Jeez, I hope you're not comparing "a rare 1967 tri-power 427 vette" with an '08 Pace Car...

 

Whose to say what is rare? I'm just making a point.

There were 500 Pace Cars in total, and were put out in different colors and configurations. I don't know how many 427's were built that year. I just picked a collectable car at random. I'm sure there wasn't anything that remarkable about that vehicle when it was built.

When I was in grade school, a neighbor down the street from me had two Dodge Superbirds partially disassembled in his front yard. They were junk cars. This was around 1974. Nobody liked them or wanted them, which was how my neighbor got them, because he didn't have any money to pay much money for them. They could have had Hemi's and 4-speeds transmissions in them for all I know. Fast forward 30 years or so, now those cars are worth a million or two, depending on condition. I have no clue what that neighbor did with those cars. Maybe he turned them into 4x4's? In the 90's, when I went back to my hometown, I remembered those cars and went to see if he still had them, but he no longer lived there. I would have bought them if he still had them.

When I was in high school in 1976, my best friend bought a really nice 1971 Charger with a manual transmission as his first car. I don't recall the engine size, but I know he paid $400 for it. His father wouldn't let him keep it because the insurance was really high, so it must have had a big block in it. He traded it for a Toyota Corolla. Back then you could buy late 60's and early 70's muscle cars for $400-$1200. I bought my first car for $400 from money I saved working at McDonald's. At my local classic car consignment place, you can't touch any of those old cars for less than $25,000.

If I had know those cars would have been worth big bucks, I would have bought them all up and kept them. I even have my own story. I bought a really nice 1969 Dodge Super Bee with a 440 in 1985, for $600. In 1986 I was driving it and this guy in the next car flagged me down. He begged me for two hours to sell it to him. He wanted it so bad that I got him to give $1200 for it. I still kick myself for selling it. I found one last year at the consignment place, but they was asking $28,000 for it. My limit for a 1969 car is $2000.

It wasn't my intention to come off rude, but now that I'm older and wiser, I think it is a travesty to mess up a car that someone else may want, or could be valuable later.

 

Sorry, but you're wrong. All 500 Pace Car replicas were black convertibles with gray top and titanium gray interior...

 

Years ago a friend who specializes in restoring & customizing picked up a C5 pace car and removed the decals. You could clearly see where the had been. Fortunately he had already planned on putting a body kit on it and repainting it

 

You should just read this link if you want to get all of the facts.

http://www.pacecarregistry.com/2008track_data.htm

 

That's what I meant, coupes and convertibles...
Must be the auto correct...

 

Wrong again Ruxxy?

Auto correct my azz.

 

More....

 

Kind of hard not to agree with the OP after seeing those photos. Those graphics are hideous. They actually spoil the graceful look of the C6 bodies. The lime green Z06 is the worst of the lot.

 

Jeff,

I realize you don't have quite the selection to choose from as folks in Dallas or L.A. might have, but get a car you like, the way it is. Maybe expand your search to 250 miles in any direction, and see what you can locate. Unless the "Pace Car" is a steal, at least $4,000 under what it should be, I would not consider it. Don't buy something that you immediately have to work on to enjoy.

Just my opinion.

 

[QUOTE=ruxvette;1594721117]Sorry, but you're wrong. All 500 Pace Car replicas were black convertibles with gray top and titanium gray interior..
I own the # 359 2008 Chevy Corvette Pace car, a coupe.There were 234 Coupes and 266 convertibles built. My Corvette is registered with the Pace Car Registry. A person either likes the Pace Car graphics, or doesn't. If you are a person that doesn't care for curious attention, this car is not for you.Some people shake their heads when I pass them. We members of the registry hate it when the graphics are removed. But the more that get removed, the rarer my car gets, and the value increases.One curious thing I can attest to is how my car affects the traffic around me. People seem to become more aggressive while driving adjacent to my Pace car. They will constantly challenge me for my spot on the highway. Always want to pass me, even on the road shoulder on my right side. It's like "Who do you think you are, a racecar driver?"I noticed this as a newby Corvette owner 10 years and two cars ago,but it is more extreme with the Indy Pace Car. Anyway, good luck in stripping your decals. Each to his own. I'll keep mine.

 

 

Then again.........maybe he hasn't.

One thing's for sure, I'm glad I stayed out of this thread.

 

A heat gun on low and alot of patience should do the trick. Also soft plastic scrapers like a kithchen spatchula. I have gotten plastic razor blades that work nice scraping stuff off of painted surfaces

Clif

 

[QUOTE=Redvete59;1597757396]Jeez, I got scolded a year ago. Thanks for coming back and ripping me again...

 

I haven't fiqured out what? As a Corvette Pace Car Registry member and a 08 Pacecar owner, I made a post that I thought was informative to the thread. I'd appreciate an explanation.

 

I think you are confused. He was talking about that the OP, the Original Poster, has figured out about the Pace car a year ago. "You" replied to a year old thread started by the OP. You replied to a year old conversation. Check the date.

 

Incorrect- i had an 08 coupe!!!

 

I'm so happy for you.

 

OP - try doing the removal on a hot day in direct sun light - they should peel right off - that's how I always remove decals - now's the perfect time - good luck.