For Sale: 1978 Chevrolet Corvette in Anaheim, California

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.