1969 Indy 500 Camaro RS/SS Conv Z11 Pace Car Promotional Material from 1969

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The cars were available for sale before the race. But they generally didn't fly off the showroom floor. They were expensive - many sat months, some for a year. I know of about 10 cars that were sold in 1970 CY.

Thanks for the info Kurt. 

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I have been able to amass a treasure trove of first generation Camaro material by taking advantage of the week long free trial at newspapers.com.  Here are some of the promotional ads for the 1969 Camaro RS/SS Z11 convertible Indy 500 Pace Car that I was able to find.  The first one is a national Chevrolet advertisement while the rest were run by regional Chevrolet dealerships.  I am posting them in chronological order as they were run. 

I found most of what I will post at newspapers.com but I will identify the other digital newspaper repositories where applicable.   To identify the particular newspaper, date they were published and where they were each located simply consult the file name under the image.

Enjoy!

3) https://cdnc.ucr.edu/
4) https://gateway.okhistory.org/

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2) https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/

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2) https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/

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3) https://cdnc.ucr.edu/

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3) https://digmichnews.cmich.edu/

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Not sure how there could be "only 16 left" on July 12th when on June 29th there were "only 5 left."  Possible misprint or did they get more pace cars?

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Here are a couple of pictures of a 1969 Camaro RS/SS Z11 convertible inside the dealership showroom of Stiver Chevrolet Oldsmobile in Hubbard Ohio.  They were recently posted by Marc Briel on the Old Dealership Pictures Facebook page.  He mentioned that it is actually the car he currently owns in the pictures.  How cool is that!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2120630181518995/