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Old Oct 9, 2005 | 04:09 AM
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I searched this forum but unable to locate this information. I know that only a few thousand were made, can anyone tell me the sequence of the vin numbers that the pace car falls under. Or how to decode this.
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I searched this forum but unable to locate this information. I know that only a few thousand were made, can anyone tell me the sequence of the vin numbers that the pace car falls under. Or how to decode this.
1978 Pace Cars had their own separate VIN range.
1Z87L8S900001 thru 1Z87L8S906502
Fifth digit varies as follows:
L=350ci either 175hp or 185hp
4=350ci 220hp
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Originally Posted by N1JF
1978 Pace Cars had their own separate VIN range.
1Z87L8S900001 thru 1Z87L8S906502
Fifth digit varies as follows:
L=350ci either 175hp or 185hp
4=350ci 220hp
As you can see from the vin codes there were 6502 made
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Originally Posted by guppie
As you can see from the vin codes there were 6502 made
yup!
and that's a little more than "a few thousand"!
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Originally Posted by N1JF
1978 Pace Cars had their own separate VIN range.
1Z87L8S900001 thru 1Z87L8S906502
Fifth digit varies as follows:
L=350ci either 175hp or 185hp
4=350ci 220hp
Thanks everyone Just what I was looking for.
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