What is your favorite pace car?

"505Turbeaux" (505turbeaux) 01/27/2014 at 16:40 • Filed to: None

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Growing up in the 80's, this had to be the one for me. Improved turbo GNX engine in an F body. Just ridiculously awesome

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > 505Turbeaux 01/27/2014 at 16:41

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EL_ULY > 505Turbeaux 01/27/2014 at 16:42

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i'd say this as well now that I think about it.

deekster_caddy > 505Turbeaux 01/27/2014 at 16:43

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If the image works:

If not - the Dodge Daytona. Why? There's no way the Daytona could pace those things! Impossible!

(I like your pace car better, I'm a big Turbo Buick fan)

daender > 505Turbeaux 01/27/2014 at 16:44

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The Dodge M4S PPG pace car was pretty cool, it became the Wraith for that cheesy-cool 80's thiller.

deekster_caddy > 505Turbeaux 01/27/2014 at 16:44

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http://www.daytonapacecars.com/id25.html

I'm sorry, did I see AZTEC on that list?!!?!?!?!

505Turbeaux > daender 01/27/2014 at 16:45

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that thing is crazy cool and 80's

505Turbeaux > deekster_caddy 01/27/2014 at 16:46

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what has been seen cannot be unseen...also saw this jackass in there

DuckDraper > 505Turbeaux 01/27/2014 at 16:48

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My boss owns one of these. I really love the lines of the car. He also owns a Grand National, a lifted TJ Wrangler, and a SVT Lightning. He's kind of a bad ass.

505Turbeaux > DuckDraper 01/27/2014 at 16:48

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jesus nothing wrong with that garage

Battery Tender Unnecessary > 505Turbeaux 01/27/2014 at 16:48

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Surprise, Surprise

505Turbeaux > Battery Tender Unnecessary 01/27/2014 at 16:49

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lol gee I wonder why

JR1 > 505Turbeaux 01/27/2014 at 16:49

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May not be the fastest, but it sure as hell is sexy. Gotta love the 1978 Corvette Pace Car

Dunnik > 505Turbeaux 01/27/2014 at 16:52

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The Oldsmobile Bravada!

Sorry for trolling, but every time the subject of best Indy Pace Car comes up, I just can't help myself.

505Turbeaux > Dunnik 01/27/2014 at 16:53

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lol I remember this clearly

Takuro Spirit > daender 01/27/2014 at 16:53

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Would have been perfect to have Clint Howard start the race.

"YOU LOSE THE RACE, YOU LOSE YOUR CAR!"

$kaycog > 505Turbeaux 01/27/2014 at 16:55

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This.

camaroboy68ss > 505Turbeaux 01/27/2014 at 16:56

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My favorite is the 1967 Camaro Indy 500 pace car. Kinda gets pushed aside for the 69 with its bright orange stripes and interior, but the 67 was just classy looking with its ermine white and marina blue paint job to the bright blue deluxe interior. These cars were just georgous.

Takuro Spirit > 505Turbeaux 01/27/2014 at 16:57

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Not sure why, but:

505Turbeaux > camaroboy68ss 01/27/2014 at 16:58

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Since I have never been a huge American car buff, did the hideaway headlights debut on this car, I thought those came out on the 68 RS. Just looking for knowledge with that question, seems like you might know the answer with your screen name. I do like how clean that is though

Jfelty19 > deekster_caddy 01/27/2014 at 16:59

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yes, yes you did.
http://www.barrett-jackson.com/application/on…

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > 505Turbeaux 01/27/2014 at 17:00

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All good..

but I can't help but wonder what it would be like to mash-up the SN95 hardware into the 79 Fox pace car...

I know the modular motor and IRS didn't come until later, but those, the cobra disc brakes, those 17" 5-hole wheels... all on the 79 Fox... with the silver and black livery...

(I might fudge a bit, and black out the windshield frame in front of the t-tops to go with the window frames, sail panels, and cowl hood, even if it isn't 100% accurate... a lot of the pace-car replicas sold were solid roof or sunroof cars, rather than t-top cars anyway...)

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > 505Turbeaux 01/27/2014 at 17:01

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BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > daender 01/27/2014 at 17:02

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I've driven a FWD chrysler with the 2.2 Turbo engine and a 5-speed... it was brutal.

But a mid-engined car with that drivetrain, actually available for sale... would have made serious waves.

Supreme Kiwi Zorro > 505Turbeaux 01/27/2014 at 17:03

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1986 Ferrari Mondial PPG Pace Car Concept.

camaroboy68ss > 505Turbeaux 01/27/2014 at 17:12

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The hideaway headlights were an option when the camaro debut in late 66. The 67-68 hideaways look identical but there are difference between the two mainly the system that operates the doors. In 67 they were electric motors but way too small and would fry quickly so in 68 they went to engine vacuum that's is a mess of hoses. The 69 camaro still had hideaways but now the doors had 3 slats in them to allow some light though in vase of malfunction. The first generation camaro is the only years to have hideaways. The trans am didn't get them till 82 and had them till the last of the 4th gens in 2002

A3R0 > 505Turbeaux 01/27/2014 at 17:12

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You picked the wrong Trans Am pace car:

mycarneverruns87 > Goshen, formerly Darkcode 01/27/2014 at 17:15

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Hard not to love the GTS Viper. I had a 1/18th scale die cast of this car with the pace car stripes and all. I miss it.

I later got to drive a Blue with white stripe GTS and the pace car was all I could think about!

mycarneverruns87 > 505Turbeaux 01/27/2014 at 17:17

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I will have to say the 1979 Mustang 2.3 pace car just because I am partial to Fox Body Mustangs.

No Prius Needed > 505Turbeaux 01/27/2014 at 18:18

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Grounded to the ground

deekster_caddy > Jfelty19 01/27/2014 at 20:57

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Wow $13,000 for an undriveable Aztec. Hmm.

505Turbeaux > camaroboy68ss 01/28/2014 at 08:18

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awesome, placed into the car knowledge repository. thanks!