| We watched the
1978 Pace Car for years before deciding on what
we wanted. No doubt the L-82 was a must
have. We also wanted the CB option and a
car with the decals already applied. We
bought this from an older gentleman named Bert
in Cleveland Ohio. This car was known
locally as "Bert's Pace Car", and he was sad to
see it go.
We drove to Cleveland on a
Saturday and looked
at the car on Sunday morning
at his house. We bought it, and we drove
it back to the hotel so I could take my time
loading it in the
car hauler. About an
hour into the load and nearly done, around the
corner came Bert in his little truck with his
dog, for one last look at his baby. |
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| The car
was bought originally as a collector car, and as you can see by the
extremely low mileage, it remains a collector car today. I try to
exercise it once a month or so, as I can. It gets a lot of looks
on the road, and out of all the Corvette Indy Pace cars, the 1978 is my
favorite. The
most important thing I wanted was an all-original car. The car is
well documented, and miles are completely original. The
undercarriage is not as "perfect" as I would like as it shows some age,
but everything is certified original. Down to the Good Year GT
Radial raised white outline tires. |
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2007 Chevrolet Corvette Pace Car Reunion |
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