1984 Camaro Z28 Weekend Makeover (Third Gen Camaro Daily Driver) 

anyone looking down on these has never owned one and properly sorted it out.ive got a 1986 trans am and i love it

How can real car guys look down on such a gorgeous car?!?! I love every Camaro/Firebird made between the years 1970-1992!

Man, he really brought back that paint. I didn't like the color, but once it was shining like that I changed my mind.

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"....These muscle cars have always looked amazing and the main point behind hot rodding. Is making the car what you want it to be. Fast or Stock these cars will always get the girls!!!

I’ve had four different 3rd gen Fbodys and Twenty cars and trucks. They are among my favorite cars ever, I always compare the handling of any vehicle when choosing another. Those that haven’t owned a proper running third gen will never know what these are capable of.

Love how you got this car looking! Had 2 3rd Gen's in the past...'82 Z28 (crank windows, no tilt & no Ttop) & a low mile, fully loaded '86 IROC. They had their little flaws, but for the day, they were great cars! Love to have another someday.

I'm the second owner of a 89 GTA I bought back in 93. Still own it. Still drive it. Love it!!

Thankyou! its nice to see someone who doesnt go overboard on the car. You did exactly what i would have done. (for all of us who dont have 50k to throw at a vehicle)

Love it! Have an 84z28 myself...Love driving my car, always gets thumbs up at lights...Smiles Per Miles...🙏🙏🙏

Sweet camaro my bro had a 84 z28 i have a 91 rs v8 now beautiful camaro

I've got a '91 RS with a 305. Mine's a manual and I still love it 18 years after I bought it.

Growing up in the 80s, nothing cooler than a (engine swapped) 3rd gen F Body.

10:12. That right there is a sweet, sweet looking 3rd Gen.

Love it! Grew up in the 80’s and owned several 3rd gens, they were lightyears ahead of the 60’s & 70’s cars I started with in terms of comfort, handling, gas mileage and reliability. Looks like you’ve got an L-69 High Output there, 190hp - top dog until the Tuned Port version came along in 1985. Hope you enjoy it before you move on to the next one!

Clean, simple; I love it. My favorite year of third-gen. I really dig the L69HO.

I've been daily driving my 84 with no major issues believe it or not, just oil change, new power steering pump, and a check up. But my 84 Camaro is honestly one of the most reliable cars I've ever had, and when the engine finally gives out I'm just going to LS swap it.

currently 17 and just bought one, and I was never a fan of this car until I started to really look into them, I've always loved camaros but more of the early generations, but I've gotta say it is growing on me more and more as I drive it and work on it and look at it haha

Those GTA wheels really set it off!

i really like how you presented this video, you talked us thru what you were doing the whole time and you showed the results of your work...well put together..with a calm voice and easy to understand..thanks!!!

Man I miss my “87 iroc-z... I use to get so much 🐱.... 🥴😈

My brother is a huge Camaro guy. This one reminds me of the 89 RS he had. He bought it brand new, drove it for about 13, 14 years. Put about 130,000 miles on it. No problems except for a fuel pump problem when it was new. Had LOTS of power. He let me learn how to drive in it, which was awesome!!😎 Would spin the tires without much provocation. Your Z28 is definitely a head turner! Thanks for sharing...it looks great!😎👍

Would I love to drive one of these cars one day. 82 Is my favorite year of the camaro

I'm slowly restoring a 1986 camaro z28 and I love driving it so much. I had to fix a lot of things on it just to get it driveable but it's a labor of love. These cars are so beautiful and sexy.

I have first hand knowledge of these cars back in the day. They were 500 pounds lighter than the second gens They handled extremely well for that time. Now they make great project cars.

Reminds me of my childhood 👍I thought those cars were awesome when I was a kid

My first car was a 1985 IROCZ ✊🇺🇸I was 16 that was 30 years ago and I loved it. I bought it myself and learned the value of a dollar at 12 working in my uncles pizza place. I have a 2018 Camaro SS now and love that.Good job on your build and it looks great 👍🏻

I have a 89 RS 305 🏎 my dad use to have one but sold it so I found one and bought it right away!

Thing sounds great for a 305. Great find! Glad there are still folks out there who are trying to maintain the good ol 3rd gen.

My dad had a 84 5.0 litre HO brings back great memories really enjoyed video.

It is a beautiful car. I did have an indy edition 1982 with crossfire inyection ( two electric carburetor ) now i have a 1989 pontiac trans am and i love it .congratulation you have a nice car...

Great share and nice find. +++ for the L69 motor, great exhaust note, and rear disks too. I like how you think in terms of driving something that is different and gives you pleasure in a different way than a pure power standpoint. Thanks for "saving" it.

Such a cool car. I had an '84 Z28 in the mid-90s in highschool. Loved it. Wish i never sold it.

