Any idea what this is off of? 

"E90M3" (e90m3) 06/13/2016 at 14:16 • Filed to: None

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!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , not really sure where this came from. Any idea if it was like a custom plate that was issued or does it have more significance. I’m really just curious what it is.

Sam > E90M3 06/13/2016 at 14:21

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They were the registrations given to pace cars so that they could be driven on roads, for parades and such.

TheHondaBro > E90M3 06/13/2016 at 14:21

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Looks like it came off of an Indy pace car.

CalzoneGolem > E90M3 06/13/2016 at 14:23

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Found this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1988-India…

MUSASHI66 > E90M3 06/13/2016 at 14:24

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https://www.antiquehelper.com/item/399290

Top right tells you which year it is from. Might be worth like a $100 or so

E90M3 > Sam 06/13/2016 at 14:26

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Ah that makes sense.

E90M3 > MUSASHI66 06/13/2016 at 14:27

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Not really concerned with it’s value, I’m more curious as to exactly what it is. It’s got a sticker that says 1980 on the top right corner.

CalzoneGolem > E90M3 06/13/2016 at 14:29

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So it looks like the official pace car plate from the Turbo Trans Am pace car in the 1980 indy 500

Sam > E90M3 06/13/2016 at 14:31

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Yep. Often the grand marshal and other important VIPs are given cars that have similar plates to these in the time going up to the race. I see them all the time around here (living in Indianpolis) in May.

MUSASHI66 > E90M3 06/13/2016 at 14:32

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Now I am interested. My google-fu tells me it might be from a 1977 Olds

http://www.curbsideclassic.com/automotive-his…

E90M3 > CalzoneGolem 06/13/2016 at 14:32

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Cool, I also found this there was obviously more than one license plate made

CalzoneGolem > E90M3 06/13/2016 at 14:37

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Nice, yours is #77 then. That’s pretty neat.

E90M3 > MUSASHI66 06/13/2016 at 14:45

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I’m thinking the 77 is the plate number not the year, it says 1980 in the upper right corner, and it looks like a trans am was the pace car that year.

E90M3 > CalzoneGolem 06/13/2016 at 14:45

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It’s always cool to learn the back story behind something.

MUSASHI66 > E90M3 06/13/2016 at 15:20

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1980 is the sticker - I think those change every year, so I am not sure if you can use that number

AfromanGTO > E90M3 06/13/2016 at 15:43

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It was probably on a Vette.