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maroman

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Re: Road America: 1 of 1 1968 Z28 Convertible Pace Car for 1968 Can Am
« Reply #15 on: November 09, 2019, 01:52:45 PM »
I have a picture of it hanging in my shop from when Al owned it. I met him at Hershey flea market. He was a real gentleman that unfortunately left us too early.
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Re: Road America: 1 of 1 1968 Z28 Convertible Pace Car for 1968 Can Am
« Reply #16 on: November 09, 2019, 02:09:06 PM »
I know it would be my dream car!
Very very rare, very well known, very cool history.
Power widows, four speed, convertible Z28, special order, nice color combinations....the only negative would be that I would be afraid to drive it around!
I would love to see it in person!
Maybe if the muscle car market does go down drastically in the future I could afford it!!

I would not call it a 'special order', as it was NOT available to order.   It was apparently a *special BUILD* by GM for a GM executive or for marketing purposes?  ie.  not really a production car...
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maroman

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Re: Road America: 1 of 1 1968 Z28 Convertible Pace Car for 1968 Can Am
« Reply #17 on: November 09, 2019, 07:04:56 PM »
Al's story was they were trying to convince Estes to go into production  on the Z-28 instead of just a race car and he only drove convertibles.
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Re: Road America: 1 of 1 1968 Z28 Convertible Pace Car for 1968 Can Am
« Reply #18 on: November 13, 2019, 07:28:26 AM »
Yeah, but it was already *in* production.
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Re: Road America: 1 of 1 1968 Z28 Convertible Pace Car for 1968 Can Am
« Reply #19 on: March 12, 2020, 03:12:53 PM »
The Petersen Automotive Museum Digitization Project recently added some fantastic photos of the 1968 Camaro Z28 convertible on the pace lap of the SCCA Can-Am event held at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Sunday, September 1, 1968.  Top down in the rain!

https://archive.petersen.org/pages/home.php
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I don't have a 1st Gen but I have 1971 Z28 RS 4-spd, 1997 Z28 Z4C 6-spd, 2000 SS Convertible, 2010 RS 6-spd

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Re: Road America: 1 of 1 1968 Z28 Convertible Pace Car for 1968 Can Am
« Reply #20 on: March 12, 2020, 03:14:52 PM »
More from The Petersen...
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Re: Road America: 1 of 1 1968 Z28 Convertible Pace Car for 1968 Can Am
« Reply #21 on: March 12, 2020, 03:16:43 PM »
Even more from The Petersen...
Scott
I don't have a 1st Gen but I have 1971 Z28 RS 4-spd, 1997 Z28 Z4C 6-spd, 2000 SS Convertible, 2010 RS 6-spd