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Old 06-11-2002, 07:13 PM
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27th Annual Daytona 500 Pace Car

I posted this a while back and would like to try again one more time, Im looking for more information on this car.

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Don


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Old 06-12-2002, 08:04 AM
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I am as stumped as you are...Lets ask George.

I know of the 83's, and in 84 it was the Fiero...
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Don,
Back in 1985 when I bought my 85 T/A I saw this same article. I went for years without finding any info on the car. Then in 1989 at Trans-arama in Reno I ran into a guy from Washington who had this car. It had the same striping, hood bird and the red strip around the 16in High Tech wheels. His car was a 305 TPI with Auto. He had it for a few years and it was quite rough. It was bought as a Daytona Pace car replica. Unfortunately he did not know of any production numbers. I do not know were the car is today. Email me offline and I can give you his name and Phone number.

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Car: 1983 25th Anny Daytona 500 T/A
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Trans Ams paced Daytona for several years. In '82 it was a red T/A if I remember correctly. Pontiac didn't make production replicas of them most of the time. They only made two actual pace cars and some other look-alikes for the VIPs at the race. If you find one of the "real" pace cars or a race-event car, it'd be a rare find!
Of course there's the '83 run of replicas for general consumption that aren't too hard to find.
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Don,
Email me offline with your email address. I misplaced yours. I think I can get this guys phone number for you.

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Dave,

Check your mail please

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I managed to scan this from my bundle of 84-85 High Performance Pontiac mags I bought on ebay.

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Thats awsome Don...well I guess now we know the story
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Not trying to change the subject, just adding on to it:

anyone ever seen (in real life) the 1982 Pikes Peak Trans Am Pace Car or the 1982 Nascar T/A Pace Car?

Here is a pic of both (left and bottom right; ignore upper right)

Thanks for any info.

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I know this thread is super old, but I am trying to locate any original Daytona 500 Pace Cars for a possible reunion at the 50th DAYTONA 500...

Do any of these phone numbers still exist?

Thanks.
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