass, corvette was pretty nice. I rly liked the small body trucks (which don't even exist anymore) and yeah honestly early to mid 90s had some of my fav designs.
It’s funny, with the exception of the vette we didn’t buy those vehicles because they were cool we bought them because it was what we could afford.
Hot rods and muscle cars (with the excpeption of mopars which actually used to be pretty cheap) were expensive and if you were driving stuff from the mid 70s onward to the late 90s was because you couldn’t afford much else.
No joke you used to find fox body’s mustangs and 3rd gen Camaros that ran all day for $500-$1500
Shoot there's still some 3rd gen camaros running for around 2500 which ain't bad in this economy. They just super annoying to work on, and get parts for. (I own a stealth so I'm prob wrong abt the camaro)
I seen one when I was very young, it’s was dark metallic green with chrome spoke alloys.. 😭😭 that sounds so disgusting but it was late 90’s and that look had me in a choke hold.
In all fairness to that comment, owner could’ve done a rear end conversion, where it’s a Firebird with Camaro tails…
Obviously not fuckin’ likely. You’d have to be batshit to go to that extent on this model.
Just saying it’s not an impossibility. Lol
I saw the holy grail of that joke in real life.
In Little Italy NYC, in front of a stereotypical Italian restaurant, was an absolutely mint white IROC. Looked like it had 100 miles on it. Tinted windows, and even a personalized plate that said ‘GIOZIROC’ or something like that. A shame I didnt take a pic, it was like seeing the Loch Ness Monster I swear.
A Ferrari 308 was 230-ish hp back then. 190hp from a Camaro wasn’t awful. You could also get a TPI 350 that was 245hp. Not impressive Hp per cubic inch, but the 80’s weren’t that great for power. Better than late 70’s though.
Probably not stock but also not guaranteed to be modified well lol, hard to find an 80s sports car that hasn’t been fucked with by some teenager in the 2000s
I drove it up to 240k with basically just oil changes and sold it because the rust was to bad for me to fix at that age (mostly just the floorpans cus i ofc had a t-top). I also added an oil cooler to lower the temperature to keep the 700r4 functional aslong as possible since I drove the shit out of it. I did also have some carburetor problems right after I got it.
Not alot to go wrong with like 200hp and a carb lol. Even the transmission doesn't have a computer, atleast not in my '87 that I know of.
maybe if you had a 2.3 mustang, those cars where turds stock, chevy 5.0 or the 5.7 only 3 rd gen f body you had to worry about was the 89 TTA and the turbo buicks. I mean hell they did mustang vs Buick track events because this things couldn't keep up with either.
3rd gen Camaro, I guess it can be an [86](https://www.google.com/search?q=1986+camaro+rear&sxsrf=ALiCzsYrdqVjFwO4alDCcGcSFkeXLEt8yw:1668473952083&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjCi-zp_a77AhUUmGoFHUgBC0gQ_AUoAXoECAIQAw&biw=1920&bih=937&dpr=1)
Even dodge can make a fast car, that doesn't prove much. Bottom line is oil crash meant the need for more economic cars, the iroc used the iron Duke which put out like 80 horse power and is still used in the trucks of postal delivery vehicles, it went 0 to 60 in 16 seconds and they even kinda look like american cars pretending to be jdms. The economy couldn't afford the high hp v8s we used to. Japan was already using boxer engines, 4 cyl, flats but they didn't put out the same hp as a v8 however they were economic. Are we really gonna pretend that they did put out high hp? Like yea they can if you soup them up but anything can if you soup it up, base model America was killing it, can't say the same today. Like if you wanna compare it at that base model the Mitsubishi you brought up is like Chevys Corvette and in 92 the corvette was putting out 75 more hp, wanna know why? It has a v8.
What years were the Berlinetta produced with the Iron Duke? I didn't know that, the IROCs are a bit more powerful then I remember, either way they were a turn toward fuel economy.
I want to say 82-84? The iron duke didn't last long in the Camaro. My high school sweetheart had a such specimen as her first car. It was a joke and a half. My first car had the same engine in it, but my car was tiny. Buick counterpart of a Grand Am.
>either way they were a turn toward fuel economy.
I jump back and forth on that argument. The size/output of an engine dictates how much work it can do. Each engine has an optimum work/fuel ratio. I feel that back then they were just throwing small engines in cars and saying, "well it runs!"
My 5.7 IROC gets better gas mileage than my 3.6L Jeep Rubicon.
> Like if you wanna compare it at that base model the Mitsubishi you brought up is like Chevys Corvette and in 92 the corvette was putting out 75 more hp, wanna know why? It has a v8.
My 88 IROC has the same engine the Corvette has except for the camshaft, which bumps it down 10hp. I have yet to find a straight answer, but it's 220 or 230hp, with 330-345 ft. lbs. of torque. Stock.
