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[QUOTE=jt's73]Mark, check this pace car out.
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OMG, that one is definitely worth drooling over........
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OMG, that one is definitely worth drooling over........
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I'm afraid I must add controversy to the discussion...
manget1 2007-12-30 12:26:25
At the Indianapolis Auto Show last night, I made sure I did my best to take a picture that would show the VIN of the 78 Pace Car on display with the new Pace Cars for 2008.
It wasn't until I looked at the pix this morning on my PC that I saw what will create the controversy.
While my picture was not able to see the actual VIN plate, there is a sticker in the window near the VIN that shows that this car is Car #1 (the rear plate on the car also intimates this).
By the way, although my pictures don't show it, this car did have flag holes for the flags shown on the actual Pace Cars in promotional pictures.
Mark, this leads me to believe that Al Sr. was wrong about his car being VIN 1. I had assumed that this was the car from the Indy Museum until I looked at another picture and saw the lettering at the top of the windshield, telling me this car's home is in a museum in Detroit.
If this car is #1 and the car at the Indy 500 Museum is #2, then what does Al have and where is the fourth car? I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I think the mystery has just deepened.
See other pix from the auto show on the post started by Adam about the new Pace Cars...
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Nice work Joel. I had the camera set on the highest quality (7mp) and I've got a 10x optical zoom. This means the sticker is correct and this is Pace Car #1.
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I don't know the history of the 1978 Pace Cars, but is it possible that Pace Car #1 was not VIN 1?
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[QUOTE=manget1] I had assumed that this was the car from the Indy Museum until I looked at another picture and saw the lettering at the top of the windshield, telling me this car's home is in a museum in Detroit. [/QUOTE]
mkapp7879 2007-12-30 15:41:56
I can't make out the lettering. By chance does it say "General Motors Heritage Collection"? That's more of a storehouse for GM vehicles than a museum. Not open to the public.
Just getting my nose up to the screen I can read that VIN as 0001!
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cilrah 2007-12-30 16:22:10
No just kidding, thanks a ton Marshall for getting those pictures. I believe that is the car from the GM Heritage Collection, and with my fancy foot work I believe it is VIN 0001.
I'm going to try and get Al to take a picture of his VIN#, the way he was hanging around his muesum I get the opinion hes a guy with alotta spare time on his hands.
So now the research continues. I've talk to a few other people I've found but none could give me creditable information. Thanks again Marshall.
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I'm going to send Ellen Brilley at IMS an email right now and get her to get me a picture of their VIN# of the Pacer in the Indy Museum. And tommarow at work I'm sending Al Unser a Express Mail packet and ask him to get me a picture of his VIN#. Don't know if this will work but I'ma gonna try.
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