From: John J Agli ( snipped-for-privacy@prodigy.net)
>Subject: Re: 85 IROC-Z
>Newsgroups: alt.autos.camaro
>Date: 1998/05/24
>The RPO L69 HO engine cost $680 just like the Tuned Port, but the high
>output V-8 came only with a manual five speed and could only be mated >with an IROC-Z.
>From: Mike H. ( snipped-for-privacy@chicagonet.net.invalid)
>Subject: Re: identifying an 85 iroc
>Newsgroups: alt.autos.camaro.firebird, alt.autos.camaro
>Date: 2000/07/13
>The only thing in the VIN that *might* have helped indicate an IROC
>vs. Z28 is the engine code: if the engine code was a G (L69) instead
>of the F (LB9) then you would know the car is an IROC since the L69
>was only available with the IROC package for 1985.
Can anyone verify the accuracy of these statements?
- Was the IROC the only Z that came with a L69 in 1985?
- 5-speed manual, mated to a HO engine..... in 1985?
I'm skeptical, TIA, SmiteMan