You got a great eye for detail and stance, that's why you are getting the looks...I'm not much for these, but that one would turn my head coming down the road!

I've got a 88 Iroc, and you're right it turns heads!! Enjoy it

Turd gen is underrated

I have an 88 GTA and a 91 Camaro RS. I usually don't like to see mods to these cars but man you are right about the wheels and the lowering. Great video!

Finally someone who knows bad rims on a car when they see em! Good job on taking the corvette rims off the new ones looked much better.

Great narration, you sure did clean it up nice. Thanks for the video.

She's a looker for sure! Long live the third gen f bodies. I have one myself still on the road. She is my weekend playmate and still looks gorgeous turning heads all day long. I hope you are still enjoying yours. .

Thanks for this. I have a project car coming, the exact same 84 Z28 and I am excited.

I am adopting an 87 Iroc that none of my friends want anymore. Good video!

Awesome work done to an awesome car my first car was an 83 Z28 drove it to my senior prom. It was smoke grey. Miss that car

When this body style came out I thought they looked better than a Ferrari. I don't look down on anything. If it floats your boat I'm happy. You really brought that paint back. You've got a real beauty there. And 305 or not it sounds bad ass.

GEN III w/ T Tops are a hot commodity. Hang on to her and get the period correct wheels and tires. Good looking car and Best to you!!!

Nice car, it looks really good. My 89 RS is my daily driver.

A cheap way to get the power windows to move up and down is to simply swap the motors and assemblies with 4th gens. Passenger and driver side will have to be swapped and everything works. Same bolt/rivet holes and wiring connections. I changed out mine for about $85. It is faster as the two other count is different.

thanks for another great show 3rd gens are making a comeback people are buying them i have a 92 rs 25th anniversary with 90 thousand miles you have a good looking car

TOTALLY AWESOME VIDEO AND A TOTALLY AWESOME CAMARO!!! TOTALLY AWESOME MAKEOVER!!!! CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW PROJECT!!!! THANK YOU FOR RETURNING IT TO THE STREET!!! TOTALLY AWESOME DAILY DRIVER!!! THANKS FOR SHARING!!! SO INSPIRING!!!!

Subscribed- I have an 84 in the same color scheme in pieces being restored. Pretty cool to see another being taken care of. I also like that you're not screaming at the camera and making constant gestures with your arms while speaking.

Just recruited from Auto Auction Rebuilds. Enjoyed your channel.

I recently picked up a white ‘87 Formula and has similar experiences with the public. You make friends everywhere you go!

Damn how I miss the sound of that engine! First one I had, my mom let me have her ‘84 Camaro, 2yrs later in 1992 I bought a 5-speed stick shift ‘84 Z28 Camaro, drove it across the US to California. Had it a couple years until I blew the engine. Thankfully, found an auto shop who was able to replace the engine for me, however he only had a 350’. I still vividly remember picking it up, driving back to base and having a CHP on motorcycle next to me yelling and waving for me to slow down - was barely speeding on Hwy 5 going 90mph - damn that car was fast. Loved that Camaro. The hell with people looking down, and agree they must not have ever had one or been in one. Def one if the funnest car’s I’ve had. Love your Camaro bruh!

Beautiful car sir once upon a time I had a 1990 formula 350. I still miss that car!

Dude I had a 1984 z28 and I miss it so much. If I ever come into one and have the money I would buy it immediately. I wish I never sold it back in 2005.

Beautiful Camaro I had 7 3rd gen f bodies the past 36 years Currently working on 87 z28. Each one of them drove and felt different. Rattled and shaked and yes broke down Trans,differental eng.paint issues ,but they were all beautiful and charming.

Nice z28 I had a 1980 Z/28 in 1980 nice cars I have a 1992 gmc stepside that my dad bought new in 1992 and was always taken very good care of and garaged with 5.7 very pleased to have it.

The best looking generation of Camaro, they got the looks right.

Man I have so many memories in that with friends in high school, I drove everywhere

Nice car Had a 83 z28 then a 85 Iroc and bought a 87 Iroc in 87 off the showroom ,Got rid of the 87 3 years later for a 85 Vette then bought a 85 Iroc with a blown engine in 1995 sat for 5 years then started to restore it in 2000 rebuilt a 350 instead of the 305 then last year did a LS Swap had the car for 25 years will never get rid of it and I have a few toys but the Iroc is always a fun car to drive

Had same car when I was young. No T Tops though. Loved it. Miss it.

Those wheels look killer with that color combo! Next year, I get my father's all original 85 Z28. He bought it new and sold it right before I was born, and bought it back a few years ago. I can't wait to get it, I looked in family photo albums as a kid and dreamed of having the car. I never understood the hate these cars get, the handling is great even in stock form, and I personally think they are one of the best looking Camaro's of all time, only thing better in my opinion is a 69 lowered with a nice set of wheels. Enjoy the car man!

