# matching Clone Pace car on e-bay????
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# matching Clone Pace car on e-bay????
Heres another good one, This is apparently a Pace car clone that is numbers matching, and is mostly original. Its a dealer clone?, whats a Dealer clone?
This Car is a daily driver, Paint is 3 years old, Brakes & calipers new. All wheels & rings are original, Car is mostly original. The carpet was replaced. This car was a dealer clone, as my dad bought it new. I Purchased it from him in 1997. It still has the original spare under the car. Power windows work great, the wheatherstripping on the tops was replaced in march 2003. E-mail for more answers to your questions
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6168
how about I add this laughable pace car ($25k buy it now? I think not!) http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6168
[Modified by fauxrs, 1:06 PM 8/7/2003]
This Car is a daily driver, Paint is 3 years old, Brakes & calipers new. All wheels & rings are original, Car is mostly original. The carpet was replaced. This car was a dealer clone, as my dad bought it new. I Purchased it from him in 1997. It still has the original spare under the car. Power windows work great, the wheatherstripping on the tops was replaced in march 2003. E-mail for more answers to your questions
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6168
how about I add this laughable pace car ($25k buy it now? I think not!) http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6168
[Modified by fauxrs, 1:06 PM 8/7/2003]
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Re: # matching Clone Pace car on e-bay???? (fauxrs)
Dang, they couldn't even put the aluminum rims on the first one.
The second one claims it has a "L92" engine. :rolleyes: I guess thats one of those "special" order "factory options". Well he has the only one. :bs
The second one claims it has a "L92" engine. :rolleyes: I guess thats one of those "special" order "factory options". Well he has the only one. :bs
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Re: # matching Clone Pace car on e-bay???? (Chris@VetteFinders)
The interior on the first one doesn't match at all.
Didn't 1978 and up come with a glove box ?
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Re: # matching Clone Pace car on e-bay???? (BSeery)
The interior on the first one doesn't match at all.
Yeah, no pace car colors inside, nor the optional seats.
Didn't 1978 and up come with a glove box ?
Yeah, no pace car colors inside, nor the optional seats.
Didn't 1978 and up come with a glove box ?
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Re: # matching Clone Pace car on e-bay???? (fauxrs)
Was the silver/black combo available on non-pace cars in '78?
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Re: # matching Clone Pace car on e-bay???? (fauxrs)
The VIN says it all: 1Z87L8S425*****
It's just a 78 that the dealer repainted. According to every book I've read Chevy dealers took regular 78's, even some 77's and prior and cloned them into looking like a pace car with paint, bumper, etc. They were able to get 50% more for a pace car. The reason was that it was a very limited edition. Exactly 6,502 of them were made so that each dealership could get one and only one pace car. Well, the dealers sometimes paint cars to the owners requirements, and added on optional items, so some of them figured they could get away with it...and many of them did. This is apparently one of them.
Personally, I wouldn't want to own one of them because they are just lies waiting to happen. A 78 isn't a bad car to have, but if I were to buy that it would get paint and decals as fits a stock 78...it probably didn't even had the silver anniversary paint. It looks like his reserve is $10,000. It might be worth that much as long as everything is in perfect working order and has the matching numbers equipment, which it doesn't look like it has. But, if it's not all original and a daily driver like the ad says then I think $7,000 tops as long as the paint is still good.
As for the other one there is no VIN listed so that would need to be checked. But, a real pace car with 37K miles on it would run about $17,000 as long as everything is there and no serious flaws. I'd say a pace car in daily driver condition is worth as much as any other Stingray in show condition with original equipment.
It's just a 78 that the dealer repainted. According to every book I've read Chevy dealers took regular 78's, even some 77's and prior and cloned them into looking like a pace car with paint, bumper, etc. They were able to get 50% more for a pace car. The reason was that it was a very limited edition. Exactly 6,502 of them were made so that each dealership could get one and only one pace car. Well, the dealers sometimes paint cars to the owners requirements, and added on optional items, so some of them figured they could get away with it...and many of them did. This is apparently one of them.
Personally, I wouldn't want to own one of them because they are just lies waiting to happen. A 78 isn't a bad car to have, but if I were to buy that it would get paint and decals as fits a stock 78...it probably didn't even had the silver anniversary paint. It looks like his reserve is $10,000. It might be worth that much as long as everything is in perfect working order and has the matching numbers equipment, which it doesn't look like it has. But, if it's not all original and a daily driver like the ad says then I think $7,000 tops as long as the paint is still good.
As for the other one there is no VIN listed so that would need to be checked. But, a real pace car with 37K miles on it would run about $17,000 as long as everything is there and no serious flaws. I'd say a pace car in daily driver condition is worth as much as any other Stingray in show condition with original equipment.
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Re: # matching Clone Pace car on e-bay???? (ddecart)
Was the silver/black combo available on non-pace cars in '78?
:nono:
I saw a 75 with the 78 SA paint, it looked kinda :cool:
