1978 Pace car T-tops
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Melting Slicks
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1978 Pace car T-tops
I am cleaning out some stuff laying in my basement and I found a great condition blue mirrored T-tops from a '78 pace car.
There is one small scratch on the drivers side but that is it.
How much are they worth?
Thanks for any help
There is one small scratch on the drivers side but that is it.
How much are they worth?
Thanks for any help
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Good used glass top pairs, usually sell in the $700-900 range.
A set of blue tops with the correct dates for a 78 Pace Car, can bring $1,000-1,500, depending on their condition and how bad some one wants/needs them for their Pace Car.
A set of blue tops with the correct dates for a 78 Pace Car, can bring $1,000-1,500, depending on their condition and how bad some one wants/needs them for their Pace Car.
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Those are not Pace Car tops.
Pace Car tops, as well as other 78-80 glass tops, were Laminated glass and marked "Blue". 81-82 tops were Tempered, and did not have a color indicated on them (except 82 Collector Edition tops, which were marked "Bronze").
From the dating on those top, I'd say that they are from an 82 Corvette. One tops is dated "IV", which is June (I) 82 (V). The other top appears to be "JV" which would be May (J) 1982 (V) top.
As a good pair of used Tempered glass tops, they should bring around $700-800 for. If you can find someone with an 82 built in June or later, who needs a pair of glass tops, you might get $900 for them.
Pace Car tops, as well as other 78-80 glass tops, were Laminated glass and marked "Blue". 81-82 tops were Tempered, and did not have a color indicated on them (except 82 Collector Edition tops, which were marked "Bronze").
From the dating on those top, I'd say that they are from an 82 Corvette. One tops is dated "IV", which is June (I) 82 (V). The other top appears to be "JV" which would be May (J) 1982 (V) top.
As a good pair of used Tempered glass tops, they should bring around $700-800 for. If you can find someone with an 82 built in June or later, who needs a pair of glass tops, you might get $900 for them.
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Those are not Pace Car tops.
Pace Car tops, as well as other 78-80 glass tops, were Laminated glass and marked "Blue". 81-82 tops were Tempered, and did not have a color indicated on them (except 82 Collector Edition tops, which were marked "Bronze").
From the dating on those top, I'd say that they are from an 82 Corvette. One tops is dated "IV", which is June (I) 82 (V). The other top appears to be "JV" which would be May (J) 1982 (V) top.
As a good pair of used Tempered glass tops, they should bring around $700-800 for. If you can find someone with an 82 built in June or later, who needs a pair of glass tops, you might get $900 for them.
Pace Car tops, as well as other 78-80 glass tops, were Laminated glass and marked "Blue". 81-82 tops were Tempered, and did not have a color indicated on them (except 82 Collector Edition tops, which were marked "Bronze").
From the dating on those top, I'd say that they are from an 82 Corvette. One tops is dated "IV", which is June (I) 82 (V). The other top appears to be "JV" which would be May (J) 1982 (V) top.
As a good pair of used Tempered glass tops, they should bring around $700-800 for. If you can find someone with an 82 built in June or later, who needs a pair of glass tops, you might get $900 for them.
And the M92A codes tells something about the application for this glass (tops) and its temperment (if you wish to call its such), which doesn't show up until 1982. In 1978, Pace Car glass tops would have carried an M113 glass code
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That is why I ask in here, people know their stuff
Thanks again
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The 80-82 NCRS Judging Manual says that the tempered tops went into production at Bowling Green in 81, but this is not correct. I have an internal GM Engineering Department Product Planning Letter dated 9-15-80, that states that the CC1 tops for 81 were made from tempered glass and magnesium frames.