Vehicle Description
Black/Silver with Silver interior L-82 350/220hp 4-spd manual
transmission.As most Corvette aficionados know by now the '78
Corvette Indy Pace car is credited with starting the Corvette
speculation market.� The '78 was the first Corvette to ever pace
the Indy 500.� So naturally the boys at GM wanted to cook up
something special for race day.� Originally the plan was to build a
very limited number of Pace Car replicas to sell to the buying
public.� The initial amount was to be 300 to commemorate the '53
Corvette's production run.� They would all have special paint
interior and other modifications.� Even the tires were going to be
exclusive to the Pace Car!� But after doing some calculating the
bean counters decided that some of the mods were going to be too
expensive to justify a run on only 300.� In the meantime the Wall
Street Journal got word of what was going down in St. Louis and
decided to do a story on it.� Proclaiming the '78 Corvette Pace Car
as the next great collectible sports car!� Well it didn't take long
before the readers of said article started calling their local
Chevy dealer wanting to purchase one of these special "collectible"
Corvettes.� Thousands of requests were made and many orders were
taken.� Obviously many more orders than could be filled.� As a
result potential buyers were getting pretty frustrated.� During
this time it was decided that Chevrolet would build enough Pace
Cars so that every U.S. dealer could get one.� So when all was said
and done approximately 6500 were built.� Still there were plenty of
hurt feelings as cars that were ordered at sticker price arrived at
showrooms with asking prices almost double that in some cases!� As
a result lawsuits were filed.�� And the rest . . . is history.The
rare L-82 4-spd. Pace Car presented here is one of the nicest
examples we've ever had in stock!� It's unique in that it's an
original car with only 855 miles from new.� But the previous owner
went a step further and took the body off the frame (photo
documented) and completely detailed the chassis suspension and
drivetrain to show car standards!� So you've got the best of both
worlds.� A Pace Car with beautiful original paint interior and a
fully detailed undercarriage!� The car is also heavily documented
with the original Tank Sticker all books manuals brochures and
spare keys all in a beautiful embossed leather bound case. And the
icing on the cake is it's a Bloomington Gold and N.C.R.S. Top
Flight Award winner! �Along with the standard Pace Car items it's
also equipped with the highly desirable L-82 engine rare M21 close
ratio 4-spd. leather seats and AM/FM/CB Radio.� A true collectible
Indy Pace Car! Visit Corvette Mike online at
www.corvettemikeanaheim.com to see more pictures of this vehicle or
call us at 800-327-8388 today to schedule your test drive.
