...and your 2003 Inianapolis 500 Pace Car is.....
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Fellas, I found out first hand over spring break that there is aucutally a market for this cruck. My uncle who restores 50's trucks (to perfection, amazing body work) was going ape-**** over how cool they were. He's about 45 years old and said all the guys he works with at the steel mill want one badly.
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They'll......
.......sell every one of them.......at a markup too.
GM has a history of not equipping the initial models with the higher horsepower engines and saving that for the second or third year "model re-excitement" sales..........I'd be surprised if the LS6 doesn't find it's way into the third year model.....
GM has a history of not equipping the initial models with the higher horsepower engines and saving that for the second or third year "model re-excitement" sales..........I'd be surprised if the LS6 doesn't find it's way into the third year model.....
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They'll sell every 1 to people who just gotta have new crazy looking cars like that as soon as they come out. Then they'll have something else in a year or 2 when no1 really wants them anymore.
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Don't forget that a Olds Bravada paced it in 2001 I think. The Aztek paced at Daytona. Sad times we live in indeed. How about having a CTS or a new Grand Prix pace it instead of a SSR? The only problem with the SSR is that it simply is a pointless vehicle to make. Chevy already has a halo vehicle.
BTW, I saw the new Grand Prix at a display that GM has in downtown Ft. Worth for the race weekend. Very impressive. I'm certainly going to considering it once I get out of college.
BTW, I saw the new Grand Prix at a display that GM has in downtown Ft. Worth for the race weekend. Very impressive. I'm certainly going to considering it once I get out of college.
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Originally posted by Z28Wilson
Yes, I distinctly remember an Aztek pacing a major race a year or two ago.
People snickered because it needed to be modified by Pontiac to run safely. What Aztek had to do with motorsports is anyone's guess.
Yes, I distinctly remember an Aztek pacing a major race a year or two ago.
People snickered because it needed to be modified by Pontiac to run safely. What Aztek had to do with motorsports is anyone's guess.
Anyways, my $0.02, I think the SSR is cool. Don't want one, not gonna get one, rather have a muscle car... but it's kinda cool looking.
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Originally posted by Error - BADRAP
Unless things have changed, to the best of my knowledge, the 89 Turbo Trans Am is the only car ever to pace the Indy 500 BONE STOCK. I think everything else has been modified to some point. Course, those are 1989 facts, and I wouldn't doubt there's been another stock car to pace the field. I think that's kinda a mute argument.
Anyways, my $0.02, I think the SSR is cool. Don't want one, not gonna get one, rather have a muscle car... but it's kinda cool looking.
Unless things have changed, to the best of my knowledge, the 89 Turbo Trans Am is the only car ever to pace the Indy 500 BONE STOCK. I think everything else has been modified to some point. Course, those are 1989 facts, and I wouldn't doubt there's been another stock car to pace the field. I think that's kinda a mute argument.
Anyways, my $0.02, I think the SSR is cool. Don't want one, not gonna get one, rather have a muscle car... but it's kinda cool looking.
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