Nice, we have an 82 Z and love the lines, great job.

I’m old school. 70 years old. I still love the muscle car era but realize the newer models are better in most ways. I have an all original 1967 on a rotisserie now and upgrading, suspension, brakes, original 327 cid engine to full roller and transmission to 2004R. It has an air conditioner from the North Pole. I like the better ride, handling and reliability of the newer cars. I mentioned the muscle car era, we must be in the super car era now👍. My wife loves fast and fun cars. She just traded her 2013 SS Camaro convertible for a beautiful 4WD Silverado. My daughters owned Camaros from 1968 to 1999 and loved them. I am sort of a Camaro nut considering I was 17 years old when the 67’s came out. I do not dislike any of them. You Sir, have a beautiful, pampered drive there. You are doing great things the sensible way. I am anxious to see the end result. 👍🇺🇸🤙🖕🏻. Have you ever ridden in a 1958 Oldsmobile 98 with air ride? As for comfort on the open road, you just can’t beat. Thanks for this video.✌️

I have an 84 Z28 L69 h.o. 5 speed in the same color. Owned it since 1998. Only has 63,000 miles. Only driven 3000 miles since I bought it. It's pretty much all original, except wheels, stereo and 3" flow master exhaust. I enjoyed your video, great looking ride!

Love it! I have an 89 Iroc in pieces but this vid is motivation. Thanks

you've made that into a good looking car brother

What an epic daily. I'd love one :)

Overall good find! Little exhaust work will get it sounding mean and those older Chevy’s are cheap to build up to get some power going!

The times have really changed for these cars as the stigma is evaporating and they are becoming desirable. A lot of what people looked down upon was really nonsense. Values are on the rise for clean, low mile examples. They are fun to drive, and easy to modify if desired.

Just bought a 1985 IROc with The H.O 305 and a 5 speed in Missouri . Trying to get it shipped to Texas this week but I may have to go and trialer it home myself . It was a black and gold edition , can't wait to get started going thru the car myself . I grew up in that era but somehow never owned one until now . Thinking about LS Swapping it with a 6 speed but keeping it stock looking . Nice job with yours so far

Sweet ride. Thanks for sharing.

I had an 82 Z28 4 sp 305 car. I replaced the 305 with a 400 small block with a nice intake & carb, a decent cam, 202 heads, and headers. The 400 peeled a few teeth off the ring gear and gobbled up the 4 sp in the first 100 miles. I crawled under it and replaced the rear end with a 12 bolt 4.10 posi and a week later a 5 sp out of an 83 Z28. I ran it one time down the 1/4 it turned a 13:56 on street tires and though the mufflers.

Those cars were fun to drive. An old friend of mine bought one just like that, same color, same year model. He bought it new in 84. I bet he wishes he had it back now.

My first car I got when i turned 16 loved that car

I remember the wars between the TPI IROCs and 5.0 Mustangs. But I always thought the Z-28 HO was the sleeper and had potential. These days I've been thinking about them again and was considering finding one and putting a hopped up 307 in it. It's still a 5 liter! But has more potential, I think.

Oh that looks great, I had a clean white on tan 88 IROC I wish I would have kept, the headliner fell down, motor had bearing knock, the trans went, and the radiator sprung a big leak all in the same week. I sold it to a guy who went scca racing with it. Hope he had better luck than I did with it. I agree they did not get respect for a long time, they are like war veterans now, so many were lost to the junk yards and they were so cheap for so long it shocking to see them aporeciated lately. Same thing happened with the 2nd gen f bodys, now the first gen camaros there is still a million of them on the road and still expensive, Im a 2nd gen firebird guy but I really love the yellow IROCS heck they are all cool in their own way. Your lucky to live where the rust does not eat these cars up. Up north they only come out in the summer.

One thing that stands out to me about my third gen is how smooth and stable the ride feels. Its heavy with wide tires so it makes sense. I don't get the same feeling in my "modern" 2010 hyundai, which has steering wheel shake at 60mph+ and gets tossed about by the street surface unless strong arming it. Also, the arm/elbow space can't be beat. Never sell your made in America toys.

MINE is the same colour xcept has stock Z/28 wheels and was converted to right hand drive in melbourne australia in 1985, i am the second australian owner, it has done 104,573 miles, great car.!geniune Z/28, new engine , with big cam, heads, wieand single plane and HP 750 cfm man secs.

