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IROC Series 1 Camaro Acquisition and History

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Ray Evernham's Massive IROC Racecar Collection is Even BIGGER! (Barn Finds & Test Drive)

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Ray introduces an orange IROC Series 1 Camaro, discussing its history. He explains that his YouTube channel has helped him acquire more IROC cars, parts, and pieces, as people contact him with items they are ready to let go of due to the difficulty and expense of restoration. He specifically mentions flying to Louisiana to pick up two such cars, along with a garage full of parts. He highlights a historical photo of the B. Parsons Camaro, emphasizing that these early IROC cars were production cars that were converted for racing, including the installation of a roll cage and other modifications. He points out the car's original VIN number from Chevrolet, confirming its street car origin. He notes that the engine in this particular car is not original, but the car itself is a Series 1 Camaro.

Goal: Discuss the history and acquisition of an IROC Series 1 Camaro

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  • IROC Series 1 Camaro — Showcasing an early IROC race car and discussing its features

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quite a journey trying to to put all these pieces together after so many years but really a lot of fun to be tracking down uh tracking down these cars trademark for the first two generations of Camaros they started with a key wonder if they stopped doing that in race cars in general is cuz uh somebody wasn't going to make the race cuz they couldn't find their keys find the keys Mark donu and all his his group of of Trans Am guys at Pensky you know put roll cages in them you know got them ready for racing we've got a lot of the history that came along with these cars because this car and the what we call the half the car upstairs there were from the original iro Series this car was both orange and silver we've been grabbing these things up so I was lucky to get them uh with Enough original parts uh to to put that car together and and Through the Years many of them get used in different Seca GT1 or Trans Am So they get cut up and cannibalized this car stay stayed really pretty good that one we've got a little bit of work to do steel top glass windshield Real Steel Hood fenders with just fiberglass flares and a lot of things that they would have done uh for Trans Am racing the problem was irck then went to Daytona and Michigan and Talladega and the driver said hey we've got to have a real stock car so generation 2 Camaro or the banjo Matthews Camaro's tube frame very much like what would have been a Grand National Sportsman at that time so these cars are getting rarer and rarer and I think right now we have probably more iro stuff than than than anybody at least that's what Mr Pensky told me this place is becoming big irck garage now

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