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1978 Indy Pace Car
1978 Indy Pace Car Two Tone Silver/Black Silver
Leather interior Still in Factory Wrapper 350 ci 185 hp Auto, PS, PB,
PW, AM FM CB Tilt/tele Steering Aluminum Wheels 119 MILES. CSD78 #4219
of 6502 $52,900
119.3 miles!!
To mark the Corvette's silver anniversary,
Chevrolet had the most significant redesign since 1968. The 1978 Corvette
had new fastback rear styling, creating more passenger space and a larger
rear window. The interior was also modernized, the speedometer and tachometer
were redesigned in a new squarer more vertical style and a glove box was
added. On the exterior, all 1978 Corvettes had a 25th Anniversary emblem.
1978 was not only Corvette's 25th birthday but also the first time they
paced the Indy 500. To celebrate the event, Chevrolet built a series of
pace car replicas. Chevrolet was extremely proud of the fact that as a
pace car the Corvette was the first car to use a completely stock drive
train, the first to be built from a one piece fiberglass body and the
only pure two seater since before World War II. These pace car replicas
had their own Vehicle Identification Number (VIN), separate from the standard
Corvette, another first for the marquee. The difference between the VIN
number for the standard Corvette and pace car replica is in the eighth
digit, the pace car replica has a 9, the Corvette a 4. As well as having
their own identification, the pace car replicas had their own paint scheme
which consisted of two tone paint with a red stripe. The extremely high
demand for the pace car continually increased the quantity produced and
in the end Chevrolet decided to build one for every Corvette dealer, a
total of 6,502.
 
  
  
  
 
  
  
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