I have an 82 pace t/a red with white letters. the 83 pace cars are white w/ grey letters and only say " official pace car - daytona 500" on doors. this one says "official pace car - pontiac trans am - daytona 500 feb 14" on doors. cant find anything about this car except one picture on web at f body arehouse web site that has the light bar on top of the roof. they have a registeration page for the 82 pace but no one has ever registered. anyone help with what this car is ?? phoenix does not even have the lettering for this car. it also does have the nascar stickers on the rear 1/4's in white. is this an event used car ??? HELP ! 425-508- xxxx I have pictures posted on seattles craigslist.

 

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Some info on the 82 TA Pace Car

 

That car in the picture is the same car i own now. toooo wierd ! in reading previous entries it asks what it says on the lower doors, it reads, "daytona 500 feb 14 " the whole door reads like this top to bottem... official pace care - 1st line, pontiac trans am - 2nd line, daytona 500 feb.14 - 3rd line.

 

Are you the one selling this car? It looks like an interesting piece of History. It is really too bad it is missing so many of it parts.

 

will be for sale after more is known about car, i've learned a bit already, but still want to know how many there were.

 

Don't quote me on it but I think there where only a few hundret of them. But I think except for the lettering on them they didn't have anything more then you could get in a "regular" TA.

 

So far in researching, I am told that this is one of one or two that said Daytona 500 Feb 14, up to 10 others "possibly" said other track names and dates and all were "event" used for publicity of new body style. These were not made for public, they ended up in public after use and removal of the 5.7's that were put in them for the track as they were supposed to have the 5.0. None others known of that I can find.

 

It's an interesting piece of history for sure. Let me know when you decide how much you want for it... I am kinda of interested.

 

This car is now on Ebay

 

Did the car sell ? I would love to see pictures

 

sold -- http://fbodywarehouse.com/registry/1...2-ta-pace.html

 

Yes, it sold. What type of pictures do you want of it?

 

I would love 2 see any kind of picture cause all i ever saw where the 2 promotional car and the postcard. If you want you could email them to me. That would be awesome. My email is skunkchild@gmx.de

 

Well, it is not in good shape, but I can take some pictures for you. All of the white lettering is gone, however in the right light you can see it faded into the paint. The PONTIAC is also faded into the windsheild, but appears to be long gone. The NASCAR stickers on the back are still there but in sad shape.

 

I remember these cars. Back in 1984 I bought a brand new 84 trans am in minnesota. At the same time there was one of these pace cars it was red/black same nascar stickers on it. However if memory serves me right on the doors it said something to do with official pace car brainerd international speedway.

 

Brainerd International Speedway, huh? I didn't think they hosted a NASCAR race.

Anyway, this (as far as every sign has pointed) is a Daytona 500 Pacecar.

 

Brainerd did use Red Trans Am's as Pace Cars in 1982.

 

simo ... did that shifter plate fit your car fine? The NOS one I sold you. don't know if you remember that.

 

It is sitting on a shelf until I really need it............

 

you interested in another nice f-body to restore?

 

Keep in mind that NASCAR is more than just the then Winston Cup. They have/had several series through the years that race at smaller tracks. ARCA is one such series... not sure about how long it has been around, but I imagine there was something back in the 80's.

John

 

That would explain it. We don't have ARCA racing out here, we have the Winston West series, which is the local arm of NASCAR.

 

Ok,
My point, more or less was that "NASCAR" is more than just now "Nationwide" and "Sprint Cup" and "Piston Cup" They may have used the logo on a car at an obscure race track. I remember seeing an ARCA race in Dayton (Kilkare), for example... I do not remember a special Pace car, but that was back in 1996 ish time frame.

The Piston Cup is by far my favorite. "All I see is a bunch of empty cups" - Doc Hudson.

John

 

I understood

"You pissed in your cup!?!" - Tow Mater

 

I think the quote was actually "You did what in your cup?"

J

 

I believe you are correct on the quote!

 

I was watching a NASCAR show on TV last night and they showed a spectator steal the red Trans AM pace car in 1986 and start to drive around the speedway with it.

The track trucks blocked the track and the police ran over and pulled the guy out by his hair.

It was pretty funny.The guys on the show had a good laugh,it was pretty crazy.