Amazing Barn Find: 1978 Corvette Pace with 13 Original Miles
10-24-2011, 02:28 PM
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Amazing Barn Find: 1978 Corvette Pace with 13 Original Miles
Cool story, but seems like the dude could have put a cover on it...
https://www.corvetteforum.com/articl...inal-Miles.php
https://www.corvetteforum.com/articl...inal-Miles.php
10-24-2011, 02:29 PM
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Wow. An incredible find. And, incredibly dusty.
10-24-2011, 04:54 PM
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10-24-2011, 05:00 PM
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Can't stand to see it sit there with all that dust on it!
10-24-2011, 06:51 PM
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It is my belief, but I don't have the facts to back this up.. 
that 1978 pace cars are the most commonly stored in plastic with low miles corvette, so a 13 mile 78 pace car is not all that rare, although a dirty one is probably more rare than a clean one.
that 1978 pace cars are the most commonly stored in plastic with low miles corvette, so a 13 mile 78 pace car is not all that rare, although a dirty one is probably more rare than a clean one.
10-24-2011, 07:30 PM
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"dirty one is probably more rare than a clean one." Ha! Well put!
10-24-2011, 08:17 PM
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Nice story, but it's hurting my eyes looking at it with all that dust on it. 
I find it hard to believe after sitting all those years, It fired right up like the guy said in the video.
I find it hard to believe after sitting all those years, It fired right up like the guy said in the video.
10-24-2011, 08:46 PM
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10-24-2011, 10:43 PM
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With the dust, it just makes it look like every other beat up Corvette. I agree though, not really that rare. They are posted all the time with ultra low miles and fetch about 20k. If they paid 50k for that one, it will see a few more decades of dust from the dealership piling up before they sell it. The dust just equals neglect to me.
10-25-2011, 12:10 PM
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10-28-2011, 09:24 AM
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Last edited by builder; 10-28-2011 at 09:29 AM.
