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Old Oct 9, 2013 | 04:36 PM
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J65 code 1982 Indy Pace Car

Hello folks what i would like to know is how many 1982 Camaro Indy Pace Cars with the j65 code rear disc brake option were produced. My car is equipped with this option and has the positrac rear end as well.
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Old Oct 9, 2013 | 06:14 PM
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Re: J65 code 1982 Indy Pace Car

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Hello folks what i would like to know is how many 1982 Camaro Indy Pace Cars with the j65 code rear disc brake option were produced. My car is equipped with this option and has the positrac rear end as well.
Welcome, I would think there wasn't very many. In 1982 there were only 6,254 RPO J65's made in all Camaro's. Got any pic's.
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Old Oct 9, 2013 | 08:56 PM
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Re: J65 code 1982 Indy Pace Car

Nobody knows. GM did not keep records like that back then...
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Old Oct 9, 2013 | 09:38 PM
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Re: J65 code 1982 Indy Pace Car

Estimates are around 600, but there are no records. The estimate is based on the number of Pace cars built out of the total number of Z28s. That number is about 10%. There were 6360 Pace Cars built, so the 10% gives us about 636. Since the 10% is just a calculated guess, the 600 number is also.
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Old Oct 10, 2013 | 05:50 AM
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Re: J65 code 1982 Indy Pace Car

i do have some pics and if you go to youtube type in donald parker 1982 Indy pace car project you can see it and hear it run
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Old Oct 10, 2013 | 12:06 PM
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Re: J65 code 1982 Indy Pace Car

hello I uploaded pics of my camaro indy pace car. It had the paint job changed but it is a true pace car i know the original owner and have pictures of the car before it was repainted. It has the j65 code as well as the fiberglass hood
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Old Sep 15, 2014 | 06:16 PM
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Re: J65 code 1982 Indy Pace Car

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Hello folks what i would like to know is how many 1982 Camaro Indy Pace Cars with the j65 code rear disc brake option were produced. My car is equipped with this option and has the positrac rear end as well.
. Hello my name is gene I also have a j65 code rear disc brake with the posi rear end and the crossfire engine lu5 code
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Old Sep 23, 2014 | 05:14 AM
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Re: J65 code 1982 Indy Pace Car

I have one too- J65 and LU5 equipped.

Out of about 25 or so 1982 IPC's in attendance at the 1993 pace car reunion it was the only RPO J-65 there.
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