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Old Sep 20, 2005 | 08:30 PM
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Does anyone have any idea how many 1978 Corvette Pace Cars, L82 Automatic with cloth seats inserts where made, i was told around 200.
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Old Sep 20, 2005 | 08:36 PM
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This site might answer some of your questions
http://100megsfree4.com/corvette/
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wow, I didn't think any of them came with cloth seats. :o
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O, all leather. Sounds like your seat were recovered. If you fishing for a rare 78 pace car you want find it. There is only one rare one, the one that drove on Indy. Chevy just made way to many of them.
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all leather. Sounds like your seat were recovered.
Cloth seats were available on the Pace Cars. Door panels would have cloth panel middle sections. No idea how many made but I wouldn't think it's really a desirable feature no matter how rare.
Interior code is 15C.
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Trim tag will tell the story and factory workers stuffed enough copies of the build sheet that you may even stumble across one of those to further document a cloth interior.
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One of my Pace cars has the cloth inserts in the doors and seats, it is a L-82 auto also.
I also have a NOS door panel with the cloth insert that I picked up at a show.
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