1978 Chevrolet Corvette

Pace Car Coupe

8 - Cyl.

Automatic

1Z8748S900717

Gasoline

"Pace Car Vette" Corvette's 25th birthday Corvette pace car, Collectors corvette, Indy Pace car, 1978 corvette 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 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 has a 4 As well as having their own identification The pace car replicas had their own paint scheme Which consisted of a two tone paint with a red stripe The first 300 pace car replicas Had tires specially made by Goodyear with 'Corvette' Imprinted on the side 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 only 6,502 Vin # 1Z8748S900717 L-82 350 Motor Automatic Trans A/C Glass T-Tops Factory CB Power Windows 39,688 Miles Car Runs and Drives Very Good Pace Car Decals Still in Original Boxes Car will make a Great Investment It can do nothing but Go up in Value Top surfaces has spider cracks Carpet is discolored Please understand I don't own this Vette personally I am a full time broker selling for a customer My goal is to bring the buyer and seller together I do my very best to tell you what I know I encourage and very much support a pre-buy inspection Do You Need Help Marketing Your Equipment, Boat, Plane, Car or Truck? Contact Me Call Me 973-886-3020 Jay Trevorrow jay@ironmartonline.com Best Time to Reach Me Monday ~ Saturday 8:00 am to 5:30 pm ~Dinner~ 9:00 pm to 12:00 pm Sunday 12 to 10 pm Keywords: 1978 Indy Pace Car, Corvette, L82, Black and Silver, Corvette's 25th birthday, 25th Anniversary emblem, pace car, chevy corvette, real affordable vette