hunt4cleanair

On its way to the Corvette Restorer is an article on the final phase that completed RPO Z78 in 1978 for the Limited Edition Pace Car. The link below provides forum members insights into the final process for completing the RPO Z78 paint scheme and decal application and describes the special accommodation for Pace Cars to prepare for shipping via the freight trucks to dealers and anxiously awaiting buyers. I think you'll find it interesting and especially Pace Car aficionados.

Check it out...comments appreciated!

1978 Pace Car: The Final Process

Shark Racer

This is awesome. I've skimmed it and saved it for more detailed reading later. Thanks, Tom!

Easy Mike

Sweet!!

mvftw

I wonder if anybody has info on the 5 piece luggage set. Was it offered for all '78's or just Anniv or Pace...

Alan 71

Hi h4c,
That's a very interesting article and the photos make it even more so!
I'm curious if any blackout was done in the wheel wells after the silver had been sprayed.
It's also interesting to note that the painter didn't have even a simple paper mask on. I wonder what happened to his nose and lungs?
Thanks for the link!
Regards,
Alan

hunt4cleanair

A few years back, someone was selling a luggage set on the forum. I think it was a 25th anniversary set and not specifically for either B2Z or Z78

hunt4cleanair

Thanks Alan...wish I would have known you were there...we could have caught up on forum stuff. In fact that photo (Figure 3) was taken on the Pace Car at the end looking toward the C3.

No blackout after silver paint. I have yet to spot any silver overspray in wheel wells. The blackout would have been done in the Corvette plant at the end of paint operation as with other C3s. So any silver would have sprayed over the blackout.

mvftw

I have the 5 piece set. I'm just wondering how it was offered...

KapsSA

How's this for quality paint work
My early production pace car(0009).
Pass side especially looks like they just pushed paint down there with a rag!
Perhaps later pace cars saw a little more effort.