Amazing letter from L78 Pace Car original owner

[iluv69s]

That is so awesome !!!! I am envious ..in a good way... !!! Congrats !!!!

maybe i should renew the search for the prior ownes(s) of my L78 Indy also... it's been a few years. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img]

[Vettefinderjim]

I just love it when people from past ownership just &quot;Give &quot; you the paperwork.

Back in 1985 when Mike Pillsbury met Frank Burell at the NCRS Corvette Nationals in Boston. Mike had found and was restoring the #2 1960 Cunningham Corvette LeMans car, and Frank was the crew chief on that car (and many other neat Corvette race cars from 1956-66 era).

Frank &quot;GAVE&quot; Mike an old driving suit, arm bands used by security, entry records, newpaper articles by the local French paper, and many spare interior parts and tons of photos of the ' three cars' at the race including before , during and after race weekend.

The hobby is well when people &quot;share&quot;

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iluv69's

You never know. I'd given up and then......WHAM!!!

Jim

Great story.

I feel very fortunate that the original owners, Shirlene in particular sent me the original dealer sales order. One member did question the Pace Cars authenticity early on but I’m sure he will not be posting on this thread.

I did send Shirlene some flowers however, with a big thank you note.

[iluv69s]

Thanks Rick,

Maybe I will start a new thread and make some posts around the net again about my car. I have a recent(past few years) letter from the 1978 prior owner. He even writes about pulling the original motor and replacing with a 350 for gas reasons. I have no owner history prior to this. I am more in search of my motor than anything. An original block came up for sale just recently that was only a few hundred from my VIN...I guess it cannot hurt to try again. Thanks....

..and again Good Luck with yours !!!!! She's a beauty..and now with docs.!!!! awesommeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!!


Max