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JoeC
03-05-2021, 06:42 PM
396 Indy Pace car at Indy 1969
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MosportGreen66
03-05-2021, 08:26 PM
Awesome pics... bright luster in the USA1 plate gold too
John Brown
03-05-2021, 08:40 PM
That must be a plate that has the thin metal cover over a fiber backing then.
L78 Fred
03-05-2021, 09:44 PM
Wade's car- I Presume
I saw it in 2019-looks great!
Ralph Spears
03-05-2021, 09:44 PM
When i worked at Luby Chevrolet in Boston in 1969 i drove the pace car they had around the area for a few days before it was put in the showroom
Tracker1
03-07-2021, 05:03 PM
Wade's car- I Presume
I saw it in 2019-looks great!

Or Vernon Smith's?
Mr70
03-10-2021, 11:27 PM
Chevrolet in italics too.
cook_dw
03-11-2021, 05:18 PM
Could it be as simple as they took the plates from the 67 and reused them on the 9..?.
Xplantdad
03-11-2021, 06:17 PM
Hey, I've driven that exact car...thanks to Charley !:headbang:
Lee Stewart
03-11-2021, 06:49 PM
https://images2.imgbox.com/da/06/r1EZU63F_o.jpg (https://imgbox.com/r1EZU63F)
drdave69
03-11-2021, 07:13 PM
Is it my eyes or are there no tailpipes on the car in the last photo?
TimG
03-11-2021, 07:14 PM
It sure looks that way, maybe not to interfere with the flags?
ban617
03-16-2021, 02:05 AM
I remember seeing one at MCACN , if I remember correctly it was used @ Indy & was an L/89 ....
firstgenaddict
03-19-2021, 04:09 AM
I don't think I have ever seen a photo with the wheels of the 67 pacer painted Bright Blue.
Had to be done by Chevrolet - does anyone know if the wheel color was spec'd on any of the engineering sheets?
olredalert
03-19-2021, 01:36 PM
Is it my eyes or are there no tailpipes on the car in the last photo?

----The exhaust is there but it's early style and dumps straight down behind the wheel.....Bill S
firstgenaddict
03-20-2021, 07:39 PM
----The exhaust is there but it's early style and dumps straight down behind the wheel.....Bill S

Now I see the pipe.
Lee Stewart
03-21-2021, 12:19 AM
I don't think I have ever seen a photo with the wheels of the 67 pacer painted Bright Blue.
Had to be done by Chevrolet - does anyone know if the wheel color was spec'd on any of the engineering sheets?

Maybe for the actual pace car itself?
Lee Stewart
03-21-2021, 12:23 AM
https://i.postimg.cc/DwF2mHBD/1967-Pace-Car-1.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Chevy PR photo
Kurt S
03-21-2021, 03:46 AM
Lee,
That's a recent picture of a restored car. GM borrowed cars and shot pics.
Lee Stewart
03-21-2021, 04:43 AM
https://i.postimg.cc/ZR4LsrF0/1967-Indy-500-Pace-Car1.jpg (https://postimages.org/)
Kurt S
03-22-2021, 05:32 PM
Great shot. Clearly shows the wheels were silver. I don't recall seeing blue rally's on any IPC's, so that may just be a lighting thing. Phil will have looked at more of these pictures....