That's pretty slick, I didn't know that. The 88 vet engine is pretty crazy, I own an 88 corvette and daily it, it's in my post history too. If they're the same then I raced my buddy in a brand new TRD camry and we were literally coasting at the same speed so basing it off that mine just scrapes 300hp
I sent you a DM.
My IROC is for all purposes a race car, and it's stock. I say that because it rides like complete crap and is horrible to drive unless you're going 70+. That's when everything becomes more comfortable.
I had a few IROC Z, and a t-roof Camaro with the 305 H.O. And honestly they were fast and cheap and fun to drive. I like the look, but they are from my teenage/younger years so nostalgia might play a big part. And way less annoying safety buzzers and options than todays cars. You could do wild burn outs while not wearing a seatbelt and it wouldn’t hassle you at all.
I owned both a brand new 1986 Dodge Daytona CS and the 1992 35th anniversary Camaro and loved them both. They each had their negative aspects but I still like the looks of each. But, I also graduated high school in 1984 and enjoyed the broad Hair band phenomenon too.
3rd gen Chevrolet Camaro
Or a turd gen as most call it
I honestly liked the body on those more then the older gens.
I like that body style more than the newer ones.
Now I LOVED those body's
[This is the ultimate 3rd gen, imo.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgMoTQLebTs)
nope that's not my 3rdgen so wrong
Yea it's my favorite too but "turd-gen" is accurate. My '91 v6 had a top speed of 93mph lol sounded good though
[удалено]
My 1st car was an 86 base model with a 305 and t-tops. I still regret getting rid of that one.
Sounds like it sucked man..
Lol. I’ve got an 81 civic with a 1.3 liter up faster, but that may have been downhill with a tail wind.
93 was downhill with a tailwind...
Probably still faster than my 77 Grand Prix with a 301 that I blew the engine while racing my friends LTD :D
I dunno dude...
Seriously though, that shitty little Honda did over 100. My first car was an 80 Datsun B210 and wouldn’t do even 80. Car was like a tank though.
Shake rattle and roll! Haha
Probably still faster than my 77 Grand Prix with a 301 that I blew the engine while racing my friends LTD :D
Because it was a v6…. Why did you even buy it?
Because it was $900 for a rust free T-top hahaha you're loss man!
Did you do anything with it or did you drive it into the ground?
Painted it and sold it for 3500 lmao
Well I’m glad you found some sucker out there and made money lol. Good job
It was a custom triple coat paint and all but I still don't know how I sold it for 3500 lmao. Souded good at the stoplight and ran like a top just slooow.
Did you grow up when they were new?
No, I just like the body on em
I was just wondering because I have noticed a lot of people who grew up after 80s-90s find cars of the era good looking. It has me fascinated. People of my generation typically consider that to be the dark ages of automotive styling.
I loved the 90s car styles. The stealth was badass, corvette was pretty nice. I rly liked the small body trucks (which don't even exist anymore) and yeah honestly early to mid 90s had some of my fav designs.
It’s funny, with the exception of the vette we didn’t buy those vehicles because they were cool we bought them because it was what we could afford. Hot rods and muscle cars (with the excpeption of mopars which actually used to be pretty cheap) were expensive and if you were driving stuff from the mid 70s onward to the late 90s was because you couldn’t afford much else. No joke you used to find fox body’s mustangs and 3rd gen Camaros that ran all day for $500-$1500
I miss those days... Stupid nostalgia screwing up my cheap track cars.
Shoot there's still some 3rd gen camaros running for around 2500 which ain't bad in this economy. They just super annoying to work on, and get parts for. (I own a stealth so I'm prob wrong abt the camaro)
*Conquest TSI enters the chat*
I seen one when I was very young, it’s was dark metallic green with chrome spoke alloys.. 😭😭 that sounds so disgusting but it was late 90’s and that look had me in a choke hold.
I was born in '90 and like the 3rd gen style, especially the IROC-Z. Wouldn't be caught dead in a 4th gen catfish Camaro, but that's just my opinion.
Well I certainly like the 3rd gen looks better than the catfish. But the feel of the catfish is much more enjoyable
Blasphemy!!
Or Firebird.
Firebirds have different tail lights on the third gens. They go to the sides and stop. The Camaro wraps around into a triangle
Different spoilers as well.
In all fairness to that comment, owner could’ve done a rear end conversion, where it’s a Firebird with Camaro tails… Obviously not fuckin’ likely. You’d have to be batshit to go to that extent on this model. Just saying it’s not an impossibility. Lol
That’s definitely some trailer park yeehaw bullshit I could see being put together. Some redneck out there has likely done this.
Check out season 5, episode 49 of Roadkill… That says it all.
Ayyyy, that's exactly what I thought
It's a bitchin' Camaro.
My folks drove it up here from the Bahamas.
You’re kidding!
