The seller notes this 1987 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 represents a great opportunity to own the car you wish you had in high school, and to his credit, I consider this one of the most powerful antidotes for bidding recklessly on eBay. If you think back to the vehicle that, in your eyes, would have landed the cheerleader on the front seat and laid waste to any other four-wheeled challengers, a bright yellow Camaro Z28 with T-tops and a leather interior is likely near the top of the 16 year old you’s wish list. This example has just 64,000 miles and benefits from a recent respray. Find it here on eBay with bids to $14,299 and the reserve unmet.
The seller shares some numbers around a statement I always believed to be true, which is that yellow Camaros were built in limited numbers. He claims that in 1987, Chevy only painted 3,052 cars in this color, and given how infrequently they show up, I tend to agree. The Camaro is a California car since new, so I’m guessing the need for a respray on a specimen with low miles was tied to paint fading due to years of being drenched by the sun. The Camaro also comes with a set of factory rear window louvers, which were likely removed at the time of the respray (but should make their way back onto the car ASAP.)
The listing cites the color combo of being somewhat unusual, and while I can’t say whether it is or isn’t, the yellow over brown/tan combo is one I can’t recall seeing before. The two-tone leather seating surfaces don’t exactly look factory to me, but there could have been some obscure option in the dealer checklist that allowed customers to specify such a color scheme. The Camaro is equipped with an automatic transmission, so it’s not quite the trifecta of features (T-tops, yellow paint, five-speed manual) that would tempt me to raise my paddle. the cabin appears to be in very nice condition, with no signs of prolonged exposure to the sun.
The seller’s also not wrong that the 5.7L V8 is the engine you want your dream Camaro to have, and this one certainly presents well. No details are offered on the maintenance history, but the low miles would suggest it’s not likely to have too many immediate needs. The seller does disclose that new tires should be planned for, but otherwise, no other mechanical issues are disclosed. A respray on a car like this requires careful removal of the black striping and re-application of the IROC-Z graphics; fortunately, all looks factory correct despite the repsray, and right now, the only concern is whether the reserve price is set too high.
As a junior in high school, I would have wanted this…but in a different color. It kind of reminds me of a slightly burnt scrambled egg lol. Yellow out, tan & brown in.
She is in good shape, but big bird would look better in it.
I have the same car in Burgundy with the 5.7 all original 21,000 miles if any interest
Yup, not a bad car but reserve seems sky high for as lame as these cars are performance wise in todays world. I would still like to have it and re-live high school craziness in it.
The interior on this one is wrong, wrong, wrong. Ill fitting seat upholstery in the wrong colors, and doesn’t even match the ill fitting door upholstery… in the wrong colors. Caveat Emptor for sure.
This car has been flipped two or three times, I’ve seen it on eBay and other sites. Too much money for the miles.
I bought a 1994 Z28 convertible with only 10k miles in mint condition for only $9,200.00! Way better than a 64k mile Gen 3.
Tuned port injection 350 came with an automatic only, to get the 5 speed a 305 was your biggest choice. That upset a lot of folks back then.
Out of high school by the time this particular Z was built and the idea of smoking all comers in a new Camaro was laughable, especially with built older cars still very much around. These were everywhere at one time, the local short track cars were almost all some form of third gen Camaros,,,,
Still not feelin’ the nostalgia to go back to the eighties at least new car wise…except for the prices of Novas, Chevelles, etc.
Troy you are right about some of the guys in IROC’s that thought they had the baddest car out there.
In 88 I was on the way home one day and I was next to one of these at a light. I’m in my rusty truck with a ladder on the racks, I had a 78 Chevy camper special with 4.11’s (?) that I put a 70 SBC 400-4V and a rebuilt TH350 and headers.
We start driving and they start laughing at me and hit the gas , I dropped it in low and took off and blew them off the road with that Q-jet roar and my fenders flapping in the breeze until I hit 90. That was one of the funniest races I ever had
Great comment, Bmac777, I’m sure their feelings got hurt after getting spanked by an old pick up!
These cars did handle quite well for the day and the 305 or 350 had nice torque. They were the best of the day from the big 3 and still have a good following. The engines are easy enough to generate more power while keeping the factory look. And yellow IROCs are a great color if you want to standout from the crowd IMHO.
This was the very last color anybody in my high school wanted for a Camaro after Sir MixAlot roasted them in one of his songs. Man that takes me back to 1990 lol.
Are those the correct seat colors ? Look kinda off to me but i dont know,
No reflection on this particular car, but I hate the term “respray”. Dealers use that word when they are trying to manipulate a potential buyer into thinking a vehicle was simply scuffed and repainted. In fact, it may have been assembled out of parts from several different vehicles or have patch panels and bondo from one end to the other. Who knows what a vehicle looked like unless you saw it before it was painted?
I know of a YELLOW ‘85 TransAm with T-Tops, MANUAL, AND leather interior! 😉
With all due respect and a somewhat heavy heart this is NOT the car I wanted when I was in high school. I guess I’m about 21 years older than the average BF reader which puts the 1966 442 Convertible or the ’65 Tri-power GTO in my adolescent dreams.
“3 deuces and a 4-speed, and a 389…”
However when the 3rd gen Camaros & Firebirds came out they were definitely a hit despite the anemic powerplants they came with. Any decent hot rodder can get real power out of a SBC. Nice find and nice candidate for a daily driver.
I have an all-original 1987 IROC in flame red metallic over grey. It has just a tic over 20,000 miles and it’s been in my family since new. Using mine as a benchmark, I can tell you this yellow car has been through the ringer and back again. The seats were never 2-tone in that fashion, the steering wheel looks like crap, the stripe kit is ill-fitting, and the exhaust tips are incorrect for the car to still have the factory muffler. Hard pass on this one.
I graduated HS in 1989. I lusted after an older classmates new red 1987 IROC With a tuned port 305 and auto trans…until riding in it. It didnt seem that fast. My suspicions were confirmed when he lined it up against my 71 El Camino with a mildly warmed over 350. I was a car length ahead at the end of our “quarter mile”. It did handle and stop better, and had more chick appeal, though. I will never forget the time i was in my way to a JV he passed our bus. He went roaring past, t tops off, blasting van halen. A few seconds later we passed him, in the shoulder with a DPS trooper behind, red and blue lights activated. D”Oh!
You won’t find this car with a 5 spd
And t-tops. It wasn’t a factory option. I have an 87 hardtop 5 spd 305, 9 bolt rear, with the lb9 engine code, all other options, same color, same
Interior but mine also has factory electric seat and Bose.
Not a factory option as in T-tops with a 5 speed? 🤔
Bid up to $14,899 but didn’t meet the Reserve.