1969 Chevrolet Camaro Rs Ss Indy 500 Pace Car
Classic Chevrolet Ss Camaro Pro Tour Cars on Throddal.
1969 chevrolet camaro rs ss indy 500 pace car. In 1969 the Chevrolet Camaro was chosen as the Official Pace Car for the 1969 running of the Indianapolis 500 and as the Official Car of the 500 Festival. Celebrities rode in the cars and the notable that rode in mine was Manuel Fraga Iribarne--a Spanish politician from the northwestern region of Galicia. All 1969 Z11 Pace Cars were Dover White RSSS convertibles with orange houndstooth interiors They had orange Z28 style striping white body sills and rear panels In addition they had Rally Wheels with Goodyear Polyglas tires bright exhaust tips and cowl.
The original plan at GM was to build 6400 replicas to send to every Chevy dealer. To celebrate this tradition we dug into the Motorious inventory to find our favorite pace cars for sale. 69 CAMARO RSSS INDY 500 PACE CAR CONVERTIBLE Real Deal Numbers Matching Original Pace Car Survivor with owner history and documentation back to 69 Same previous owner for the past 20 years.
This super collector is a numbers matching drivetrain 350-4bbl muncie m20. Its been documented by the International Camaro Clubs Pace Car Registry and identified as festival car 30--used in a couple of pre-race parades as the chariot of a Spanish politician named Manuel Fraga Iribarne. Full complete nut bolt frame off restoration.
My car is festival car 30 of 43 built for the Indy 500 in 1969. 89 original miles - unrestored survivor original paint - time capsule - amazing. One of 3675 Indy 500 pace car editions built for 1969.
The car 1960 Indy 500 winner Jim Rathmann drove at the head of the 1969 Indy field was powered by the 375-horse 396 but the vast majority of the 3675 replicas were 350-powered. Find Classic Chevrolet Ss Camaro Pro Tour for sale as well as sales and auction results. The 1969 Camaro not only gave you 1 year styling but when mixing the ingredients of value also gave you a drop top V8 power RSSS eye catching appearance limited production numbers and the pedigree of pacing the most prestige race of all timethe Indy 500.
When Chevy introduced the Camaro to thwart Fords Mustang those that worshiped the Bowtie were raised up and proclaimed salvation in the. For 1969 the pace car was dressed in Dover White with Hugger Orange stripes and a unique orange houndstooth interior making these some of the most distinctive pace cars ever built. If you crave the style of Chevys first and very successful foray into the Pony Car market you cant help but love an RSSS Pace Car Camaro convertible.