For Sale: 1978 Chevrolet Corvette in Concord, North Carolina

1978 Chevrolet Corvette Indy Pace Car with only 3,700 miles on it. This corvette was sold new at Collins Chevrolet in Eaton Ohio by George Collins Jr on 5-31-1978. It spent the early port of its life in Canton Ohio and then from 1988 to 2004 it was in Plainfield IN. The last owner owned it from 2015 to the present in Stateboro GA. He purchase it with 2,111 miles and drove to current miles on it now. It comes with books and records including warranty booklet and copies of previous titles stating actual miles. The corvette has new original replacment tires installed back in 2015 and they only have about 1,600 miles on them. The 1978 Corvette was significant because it marked the cars 25th anniversary of production. Recognizing the achievement of manufacturing a car for a quarter-century, Chevrolet commemorated this accomplishment by introducing two special-edition Corvette that year. The first of these was known as the ?Silver Anniversary? edition Corvette. It featured a two-tone silver over gray exterior with special pin-striping and special ?25th Anniversary? badging. The second special-edition Corvette was the 1978 Corvette Indy Pace Car. This car, much like the Silver Anniversary Edition, featured a special two-tone paint scheme. Unlike the Silver Anniversary Edition, this car came finished in black over a silver metallic and featured a bright red pinstripe between the two-tone paint. The Corvette Indy Pace Car also featured a special front and rear spoiler, both of which were designed to add a more dramatic appearance to the car, though neither offered much in the way of additional downforce. The front spoiler was similar to the one installed on the 1978 Pontiac Trans Am. It wrapped under and around the front of the car before blending into the wheel wells. Conversely, the rear spoiler curved down at its out-bored ends to meet the body-sides of the Corvette. All of the Pace Car replicas included new glass T-tops, alloy wheels, power windows, a rear window defogger, air conditioning, sports mirrors, a tilt/telescopic steering wheel, a heavy duty battery, an AM/FM stereo equipped with either an eight-track tape player or a CB radio, and power door locks. Having the new Corvette serve as the official pace car of the Indianapolis 500 was no sure thing. Chevrolet had to negotiate with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to allow a modified Corvette to serve as the pace car for the 1978 running of the Indianapolis 500.Today, the 1978 Corvette Indy Pace Car continues to hold its value far better than most other Corvettes from that era