Vehicle Description
To Be OFFERED AT AUCTION WITHOUT RESERVE at RM Sothebys' Auburn
Fall event, 30 August - 2 September 2018.
Estimate:
$40,000 - $50,000
Offered from a private collectionOnly nine actual
milesSingle-family ownership since newInterior still with paper on
carpets and plastic on steering wheel220-hp, 350-cu.in. L82 OHV V-8
and three-speed automatic transmissionUntouched and never before
shown in public
Chevrolet marked the Corvette's pacing of the 1978 Indianapolis 500
by building the public 6,200 Limited Edition Indy Pace Car
Replicas, featuring special paint and unique decals, replicating
the Pace Car's color scheme, as well as the 220-hp L82 V-8 and full
leather interior as standard equipment.
The car offered here was bought new by the current owner's family
on 23 May 1978, from Doran Chevrolet of Dallas, Texas, only four
days after the purchase of their other Indy Pace Car Replica. Like
that car it was bought with delivery miles - eight, to be exact -
and trucked home to their collection, where it has remained since,
preserved as a collector's item. Today recording eight miles at the
time of cataloguing, it still has the factory plastic on the
steering wheel and the protective paper on the carpets, and is
believed to have not been shown in public since delivery. Obviously
preserved very much as-delivered, it is accompanied by its original
sales and delivery paperwork, as well as an owner's manual,
warranty and maintenance brochures, and Texas registrations through
1982.To view this car and others currently consigned to this
auction, please visit the RM website at
rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/AF18.
