78 Pace Car with 3 Miles
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Le Mans Master
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From: Pottsville, PA. USA Home Of America's Oldest Brewery Yuengling
Originally Posted by Bob3943
Any status on how the auction went? Did it even happen yet?
Looks like 2 or 3 very low mile Pace Cars are on Ebay right now. I think one even has 5 miles and there is a 13K mile L82 4 speed. I think both are bidding high teens right now.
Looks like 2 or 3 very low mile Pace Cars are on Ebay right now. I think one even has 5 miles and there is a 13K mile L82 4 speed. I think both are bidding high teens right now.
The auction is Wednesday July 28th
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From: Clayton NC
It's funny I was just going to start a thread about a Pace Car that I saw today.. 8 miles.. Sitting in a little hick town here in Eastern NC. I was really surprised to see that you guys were talking about Pace Cars and the amount that were just parked.. FYI it's in Windsor, NC. which is just south of Elizabeth City, NC. on Rt 13.. Don't know if it's for sale but it looked nice... 8 miles.. The Chevy Dealer there is A & W I think.. Really small but I guess every dealer got a Pace Car... Dave...
Le Mans Master
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From: Chattanooga TN
Originally Posted by Ed T
here is some more of the story on the car with a 2 minute video of it being hauled out of the Weaver dealership. scroll down to the WNEP TV video room/ on the Pennsy Road/ 78 Corvette. i couldnt figure out how to link the video
http://www.wnep.com/Global/category....13467&nav=5juw
I bet it will go 25k+.
http://www.wnep.com/Global/category....13467&nav=5juw
I bet it will go 25k+.
Le Mans Master
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From: On an island surrounded by sharks Hawaii
Good Luck at the auction. I'll guess 28,599.00. 
Just found this on ebay
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6168
Just found this on ebay
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6168
Last edited by DMONSVETTE; Jul 22, 2004 at 04:34 AM.
Melting Slicks
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From: Pleasant Grove AL
There is a 78 pace car in the show room of the small Chevy dealership in my old home town. It has 28 miles. Same sort of condition as the one described here, except the dealership is active and the car hasn't sat unattended.
It is an L82 4 speed. Not for sale as far as I know. There are no "for sale" cars in the show room, only the dealer's collector cars, so it will probably never be for sale.
It is an L82 4 speed. Not for sale as far as I know. There are no "for sale" cars in the show room, only the dealer's collector cars, so it will probably never be for sale.
Melting Slicks
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From: Tempe AZ
Originally Posted by Ed T
I see Proteam has an L82/auto Pace Car w/ 7 miles for $29,995 that has been for sale for a while.
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From: Odessa Fl
I can't believe someone would stoop so low to do this. Your 3 mile Pace car is getting pimped. Some joker is trying to make a couple bucks off it on Ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6168
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6168
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Melting Slicks
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From: I may be getting old but I refuse to grow up
Originally Posted by Bob3943
I can't believe someone would stoop so low to do this. Your 3 mile Pace car is getting pimped. Some joker is trying to make a couple bucks off it on Ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6168
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6168
and he whats you to sebd him $20.00 for the location of the auction. 
get a life
Melting Slicks
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From: Tempe AZ
Originally Posted by Bob3943
I can't believe someone would stoop so low to do this. Your 3 mile Pace car is getting pimped. Some joker is trying to make a couple bucks off it on Ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6168
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6168
I thought GM lost all that info. How could they supply them with the tracking history of the car?
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From: Huntersville NC
Originally Posted by Ed T
I see Proteam has an L82/auto Pace Car w/ 7 miles for $29,995 that has been for sale for a while.
If this link doesnt work I hope someone will help me figure out how to do it.http://www.proteam-corvette.com/cars/294U.htm
If this link doesnt work I hope someone will help me figure out how to do it.http://www.proteam-corvette.com/cars/294U.htm
here?
http://www.proteam-corvette.com/cars/294U.htm
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From: Fair Oaks, OK
Originally Posted by PRND21
Looks, runs, and drives excellent.
Well, unless if there were a such thing and it were a 7-mile ZL1 that is.
I own a 41,900 mile 25 year old car that sat in a protected garage from 1982 to 2000, and it was a huge train wreck when I brought it back to life. No brakes, leaks everywhere, etc...
But as always, I realize I am just stating opinion... and you know what they say about opinions...
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From: Central Pennsylvania
I think it went for $30k even. Like I said, some idiot would bid the moon for it. I understand it was a collectible car sales group that purchased it. Where do you go with that thing when you own it for 30k?
Le Mans Master
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There's loads of low mi '78 Pace Cars out there. Many people were advised to buy them as 'investments' at the time. They will NEVER be 'rare'. And they were the most over-hyped marque in all automotive history.
