05-03-2012, 05:44 AM | #85 |
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Drives: '67 427vette/'11 Pacecar/'02 BMW ci Join Date: Feb 2011
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First, welcome karlaa and birthday girl. Congrats on your cars. I put an SLP LoudMouth II exaust on mine and am very happy with it. Do you have an Automatic or manual transmission?
Ron
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05-03-2012, 08:28 AM | #86 |
Drives: 2011 Indy 500 Pace Car Join Date: Apr 2010
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Hello BirthdayGirl, welcome to the Pace Car club...:-). The choice to Mod your pace car all comes down to a personal decision. However, I will be glad to pass along a couple of my thoughts on the subject. Collectability values of the 2011 Pace Cars would rank in this order. The most collectable would be any of the 51 convertible Festival (or track) cars. At the top of that list would be one of the 4 manual transmission festival cars. Next, would be the remaining dealer ordered pace cars, roughly 500 between the US and Canada. Most collectable among that group would be the ones ordered with the manual transmissions roughly 156 of them. Bear with me here I am making a point! I have owned and sold several Indy 500 Pace Cars over the years and I will tell you that resale value depends on rarity, documentation, original condition and mileage. Based on your question, you are looking for your pace car to maintain its value. So here is my advice; if you have one of the automatic transmission dealer purchased pace cars you have one the least desirable of the collectable pace cars already. Now don’t take that to mean that it is not collectable, just that it has a lot of competition should it be competing in the market. On top of that if you plan on enjoying the car and driving it, as it sounds like you intent to do, then mileage will also become a value issue. If you on top of that you intend to perform non reversible modifications it will only detract further from the cars value. If I were a serious collector and I was looking to buy a 2011 Indy 500 Pace Car, before I would even consider buying one of the dealer automatics I would expect ultra low mileage, original condition, well documented with the dealer and GM order documentation window sticker and build sheets. That sets the bar quite high from the collector’s standpoint. So the decision comes down to this; where are you right now as far as collectability? Is your main intent to keep the car as a collector car? Or do you drive and enjoy it. I hope this helps you with your decision.
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05-03-2012, 08:32 AM | #87 |
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05-03-2012, 09:07 AM | #88 | |
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05-04-2012, 01:24 AM | #90 |
Drives: 2013 ZL1 Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Aloha, Oregon
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Joe, this is Gary (jarhead1945). I haven't heard back from you in quite some time now. How is your work on the VIN list coming? I sent you my info twice (last one was on 03-12-2012) and I thought it was with the understanding that you would combine it with what info you had, and send it back to me. So far I haven't received anything back. Is there a problem that I'm not aware off? Thank You, Gary
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05-12-2012, 05:43 PM | #91 |
Bric Yrd
Drives: 2011 IPC Camaro, 06 Charger Daytona Join Date: Mar 2012
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Does anyone have a pic of the dash plaque from a Festival car, denoting their IPC#? Now that I've decoded that I own #299 (thanks, jarhead!), I'd like to mock one up.
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05-25-2012, 09:14 PM | #92 |
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INDY 500 CAMARO PACE CAR LICENSE PLATE
SAW THIS ON EBAY
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05-28-2012, 07:56 PM | #93 |
Drives: 2011 pace car Join Date: Jun 2008
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looked for it can you send link
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05-28-2012, 08:39 PM | #94 |
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05-28-2012, 08:41 PM | #95 |
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02-09-2013, 02:33 PM | #98 |
Drives: 2011 Camaro Convertible SS Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Tennessee
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Gary, are u able to attend 2013 C5fest in Indy. We missed u last year! How Many IPC owners have u been able to collect? Did joe ever get back with you?
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