Happy 53rd birthday to my dad. (Vette Pix Inside)
#1
Happy 53rd birthday to my dad. (Vette Pix Inside)
A few weeks ago, My dad told me he was in the market for a Corvette, so we went car shopping.
We found a gem.
2008 Corvette Convertible Indianapolis 500 Pace Car. I just ordered the build sheet and original window sticker from the National Corvette Museum. I am going to frame them and give them to him for christmas.
This car is #325 of 500, signed by Emerson Fittipaldi. 1 of 4 made with the options it has, with the gray soft top. It was built before the 2008 Indianapolis 500, as indicated by the gray soft-top. The 16 others made after in this exact configuration (Black, Decal delete, Nav, Z06 Performance Package etc) were built after the race, and equipped with black soft tops.
We found it in Hurst TX on the internet, and went and looked at it.
We found a gem.
2008 Corvette Convertible Indianapolis 500 Pace Car. I just ordered the build sheet and original window sticker from the National Corvette Museum. I am going to frame them and give them to him for christmas.
This car is #325 of 500, signed by Emerson Fittipaldi. 1 of 4 made with the options it has, with the gray soft top. It was built before the 2008 Indianapolis 500, as indicated by the gray soft-top. The 16 others made after in this exact configuration (Black, Decal delete, Nav, Z06 Performance Package etc) were built after the race, and equipped with black soft tops.
We found it in Hurst TX on the internet, and went and looked at it.
#3
Great find, Josh. Sounds like your Dad will love it...especially if you can help him care for it.
Interesting that you found it in Hurst, TX. Any connection to the Hurst company? The Hurst company, of course, makes shifters for many American high-performance cars, including 'Vettes. When I was growing up in the '60s, the Hurst four-on-the-floor (and a heavy clutch LOL) was a staple of many muscle cars of the time. The special-production Hurst-Olds 4-4-2/Cutlass and 1970 Chrysler Hurst 300 did homage to the company.
Interesting that you found it in Hurst, TX. Any connection to the Hurst company? The Hurst company, of course, makes shifters for many American high-performance cars, including 'Vettes. When I was growing up in the '60s, the Hurst four-on-the-floor (and a heavy clutch LOL) was a staple of many muscle cars of the time. The special-production Hurst-Olds 4-4-2/Cutlass and 1970 Chrysler Hurst 300 did homage to the company.
#4
It seems that either KBB isn't really aware of the value of these cars, or they really just aren't worth much. But they will be I am sure. They made thousands of corvettes. They only made these by the handful. KBB retail has this valued at $35k.
Great find, Josh. Sounds like your Dad will love it...especially if you can help him care for it.
Interesting that you found it in Hurst, TX. Any connection to the Hurst company? The Hurst company, of course, makes shifters for many American high-performance cars, including 'Vettes. When I was growing up in the '60s, the Hurst four-on-the-floor (and a heavy clutch LOL) was a staple of many muscle cars of the time. The special-production Hurst-Olds 4-4-2/Cutlass and 1970 Chrysler Hurst 300 did homage to the company.
Interesting that you found it in Hurst, TX. Any connection to the Hurst company? The Hurst company, of course, makes shifters for many American high-performance cars, including 'Vettes. When I was growing up in the '60s, the Hurst four-on-the-floor (and a heavy clutch LOL) was a staple of many muscle cars of the time. The special-production Hurst-Olds 4-4-2/Cutlass and 1970 Chrysler Hurst 300 did homage to the company.
#5
Yes, I know some 'Vettes come with the Hurst linkage. What I meant was any connection between the town of Hurst and the company...or is the town's name just a co-incidence?
#7
Yeah it suprised us both. I had to call a friend of mine, who is a corvette fanatic, he owns a shop in Irving TX that specializes in them, and personally owns over 40 different ones. He said if we didn't buy it then he was.
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#8
Beautiful Vette man, I really dig the C6 cars, despite being the "old" model, they look so much more contemporary than the C5's since they did away with the pop up headlights.
As far as pedigree, was this car used at the 2008 Indy 500 as a parade car???? I think the official pace car is a hardtop, for safety reasons. I could see it being worth maybe a few extra thousand dollars over any other 2008 Corvette convertible, since it is a numbered, "limited edition" car. But its not like the good old days in the 60's where you had limited production engine options that really changed the flavor of the car and the performance over your typical 327 small block car.
As far as pedigree, was this car used at the 2008 Indy 500 as a parade car???? I think the official pace car is a hardtop, for safety reasons. I could see it being worth maybe a few extra thousand dollars over any other 2008 Corvette convertible, since it is a numbered, "limited edition" car. But its not like the good old days in the 60's where you had limited production engine options that really changed the flavor of the car and the performance over your typical 327 small block car.
#9
Beautiful Vette man, I really dig the C6 cars, despite being the "old" model, they look so much more contemporary than the C5's since they did away with the pop up headlights.
As far as pedigree, was this car used at the 2008 Indy 500 as a parade car???? I think the official pace car is a hardtop, for safety reasons. I could see it being worth maybe a few extra thousand dollars over any other 2008 Corvette convertible, since it is a numbered, "limited edition" car. But its not like the good old days in the 60's where you had limited production engine options that really changed the flavor of the car and the performance over your typical 327 small block car.
As far as pedigree, was this car used at the 2008 Indy 500 as a parade car???? I think the official pace car is a hardtop, for safety reasons. I could see it being worth maybe a few extra thousand dollars over any other 2008 Corvette convertible, since it is a numbered, "limited edition" car. But its not like the good old days in the 60's where you had limited production engine options that really changed the flavor of the car and the performance over your typical 327 small block car.
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#10
So these came today. Build sheet that went down the line on the car while it was being built, the window sticker that was on the car when it shipped, and the original brochure packet with DVD. Headed to Hobby Lobby to get it all framed up for dad for christmas.
#12
Great find and congrats! I owned a 2008 for a year and in that year the car seemed to went through a bit of problems. I don't want to rain on your parade and still think the vette is a great car. In my short one year of ownership I had to replace the harmonic balancer, coolant cap(car was making a burby sound upon acceleration), T-hose needed to be replaced cause the plastic one became brittle and was leaking coolant, had a leaking power steering that I never got to, and replaced the water pump due to a small leak, and one of the daytime running light socket burned out right at the time I traded it in. However, the power was addictive and brutal with the traction control turned off. I still miss the car sometimes. Even with all the problems mentioned I wouldn't mind owning a C6 vette again just as long as it has either the LS3, LS7, or LS9 motor.
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