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From the Corvette Art Collection of Automotive Artist K. Scott Teeters
1995 Indy 500 Pace Car Special Corvette The Third Corvette to Pace the Indy 500
About the Print
This parchment paper art print measures 11" x 17".
Signed & numbered by the artist in a series of 500.
Every print is shrink wrapped on corrugated cardboard so that it stays flat and clean.
A delightful gift for the home or office of that special, hard to buy for Corvette person in your life!
Here's what one of our other prints looks like shrink wrapped.
About the Packing & Shipping We pack all of our prints in a flat cardboard box.
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About the Car On This Print
Here's the story about this car from Scott's monthly column in VETTE Magazine, The Illustrated Corvette Series.
1995 was an unusual year for the Corvette. It was the final year for one of the most exotic and expensive production Corvettes ever made, the ZR-1. It was also the third time a Corvette was used as the pace car for the "greatest spectacle in motor racing" - the Indianapolis 500. A Corvette paced the Indy 500 in '78 and in '86. Pace Car replicas have been the subject of some wild collectibility speculation, especially in 1978. But the 1995 Pace car Special would prove to be the all-time most desirable Pace Car Corvette.
The 1978 Pace Car Special came along during the darkest days of Corvette performance history. After decades of tire-burning performance in the '50s, '60s, and early '70s, the Corvette had become a shadow of its former high-performance persona. But at least it survived the muscle car meltdown of the early '70s. So when the '78 Pace Car Special was announced, collectors and speculators went a little crazy thinking that the car would become one of the most desirable Corvettes of all-time. What was supposed to be a limited-production run of 300 cars, turned out to be 6,501 cars. And there was a serious issue over quality control, or lack there of. It ended up that many buyers paid way too much for their car and the collector value never was there.
The Corvette was reborn in 1984 and there was no looking back. The roadster returned in 1986 and the Corvette was given the opportunity to pace the Indy 500 once again. To avoid the big collector crunch, Chevrolet decided that every Corvette Roadster would be a "Pace Car Special." This time Chevrolet produced 7,315 pace car replicas. There was also a big price increase from the '78 Pace Car replica. In '78 the 185-horsepower Pace Car option made the car cost $13,653 - a lot of money back then. The 230-horsepower '86 Pace Car cost $32,032. 1995 was like a different world. The Pace Car Special now cost $46,481, had 300-horsepower under the hood, was lighter, and much more refined. And with only 527 units built, it was a true collectible.
The $2,816 Indy 500 Pace Car Replica option was arguably the nicest Corvette pace car package to date and was very distinctive. The paint scheme was dark purple metallic over arctic white and a white convertible top. The new style, 5-spoke ZR-1 allow wheels wore 275/40x17 Goodyear GSC tires. The interior had a black and purple leather seats with 1995 event logo embroidery on the seat headrests. All of the '95 Pace car Special Corvettes were built in March and April of 1995 and the first 50 cars built had all black interiors. As we mentioned in a previous installment of this series, there was no horsepower increase for 1995, but there were many subtle improvements made to the car. The only options that were not available were the lift-out roof panels, the adjustable suspension package, and the ZR-1. A fully loaded 1995 Corvette Pace Car Special could cost over $51,500. The base price of a '95 Corvette was "only" $36,785.
Chevrolet built three cars to pace the Indy 500 in 1995. Two of the cars built had the standard 4-speed automatic transmission and the third car had a manual 6-speed gearbox. The only things added to the actual pace cars were 360-degree strobe lights, a roll bar, five-point driver and passenger harnesses, and an on-board fire suppression system. Everything else on the cars was stock! With 300-horsepower, there was no need for any power enhancements or special performance engines. The stock '95 Corvette was more than up for the job.
Chevrolet only allotted one '95 Pace Car Special to each of the top Corvette retail dealers from 1994. Since the production numbers were so low, the current value of the '95 Pace Car Special is still high, fetching between $24,900 and $36,500.
Chevrolet General Manager, Jim Perkins paced the 1995 Indy 500 with the only stick version of the pace car Corvette.
A Personal Note From the Artist...
I am often asked, how I got into drawing cars. Well, I was one of those guys in school that was always drawing cars on my book covers and along the margins of my notes. When I graduated from Collingswood High School (in Collingswood, NJ), I thought I wanted to be a draftsman. It didn't take long for me to realize that my heart belonged to illustration.
I kept drawing drag racing and muscle cars and in 1975 had my first illustration published in "Drag Racing USA" magazine, and have never stopped.
Eventually, in the early '80s, I went to Philadelphia College of Art and studied illustration. After I put together a portfolio, I began my freelance career. In the early '90s I had the unique opportunity to work in the "Boys Toys" R&D Department at Tyco Toys where I worked on Tyco RC, Tyco HO, Matchbox, and Matchbox Collectibles product lines. Not only did I have receive a first-rate education in product design and development, I worked with some of the most talented and creative people I have ever known.
No, it wasn't like the Tom Hanks movie, "BIG," but I did share many wacky times there.
All along though, I kept my hand in the magazine biz and am currently a contributing artist and writer for "VETTE Magazine". And I now produce a monthly online newsletter called "The Corvette Report" with all kinds of juicy tidbits for the Corvette enthusiast.
I also enjoy researching the best mix of cool gear and art for motorhead enthusiasts of all ages and maintaining and updating the the Corvette Gear eBay store, as well as our other websites that are listed below
Thanks for stopping by and please bookmarks us!
Scott
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