1998 Corvette Convertible Indy 500 Pace Car

This 1998 Corvette Convertible Indy 500 Pace Car turns heads everywhere it goes with its "Radar Blue" paint, yellow wheels, and yellow and black seats. This wild color scheme was chosen to commemorate the fourth time a Corvette was selected to pace the Indianapolis 500. Only 1,163 pace cars were made.

This Corvette may be 19 years old, but it appears to be brand-new, traveling less than 3,000 miles since it left the factory in Bowling Green. Everything on this car 100% factory original except the oil filter and battery. This is a two owner car. The current owner has had the car since 2003.

The condition of this car is impeccable. This car was always in the garage and has never seen rain or snow. Since the current owner has had the car, it was only driven once a year to get the oil changed at Sun Chevrolet. The paint has no sign of defects anywhere and the paint and trim pieces appear to be like it left the factory yesterday.

The interior is in excellent condition too. All the components work as they should. The only defect is the leather seats have started to wrinkle from age. The Z4Z Pace Car package costs the original owner $5,039 over a base corvette convertible. It came with a number of desirable features such as the upgraded stereo with Bose speakers, dual zone climate control, power adjustable seats with a memory setting, and limited edition floor mats.

Also included with the Z4Z package was the "Active Handling" package which allowed the car to sense a loss of traction and can apply brakes to each individual wheel to ensure you make it through the corner. Also included is a performance-ratio 4 speed automatic transmission and a 5.7 liter LS1 V8 with 350 horsepower. Because the stock corvette was quick enough, the pace car replicas were mechanically identical to the actual pace car, with exception of the top mounted strobe lights.

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