hey i was doing some random reading online and i saw that there were two models?

1978 Silver Anniversary Corvette
and
1978 Indy 500 pace Car Corvette

when I got the my 78 corvette i was told it was a 1978 silver anniversary pace car corvette?

not too sure what model i have

 

There actually 3.What color is your car?

 

If its two tone silver an gray, its a silver anniversary. If its black and silver with a "Offical Pace Car" decal on each side, its a pace car.

http://www.mathewscollection.com/cor...Coupe_Pace.htm

 

simple if its black and silver its a pace car


if its a silver anniversary it looks like this


and then it could be an ordinary 1978 corvette any colour 4speed or auto, L48 or L82

 

mine has the decals saying indy 500.. but the emblems on the car itself says "25 year anniversary" even on the shifter **** it says that... doesnt Silver anniversary mean 25 year aniversary?

or

are all the vettes made in 1978 say 25 year anniversary and there just broken down into 3 models?

 

What color combo is it?

 

it looks like the 78 pace car... black and silver with the red decals and the red lining with the l-82 emblem on the hood... but in the interior it says "25 year anniveresary" on the shift **** and on the steering wheel.

 

First - ALL 1978 Corvettes were 25th Anniversary cars with the 25th Anniversary badging - the nose and gas lid emblems and another 25th emblem in the horn button.

To commorate the 25th Anniversary, a special paint scheme was offered - the special 2 tone silver "Silver Anniversary Edition".

Another special paint scheme was offered as the 78 Corvette was picked to lead the Indy 500 - a black over silver Limited Pace Car.

 

vetteman1978's got it right. There were 3 Corvette "models" in 78.

You had the base car, all of which had the 25th anniversary emblems and were painted all one (solid) color.

The Silver Anniversary package was a regular production option (RPO) for the base car. The option code for the package was BZ2 and included the two-tone silver over charcoal paint, as well as aluminum wheels and sport mirrors as part of the package. As an RPO, there was no limit on how many could be built or ordered, as such, 15,283 of the 40,000+ 78's built, had the Silver anniversary package. On the Trim Tag found inside the drivers side door jam, original Silver Anniversary cars will show the paint code as 13/07. Cars originally painted solid silver will show the code as 13.

The Pace Car was a special model, built to commerate the Corvette being "chosen" to pace the 78 Indy 500. 6,502 Pace Cars were built, basically one per Chevrolet dealer. Original 78 Pace Cars have a unique VIN number to differentiate them as a separate, Corvette model. The eighth digit in the VIN of the Pace Car is a "9", all other 78's have a "4" in this position. As a separate model, the 6,502 Pace Cars are not included in the production numbers of 40,274 regular Corvettes built in 78, but are in addition to them. The Trim Tag on a Pace Car shows the paint codes as 19/47 and the interior trim code as 15C for silver Cloth or 152 for silver leather. St. Louis stopped production of regular Corvettes in mid March and only built Pace Cars from March through early May. All Pace Cars were delivered with a decal under the front fender flag emblems that said "Limited Edition" and Indy "Winged Wheel" logo decals on the rear quarter panels. Included with the car were a set of "Official Pace Car" door decal logos, identical to those on the real 500 Pace Car, that were to be dealer installed if the buyer chose to have them installed.

 

I hate to be pedantic but in my opinion there were only two 78 models.. the pace car which had its own VIN sequence and the 78 sport coupe. The pace car had paint and badging not available on the sport coupes and was a limited run.

The "silver anniversary" model was a paint option, by the logic that it represents a seperate model corvette, then every red corvette is a seperate model, every white one, every blue one etc...just my .02

 

That's why I put quotes around the word "models" and stated that it was an option to the base car. Though techincally it was a package, adding other equipment to the base car, and not just a paint option.

It's just that when you consider how darn many Silver Anniversary's were built, to many people, they have pretty much come to represent a whole additional line of Corvettes for that year.

Now stop picking on me.

 

so that explains it thats guys!

so all 78 models came with 25 year badging... but i have a pace car cool! that finally clears the mix up!

 

If you want to be sure, the 8th digit of pace cars' vin number will be a "9".

 

Im going to repaint the bumper on my 1978 pace car (today). I've seen that the paint codes are 19(black)/47(silver).

Does anyone know the Dupont code for the silver? i cant seem to find it, and am in a bit of hurry, as i gave the wrong silver paint code when i spoked to the painter, think i said 13 insted of the 47 :P

Would relly appreciate if someone know's

Best regards Thomas, Norway

 

Check 79 paint codes for the Pace Car silver, code47. YES, 79.