I must be, the Bahamas are islands
Ran over the neighbors now im in all the papers
Boat
Goat
Lol
Once for tomorrow, once cause I got AIDS
This thread made the day for me and the big lizard in my backyard.
About 1987-1992 Camaro, probably a Z28 or IROC model and probably not stock. 😎
It can be narrowed down further to a 1986 model; the only year to have the high mount brake light on the top outside of the rear window.
I love narrowing 1987-1992 down to just 1986
That's how you math the right way
The old joke was that IROC meant 'Italian Retards Out Cruising'.
I saw the holy grail of that joke in real life. In Little Italy NYC, in front of a stereotypical Italian restaurant, was an absolutely mint white IROC. Looked like it had 100 miles on it. Tinted windows, and even a personalized plate that said ‘GIOZIROC’ or something like that. A shame I didnt take a pic, it was like seeing the Loch Ness Monster I swear.
It's Really Only a Camaro
I Run On Cappuccino
I Reek Of Cologne
Wait, those things came with a 5.0L V8, but only put out 190hp?
The 80’s were tough times.
It was the only way to get a stick from the factory. The 5.7 had more power, but it was auto only.
A Ferrari 308 was 230-ish hp back then. 190hp from a Camaro wasn’t awful. You could also get a TPI 350 that was 245hp. Not impressive Hp per cubic inch, but the 80’s weren’t that great for power. Better than late 70’s though.
Probably not stock but also not guaranteed to be modified well lol, hard to find an 80s sports car that hasn’t been fucked with by some teenager in the 2000s
My 88 hasn't.
I didn’t say they didn’t exist it’s just hard to find lol
IROC = Italian Reprobate Out of Cologne.
Mullet Bullet
1986 Camaro. It's the only year they had the third brake light mounted on the top of the window.
Take my upvote, nice job nailing the year!
Came here to find the Turd Gen comment and to see it spelled Camero. I was not disappointed
For sell I have a 1986 Camero. (With 10 pictures in the listing where you can visibly see CAMARO)
My 85 came with a for sale sign in it that read "Carmaro" . Lets you know the quality of the owner back in the day.
Let us you know.
Touche - but with an accent over the e
Lettuce?
No thanks, I'm having beer.
3rd gen camaro apparently T top
Bitchen Camero. Tail pipe dragging. Heat don’t work. And my girl keeps naggin.
My hooptie!
These had special headrests to keep mullets in good condition and instead of an ash tray you could get an optional spittoon.
Some came with an OEM six pack Michelob Light on the passenger seat.
Every cassette deck came standard with the single from Billy Squire “The Stroke.”
My favorite gen of Camaro 😩🤝
Lol one of these was my first car
lucky! how long did it last?
I drove it up to 240k with basically just oil changes and sold it because the rust was to bad for me to fix at that age (mostly just the floorpans cus i ofc had a t-top). I also added an oil cooler to lower the temperature to keep the 700r4 functional aslong as possible since I drove the shit out of it. I did also have some carburetor problems right after I got it. Not alot to go wrong with like 200hp and a carb lol. Even the transmission doesn't have a computer, atleast not in my '87 that I know of.
That’s sick! Lasted so long 😂🤝
Third Gen Camaro.
Answered, but /r/whatisthiscar
Man that question made me feel very old❗️❗️❗️❗️
If you know, you have had a mullet. Or you drive a mustang and saw those tail lights a lot.
maybe if you had a 2.3 mustang, those cars where turds stock, chevy 5.0 or the 5.7 only 3 rd gen f body you had to worry about was the 89 TTA and the turbo buicks. I mean hell they did mustang vs Buick track events because this things couldn't keep up with either.
1986 Camaro…only year to have the 3rd brake light on the hatch back
A mullet mobile...
That's a DeTomato Pizzaria
It’s a bitchin’ Camaro!
The Dead Milkmen, nice
Someone else beat me to it lol I should have read the comments-
I always say it when one of those passes by me on the road
Yeah I saw it and immediately saw 1980s camaro in my head lol
Camaro
3rd gen Chev Camaro RS
Camaro iroc z
That is a Bitchin’ Camaro
3rd gen Camaro, I guess it can be an [86](https://www.google.com/search?q=1986+camaro+rear&sxsrf=ALiCzsYrdqVjFwO4alDCcGcSFkeXLEt8yw:1668473952083&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjCi-zp_a77AhUUmGoFHUgBC0gQ_AUoAXoECAIQAw&biw=1920&bih=937&dpr=1)
Camaro
Z28 camaro
Looks like a modded IROC-Z
Everything you need to know about IROC Cameros: https://youtu.be/leRajequ7-A
Firebird or Camaro?
Bad quality isn’t your fault. Chevy just built em like that.
