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

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Pacesetter display (ebay)

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More Pacesetter display (ebay)

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one more Pacesetter display (ebay)

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Paperwork, brochure and matchbook

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Official Photographs

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Banner (Facebook)

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I will add more as I come across them.  Please post anything you have that I haven't posted.  Thanks!

[KurtS]

That Wegner dealership picture is one of the first times I've seen the door decal on a car that wasn't at Indy or a GM promo picture.
I wonder if it was an Indy car after the event. The dealership is in VA. There's another VA dealer who had a car go to Indy and then get returned to them.

Goodyear on that car, Uniroyal on the Meadors car.

Thanks!

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Your welcome Kurt.  Here are a few more photos showing Z11's inside dealerships with the door decals applied.  It looks like both photos show that the decal was applied on top of the stripe.  It also appears that the cursive "Chevrolet Camaro" is applied closer to the door handle in the second photo.  The "Ch" is definately under the mirror in the first photo.

1) Unknown dealership, but back of photo stated May 14, 1969 (worthpoint)
2) Cleveland County, North Carolina Dealer (Uniroyal Tiger Paw F70-14 tires)  Title: "Cleveland County, North Carolina, 4-H Club automotive program members inspecting a Chevrolet Camaro, "Official Pace Car, 53rd Annual Indianapolis 500 Mile Race...""  Use magnification tools to zoom in on photo here: https://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/catalog/0016811#?c=&m=&s=&cv=&xywh=-2246%2C-189%2C11188%2C6019

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I had been looking for an image of this Sprite display and finally found one on Flickr.  It appeared in a display at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum in 2019 honoring the 50th anniversary of Mario Andretti's Indy 500 win.  I go to Pole Day every year but was not able to see this display last year so it was cool to see the pictures that "Greg2600" posted: https://www.flickr.com/photos/greg2600/albums/72157708926031386/page1

[ZLP955]

Great posts, as always. Thank you!

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Thanks Tim!

I finally found the image I had of the Sprite ad.  Notice that it is different from the one I posted above. (ebay)

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Here is a 1969 yearbook ad for Wade-Walsh Chevrolet, Inc. featuring a 1969 Z11.  It looks to be wearing Uniroyal tires.

http://annualmobiles.blogspot.com

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Found this advertisement for McMahan Chevrolet in Lafayette, Colorado featuring a 1969 Camaro RS/SS Z11 convertible in the April 24, 1969 edition of the Broomfield Star newspaper here: https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=BMS19690424-01.2.22.2&srpos=17&e=--1969---1969--en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA-camaro-------0------

Notice that in referring to the "Indy 500 Pace Car Camaro" in the picture, the caption on the left states, "We have sold this one, but we have many more exciting Camaros in stock."  Since the newspaper is dated, April 24th they sold the car more than a month before the actual running of the Indy 500.

[KurtS]

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.