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15/07/2020 12:10 am
PICs - Daily Dose of Diecast...Wednesday 1978 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Sport Coupe - Indy 500 Pace Car Replica
John Merritt
South Lyon, Michigan - USA
15/07/2020 2:23 am
NICE! Great choice of subject!
15/07/2020 4:17 am
Super sharp / outstanding pics. Have it - love it.
15/07/2020 8:29 am
+1 ... My 1/24 and my 1/18 both are just beautiful examples ... S W E E T !!!
15/07/2020 8:42 am
I do sort of wish the t-tops were removeable.... but, whatever.
15/07/2020 9:18 am
on my shelf with 10 of its pace car stablemates
15/07/2020 10:43 am
Love as a 1:1 too....A beauty in any scale.
John Bono
North Jersey
15/07/2020 11:53 am
+1 ...
16/07/2020 2:49 am
I love this model but have always had two questions about it:
Every 1/1 I've seen had the mirrored top panels rather than painted like this model.
Also every 1/1 I've seen had the engine call out on the cowl...either 48 or 82.
What do the experts think?
16/07/2020 7:50 am
Hi Bob, as far as I can tell, some early cars came with black T-tops. I also have a pic of a hood without an engine designation.photo no longer available
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16/07/2020 7:36 pm
The "glass" tops were an option I believe. The L48 was the standard engine and had no hood lettering
The upgraded L82 had more HP and did have the hood lettering denoting the upgraded engine. If the car has the L48 on the hood someone went and bought the emblem and put it on. It was not standard.
David K Angeloni
17/07/2020 7:40 am
Thanks Andy and David. There are four 78 pace cars locally and all of them have the mirrored roof panels and L82 designation. Now I'm wondering if they are all really L82s.
19/07/2020 4:11 pm
Easy way to tell Bob if the hood is open. The L82 had the two "bumps" on the heads and the finned aluminum rocker covers from the Z/28. The two bumps indicated the larger intake and exhaust ports.
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and finned rocker covers as on the Z/28's. The standard L48's covers were not finned and painted engine orange.
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David K Angeloni