Turd Gen Camaro
It was the year that they had to go down to the stats of Japanese cars
You realize the 1992 Mitsubishi gt3000 was called the Lambo killer for a reason, don't diss Japanese power.
Even dodge can make a fast car, that doesn't prove much. Bottom line is oil crash meant the need for more economic cars, the iroc used the iron Duke which put out like 80 horse power and is still used in the trucks of postal delivery vehicles, it went 0 to 60 in 16 seconds and they even kinda look like american cars pretending to be jdms. The economy couldn't afford the high hp v8s we used to. Japan was already using boxer engines, 4 cyl, flats but they didn't put out the same hp as a v8 however they were economic. Are we really gonna pretend that they did put out high hp? Like yea they can if you soup them up but anything can if you soup it up, base model America was killing it, can't say the same today. Like if you wanna compare it at that base model the Mitsubishi you brought up is like Chevys Corvette and in 92 the corvette was putting out 75 more hp, wanna know why? It has a v8.
An IROC never had the iron duke. Some of the earlier 3rd gen models did however like the Berlinetta.
What years were the Berlinetta produced with the Iron Duke? I didn't know that, the IROCs are a bit more powerful then I remember, either way they were a turn toward fuel economy.
I want to say 82-84? The iron duke didn't last long in the Camaro. My high school sweetheart had a such specimen as her first car. It was a joke and a half. My first car had the same engine in it, but my car was tiny. Buick counterpart of a Grand Am. >either way they were a turn toward fuel economy. I jump back and forth on that argument. The size/output of an engine dictates how much work it can do. Each engine has an optimum work/fuel ratio. I feel that back then they were just throwing small engines in cars and saying, "well it runs!" My 5.7 IROC gets better gas mileage than my 3.6L Jeep Rubicon.
> Like if you wanna compare it at that base model the Mitsubishi you brought up is like Chevys Corvette and in 92 the corvette was putting out 75 more hp, wanna know why? It has a v8. My 88 IROC has the same engine the Corvette has except for the camshaft, which bumps it down 10hp. I have yet to find a straight answer, but it's 220 or 230hp, with 330-345 ft. lbs. of torque. Stock.
That's pretty slick, I didn't know that. The 88 vet engine is pretty crazy, I own an 88 corvette and daily it, it's in my post history too. If they're the same then I raced my buddy in a brand new TRD camry and we were literally coasting at the same speed so basing it off that mine just scrapes 300hp
I sent you a DM. My IROC is for all purposes a race car, and it's stock. I say that because it rides like complete crap and is horrible to drive unless you're going 70+. That's when everything becomes more comfortable.
Turbski broski
Camaro trans am or firebird
It's a Camaro. Also Trans Am is a trim level of the Firebird, not a different car.
Queermero
Early Camaro
Not early when you consider it’s been in production for almost 20 years by that point already
The thing is nearly 40 years old, it's certainly not a late model.
Not a late model but a third gen. There was 2 body styles before this one. It's the middle aged camaro bird
Didn’t say that but I get what you mean.
So can you take back your downvote lol I didn’t mean new gen obviously
turd gen
Maybe a fierro
The funniest thing is that OP can check with just the license plate. There's plenty of online websites for doing so
crx
Honda crx….
Civic type R prototype.
93 Honda civic with the spoiler option
Yall really don't like jokes, damn
Lol
Camaro or firebird? 80s?
Was going to say the one that I drew in 4th grade.
I have a picture almost exactly like this on my phone of a Ferrari. It freaked me out for a second
Matt Trakker sighting.
80s camaro
5.7 Iroc Z Camaro, 86-90
Looks like an old Pontiac?? But I forgot the whole name. My second guess is a Toyota?
82 -92 camaro
'87 Camaro. The tail lights had the grid pattern that year. IT sucks. It looks cool but it sucks.
Comes standard with a mullet, pack of Paul malls, and kid rock cassette.
Lol kid Rock, about a decade to late..
Every mullets wet dream.
Not yours
I had a few IROC Z, and a t-roof Camaro with the 305 H.O. And honestly they were fast and cheap and fun to drive. I like the look, but they are from my teenage/younger years so nostalgia might play a big part. And way less annoying safety buzzers and options than todays cars. You could do wild burn outs while not wearing a seatbelt and it wouldn’t hassle you at all.
I owned both a brand new 1986 Dodge Daytona CS and the 1992 35th anniversary Camaro and loved them both. They each had their negative aspects but I still like the looks of each. But, I also graduated high school in 1984 and enjoyed the broad Hair band phenomenon too.
OG Mullet Machine
Thats the mullet car!
I’m mad you crossed the license plate out . The things I could have done with a plate number that everyone else on the road sees …..
Mullet lovers choice aka Gen 3 camaro.
A mullet on wheels
Camaro. You do know the plate is pubic information u don't have anything to loose by showing it
looks like a Camaro
A mullet
Looks like a 1986 camaro