Vehicle Description
If there's one type of car we can always count on to be
collectable, it's the pace cars. The combination of performance,
history, pedigree, and a connection with fans makes them perennial
favorites, and this 1995 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Brickyard 400 Pace
Car is a great example. Number 40 of only 400 built and showing
just 1150 original miles (not a misprint), this is as close as
you're going to get to investment-grade.
The Pace Car package added $2195 to the price of the Monte Carlo
Z34, and it included all the awesome things that you get with a
pace car: decals, the top performance engine, and just about every
option available. Of course, as a collectors' car, this one has led
a charmed life, spending 99% of its time in a climate-controlled
environment. For the past 20 years, it has been on display but
carefully maintained, so it runs and drives beautifully but the
original paint, decals, rubber, and glass are all in showroom fresh
condition. There might be a few signs of aging that are completely
inevitable, but for most folks, this is essentially a brand new
car. Heck, the grease pencil marks are still on the glass! The
Brickyard 400 decals are bright and well-adhered, with no cracking
or peeling, and the design is familiar, having been penned by the
same stylists who created the Corvette pace cars just a few years
later. The overall look is tasteful but high-impact, exactly what
you want from a pace car, and we'll wager that when you show up
with this Monte Carlo, you'll have the only one.
The tan leather interior is likewise all original and pretty much
in new condition. Leather seats with special embroidery to signify
the pace car connection are joined by embroidered floor mats,
making it feel special inside. The rest is standard Monte Carlo,
which isn't a bad thing, because it brings all the comfort and
convenience features you'd expect from Chevy's top-of-the-line
passenger car. The A/C still blows cold, it's equipped with power
windows, locks, seats, and mirrors, plus cruise control, and even a
tilt steering column. The rear defroster was a $164 option and the
power driver's seat added $260 to the final tally. It also comes
with an AM/FM/cassette stereo, which was probably one of the last
years such a thing was available and it still sounds decent to our
ears today. There's also a rather large trunk that has probably
never carried anything beyond what the factory put there.
The Z/34 option included a 3.4 liter DOHC V6, which was an
impressive performer in 1995. GM was finally getting with the
program and this engine as much as any other signified the
General's look to the future. It runs beautifully and remains 100%
stock, so the idle is smooth and it drives like a new car. If you
like survivors, this is a slam-dunk, because everything, including
belts and hoses, is factory-issue. Fluids have been changed due to
time, not mileage, and it is exercised regularly to keep everything
fit and trim. The 4-speed automatic overdrive transmission offers
quick shifts and easy highway cruising, and the Z/34 option
upgraded the suspension, so it's sporting without being harsh.
Special white 16-inch alloy wheels were part of the Pace Car kit
and wear their original 225/60/16 Goodyear Eagle RS-A radials.
Fully documented and expertly preserved, this Monte Carlo is an
investment waiting to happen. We can't say when or how much, but
the fact that pace cars never last long on the showroom floor
strongly suggests that there's a hungry public out there looking
for the best of the best. Call now!