I daily drived a third gen 1991 Firebird Trans Am for 19 years up until last November. I still have it. It has 256k+ miles. I agree 100% with this video, and especially the part about the attention it gets. That car got so much attention that it wasn't even funny. I'd go to target and park, and kids would get out of their parents vehicle in the parking lot then point at it and say "Dad look at that cool car!" I'd go through the drive through and guys in their teens - early 20s working the drive through would make positive comments & ask me about the Trans Am. At different times, 3 strangers asked me on the spot if I'd sell it. 1 guy went so far as to track me down while I was at work. I declined because I never considered getting rid of it. I think all that stuff about 3rd gens being a mullet mobile is a internet myth & joke. But 3rd gen owners get the last laugh because the public loves these cars and they are very reliably fun cars.

1984, Good year. GOD Bless!!!

Your car looks nice with those wheels, what's crazy is I think the GTA wheels look better than even Iroc wheels would. I just put the same ones my 84 Z except mine are black like the car. Besides looking good, I think the ride is a little better as well. I know what you mean regarding the attention these cars can get, everytime I take my car out I wind up chatting with someone about it or just a compliment. I think things are beginning to shift a little towards the positive side especially now that these cars are 40 years old, I gotta say they're definitely starting to get the respect third gens deserve.

I just purchased an 82 Z28, low miles. The car was in the same family all this time, factory four speed, not T-Tops, and it runs great. I have some plans to do an engine swap in the future

I have your cars twin , owned it sense 86 , I’m 2nd owner . Working on putting mine back on the road , been sitting sense 91 when it had 100k and spun a rod bearing , crank went D shaped . If you start having fuel issues , the 5.0HO has an electric pump in the tank as well as a mechanical pump on the engine. I was a GM tech at a Chevy dealership when I bought mine . And around 75k miles started having vapor lock issues in traffic. Pump isn’t shown in service manual, an engineer told me about it. I have the factory glass hugging louvres on mine , and my mother said it made the interior so dark , that she felt like darth Vader’s mother when she drove it . She had a 59 Caddy and told all the kids that said it looks like the bat mobile, that she was Batman’s mother , Anyway cool car , and I can’t wait to get mine back on the road

I just picked one up with original 84k miles. These cars are fun!!!!!!!!!!!

Same attention I get in my 86 300zx, owned it for 30 yrs and is mint. I had a young girl ask if it was a Ferrari, I said no darling it's just a Nissan.

I had a 1991 Firebird Formula in white. It was slow with its boat anchor 305 TBI but it was perfectly reliable. Despite being slow it was a very nice car. I had a beat up red 1976 Camaro. It also had a 305. Thick spacer plates between the carb and intake. That car had somehow a PERFECT interior but it had busted Bondo holes big enough to put your foot through. Some how that raggedy 76 Camaro was surprisingly fast. It had a broken bolt bouncing around the crankcase yet it was also still perfectly reliable. Rear shocks were "High Jackers" you just needed a bike pump to jack up or down the rear end. Miss both of those F bodies.

Lowering the car really did make big difference it look great

bad ass work brother, you just don't see many of them anymore! My 88 Iroc is chilling in the garage right now needing similar love :( I'll get around to draining that gas tank & replacing the pump haha.

honestly thats just beauty at it’s best!

Great content love the 3rd generations camaro

I grew up riding in a friend’s 1985 red Camaro and I briefly owned a 1999 SS. Good memories. If you want to cover those scratches on the front and keep it period correct you might want to try a LeBra front end cover.

Well you went that far with the Camaro I had quite a few of them when I was growing up but a nice blue or purple underglow on that thank you your daughter would love that just something to think about that error of car

These are the funnest cars I’ve ever driven. The stick to the road.

Great find!! 89 is my year and now I might be in the market for one 🤔

Cool ride love it.... I have a 91 firebird formula been sitting a while always had engine cooling problems with it never could figure out why. This video makes me want to start working on it again soon. And yes these cars turn heads.

I like what you did, you turned it into a really nice looking car. I actually have a pretty clean factory looking 84 Z28 that I definitely put way too much $$$ into but even the guys with the 60k muscle cars mostly all did the same. The ducting for the dual snorkel air cleaner wasn't easy to find in good condition, that was the hardest part for me because its not reproduced.

Boy I'd love to come across that car here in Ontario Canada,in that shape. Damm. I'd definitely buy it. I like it. Had one myself in high school. Miss it all the time.

Grew-up/Owned/Sold many of these F-Bodies in their day in Bronx, L.Island, NY.. .Always liked that Gun-Metal Blue shade on these 82-84s .. They had their Pros & Cons but a fun car ..Best of Memories with Friends... Nice Car btw, GTA wheels are always a Nice touch on these F-Bodies...😎👍👍

I dig it, makes me miss the 85 Trans Am I used to have.

I’ve been daily driving my 3rd gen firebird for 2+ years now. Its made it through 2 Michigan winters. Never left me stranded and the only things that have ever gone on it are the fuel pump and alternator. 130k miles on it