1967 Camaro Pace Car

[txrsss]

Hate to ask, but does anyone know if the Sears give away car was an RS?

Mike

[JoeC]

The code "1001HA" is interesting because this code is on the line of the build sheet with the other COPO codes on 427 COPO Chevelles with special paint. I have also seen the 1001 number with different ECLs on the end.

[txrsss]

Yep, seen 1001AA also. What year Chevelle did you see this on? And what was the original paint color?

Mike

[JoeC]

69 COPO/Yenko 427 Chevelles monaco orange and daytona yellow
Also the 68 Yenko Camaro raffle car had the 1001 number on it's paper work. I forget the ECL. I remember thinking the number was for paint but they decoded it as something else. The docs were shown in a magazine article.

[txrsss]

Which magazine and do you have it?

Mike

[FESTIVAL78]

Things sound like they're starting to come together..Great work TEX....Let's figure all this out BEFORE I paint my car. Charley..surprised you were not piping up on this topic until I saw your BJ postings..I must admit it's a little disheartening to here of such scams out there.. Mike..Scott my paint buddie is looking forward to shooting laquer again in good ol' Liberal Massachusetts!! It's not just beer..it's an adventure!

[Zedder]

Matt: I was rereading your post on the fleet codes and you are partially correct - the small block Canadian cars had no code but the BB ones had 095D after the dash...and yes, I have a picture of one of the tags, but it is not in digital format so I can't post it yet.

It's also interesting that the GM docs show the description of the car as "Festival Pace Car" and the paint is "1001AA - Special Paint". Why wouldn't these be "Replicas" rather than "Festival" cars?

[Zedder]

Also forgot to mention there were 10 small block Canadian Pace Cars and 11 BB cars - all SB were identically equipped and all BB cars were identically equipped.

[matt murphy]

In '67 and '69 the track cars were divided into two groups . . . 1) "Festival" cars that were for the Festival parade the days before the race . . . and 2) the 500 committee cars that were given to the 500 Committee members throughout the state of Indiana. Today they are still divided up into that, but all the pace cars are referred to replicas and only the original 2 or 3 actual Pace Cars are called and have the word Pace Car on them. This change started in 1995 with the Corvette Pace Cars . . . I am not sure if they have changed the lettering on the side of the replicas to say "Pace Car" or not . . . Any help here . . .

[FESTIVAL78]

I'm assuming from the film footage I have of the parade that the "Festival" cars got the gold madallion on the rear quarter panel (8 or 10 inch sticker)and the others "commitee"did not..The GM Canada paperwork is very interesting..Why were the cars sent to "GM show car account" Is that why they were built? Maybe for this racetrack that there is a picture of? If so were they all sold as used? Still remaining to be seen is the exact meaning of "Special paint" Blue stripe? Clear coat? or special instruction on a broader scale? The Gm paperwork Says right on it 'RS'..Why has it been so long for this to become common knowledge?Maybe checking your sources when you write a book (or magazine article)doesn't include the car world