I Bought An Abandoned IROC Z Camaro That Sat For 27 Years In A Storage Unit! Here's How Much!

In this video, I bought an 80's IROC Camaro that was abandoned for 27 years in a storage unit! Is this car a time capsule or total junk? Here's everything I found wrong with it and some live negotiating for the final sale price! Enjoy!

Scroll down the page to "preferred customer" and click "learn more" to get the deal!

[valengreymoon]

When they say "rust free", it means the rust is free.

[Vood]

LSC, you need to get those wheel dollies for your shop. That way if a car won't move just jack it up and place it on them so you can slide the vehicle to where you want it to go.

[Korruptionen]

I'm surprised you haven't secured a trailer with a winch. As many cars as you buy, it's about time. Glad the guy was cool enough to work with you on price. 1500 was a good deal for him.

[Duckswag]

Such a gorgeous car man, what a shame that it’s so rusted out. I would love to see it restored

[koopaGG]

I had the same thing happen to me when I was looking for another 3rd gen. The pictures and everything sounded great and when I got there, it was almost like a different car. This guy seemed really nice though so that helps. The guy I was dealing with who just completely changed his story after I drove 300 miles to go see it. I hope it works out! Not enough videos out there on these cars.

[henriquelobianco]

I’d say either sell it to someone willing to do a full on restoration (the clean title and the story behind it may be an incentive) or part it out and even get some profit out off of it. It’s sad to see it go out this way but at least it’ll help others by keeping them on the road.

[Dr.TJ_Eckleburg]

This was also my very first car! '86 IROC, black with t-tops and the 305 TPI. Got it when I turned 17, after saving for about a year. My parents matched whatever I could put down, and I think the car was $2500. Honestly it's a miracle I made it out of my teens alive. I'm really glad to see these cars getting attention again, I loved that thing.

[wchcamaro]

I love this car when I came out of high school in 87 A friend of my parents bought him a brand-new black and gold T top Have been in love with those for years

[Karmaikaze]

I love the way the IROC Camaro looks, it just screams 80's/90'a and thats why I love it.

[MrDillon]

Dude you were meant to be on a tv show or YouTube all along! Your personality is sooo great and you’re such a nice guy and a peoples person. Keep up the AWESOME work my guy! You’re motivating a lot of ppl to get out and work on their cars and try to do some diy and I know you think you know you are, but you really probably don’t realize how many. Keep it up it man!

[maxnex]

Dave seems a nice enough guy and great to see that he was open to negotiation.

[bmaldonado]

Have the underbody sandblasted first because then you know for sure how bad it truly is. Auto metal direct has a boatload of pannels for most cars. Especially those widely sold.

[madrew]

The key is the RPO list. I bought an 88 IROC brand new. LB9, 5spd, G65, hardtop with 4 wheel disc brakes and the 16 inch wheels. There is a huge difference having a 3.45 posi rear.

[vernhoke]

I've owned 6 Camaros over the years. My first was a '74 LT. It had a 350, 2 bbl and a turbo 350 auto. The next were a pair of '67s, an RS and a base model. Both needed work and I never got around to doing it.
My first new Camaro was an '84 Z28, I ordered it new in '83. It had the 5.0 H.O., 5 speed, 4 wheel discs. The next was an '85 IROC Z, ordered in February 1985. It was a 5.0 TPI, auto, t-top, 4 wheel disc car.
I bought an '87 5.7 TPI, 4 wheel disc car in '06 as a 2nd car.

[cart-wheels]

As the owner of a Thirdgen I can tell you it's a love hate relationship with rust. Personally I'd love to have the car because mine is a t-top and I'm sick when it comes to buying rusty cars. Most people run from them but I don't. I know, I need help. I think it'd be cool to fix it up and go full resto-mod/street mod. No need to repair it back to stock. Weld in sheet metal patches, swap exterior panels, get your favorite playlist burned to CD or tape, and cruise in style. That car would look epically awesome sitting in a photo with mine. From classic rock to Vanilla Ice, we could grill out and do karaoke on YouTube live! Boom! Sounds like a plan. Call me! 🤣😂

[tonkaranger]

The power trunk was a good idea from a engineering angle. The amount of air it caputures and pushes forward when slammed was hard on passengers. The soft touch allowed for slow depressure, no hurt ears.

[rhiantaylor]

A lot of what we could see on the sheet metal underneath was an underseal-like covering flaking off. There was a lot of rust for sure but I think there may yet be a useful thickness of steel left. We can always hope...

[goodnuffmatt]

It's not THAT bad. I've saved far worse. I live in Western PA and on a quiet night you can hear the cars rust here. I have an '87 V6 T-top Camaro that was actually the exact car I had in high school that I accidentally found again a year and a half ago. It had a (rather poor) repaint at some point that I think may have slowed down the tin worm a bit. It has some floor issues like yours, but definitely salvageable. The tired (but will still smoke the right rear tire off) 2.8 leaks so much oil (also probably helped it from rusting more) that it leaves a smoke screen and a trail wherever it goes, so I'm about to swap it out for a 305 TPI (because it was cheap). SAVE THAT IROC! Such cool cars. Great video!

[martinwarner]

Freezing weather, cold hands trying to load a rusty wreck...been there, but, totally admire your fortitude. Love the channel. Peace be unto you.

[JasonFrankenstein]

My first car was an 86 IROC. I miss it dearly.

To answer some things, I heard the electric pull down on the hatch was to keep people from slamming it which can cause the glass to break. The front and rear wheels have different offsets.

Shame it's so rusty!
ETA: I think you should do a mechanical restoration (the bare minimum), interior detail, do some sad burnouts with that weak drivetrain and sell it!