Re: 1965 Ply pace car ID?

[Dan McCormack <mcwheels@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The only thing I can think of Gary is to contact Chrysler Historical with 
the vin #. Here's some info from an article on indypacecars.com

Dan

As I recently learned, there are several different categories or types of 
cars affiliated with the Indy 500, any of which may be referred to as a 
"pace car".  There is, of course, the actual car that was used to lead the 
Indy 500 race.  Normally only two or three "real" pace cars are produced by 
the manufacturer.  These include all the required safety features such as 
four-point racing harnesses and flags or strobe lights, as well as other 
non-factory modifications.  Most true pace cars also have the air 
conditioning removed to save weight. Since the introduction of strobe lights 
in 1982 it has become easier to distinguish an actual pace car from festival 
and replica cars since these strobes are often integrated into the body of 
the car, but older pace cars can often only be identified by the VIN.  An 
actual pace car is an extremely rare automobile, and many are owned by the 
Speedway or by the auto manufacturer.
More likely than not, if you see a car with Indy 500 decals, it is one of 
two things: an Indy 500 festival car or a dealer replica.  Although festival 
cars and replicas were used as early as the 40's, they did not become a 
widespread tradition until the 1960's.  Mechanically, the festival cars and 
pace car replicas are often identical, with the only difference being the 
fact that festival cars were actually used at or near the Indy 500.  Keep in 
mind that this does not guarantee that a festival car was ever driven on the 
famed Brickyard track, just that it was delivered to the speedway for 
official use.





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary H." <spigot2039@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 9:52 AM
Subject: 1965 Ply pace car ID?


> Hi all,
>
> Is there a way to ID a "true" 1965 Plymouth Indy Pace car? Fender tag 
> special number?
>
> There is an ebay item (Item number: 250343206604) stating "THIS IS WE 
> BELIEVE ONE OF THE ORIGINAL 4 EACH PLYMOUTH INDY 500 PACE CARS , NOT ONE 
> OF THE 42 REPLICAS SOLD AT DEALERS"... (Sorry about the all caps- that's 
> the way the guy typed.)
>
> see 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250343206604&indexURL=4#ebayphotohosting
>
> Thanks,
> Gary H.


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