1978 Chevrolet Corvette Indy PaceCar L82

[Dave Rifkin]

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One sure way....8th digit of VIN must be a "9" or no-go.

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What did just say the "9"?

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He said that the 8th number of the cars VIN must be a 9 in order for it to be a genuine Pace Car Corvette

[JJEH]

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One sure way....8th digit of VIN must be a "9" or no-go.

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What did just say the "9"?

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He said that the 8th number of the cars VIN must be a 9 in order for it to be a genuine Pace Car Corvette

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Haha, ok... thanks.

Does anybody know how many times are was built the Pace Car?

Or have Pace Cars a fixed number of built?

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Roughly 6,502

[L78racer]

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Roughly 6,502

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Correct. There was supposed to be 1 per Chevy dealer. I remember going to Bob McDorman's annual swap meet around that time. He had purchased a lot of these cars from other dealers. He had about 30 of them lined up on the lot.

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-----I think Bob bought two from us at Classic Motors. We probably had about ten or twelve go thru the books. A few of them we never even saw as they got redirected to new owners who immediatly tried to flip them too........Bill S

[JJEH]

Mmmh, 6502 pieces are not many...

And one for every Dealer... how cool are that?

I just call my banker after the Christmas Days
But my wife don´t like the Corvette

A increase in value if it´s possible?

But it´s not the original engine and radio...

[72-SS-L48]

A couple other items to note:

1 - The rear window looks to be tinted. It is not supposed to be tinted.

2 - There appear to be stereo speakers mounted on the back wall of the interior behind the seats and rear compartment. Those obviously are not original either.

3 - Based on how the glove box door fits, and how the cover below the steering column fits, my guess is the dash was replaced. It's probably your typical after market dash.

4 - The owners manual pictured 3 pictures from the bottom is not original for a 78 Pace Car. That owners manual is for a 78 Corvette 25th anniversary car. The original 78 Pace Car owners manuals look like the original one I have pictured below.



What the VIN # of the car? Whats the Trim tag info? 22K miles? And NOM? For the same roughly $25,000 USD I think you might be able to get a nicer more original 78 Pace Car. Just my two cents.

-Dave