Indy Pace car - collections

[WoodyRDC]

I know a lot of have you built or bought these cars. Of the 100 years of Indy only a select bunch is available to us modelers. Let's see some collections built or still boxed. A quick search of Pace gave me 2,500 hits, too many to read - lol. Any leads to decals would be a plus. We all know the Fred Cady sheets are virtually gone.

I have some kits (still boxed) but I will build.

1946 Lincoln Lindberg 1946 Cady decals

1950 Merc Amt Cady decals Modifing 49 kit to conv

1953 Ford Lindberg Box stock

1955 Chevy Monogram Box stock

1964 Mustang Monogram Box stock

1971 Challenger AMT 70 Convt kit Cady decals

1989 Firebird AMT Box stock

1993 Camaro Monogram Box stock

1994 Mustang Monogram Box stock

I know there is many more available but cant buy them all at once - LOL

[Scale-Master]

Don't forget the Revell '69 Camaro and the Monogram/Revell '78 Corvette Pace Cars. They should still be easy enough to find.

[Brizio]

Here the only one I built 5 year ago... The kit is from the Monogram 1982 Camaro in 1/8, you can build it stock or pace car. A fun kit to build!

[Art Anderson]

Indy pace cars in 1/24-1/25 scale? Here is a listing off the top of my head, for which Fred Cady made decal sheets, and also who made/makes the kit necessary:

1931 Chrysler Imperial Roadster (MPC kit)

1946 Lincoln Continental (Pyro/LifeLike/Lindberg

1948 Chevrolet Convertible (can be made up from the upcoming Galaxie Ltd '48 Chevy Coupe!)

1949 Oldsmobile '88" convertible (believe it or not, this can be worked up from the upcoming Revell '50 Olds business coupe, with bits from an AMT '51 Chevy convertible--Modelhaus has the correct '49 Olds badges etc in chrome plated resin parts)

1953 Ford Crestline Convertible (Lindberg did this exact car, decals and all!)

1955 Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible (Revell did this one as their first release of their '55 Chevy convertible)

1957 Mercury convertible--Modelhaus does this one in resin--Fred Cady decals made the markings!)

1958 Pontiac Bonneville Convertible (Modelhaus made, may still make, this one. Fred Cady decals were made)

1959 Buick Invicta (check Modelhaus for this in resin, Fred Cady did make decals for it.

1962 Studebaker Lark Daytona Convertible--the JoHan kit isn't hard to find, might be some $$, Fred Cady made the decals)

1963 Chrysler 300 Convertible (Johan made the kit--windshield a bit incorrect--Fred Cady decals were made)

1969 Camaro SS/RS (Revell made this one, complete with decals)

1971 Dodge Challenger R/T convertible (Lesney AMT made the kit, Fred Cady did the decals)

1972 Hurst Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme convertible (Revell, Cady did decals for the car years ago)

1978 Corvette 25th Anniversary--Revell reissued this kit about 10 years ago, with Pace Car Decals

1979 Mustang GT (MPC and Monogram made this one, but as the sunroof production version, Pace Car was a one-off T-top body, both companies did it with Pace Car replica decals)

1980 Pontiac Firebird Turbo Trans-Am. MPC made the kit, with Pace Car decals

1982 Camaro Z/28 MPC made this kit, complete with Pace Car decals

1984 Pontiac Fiero MPC made an incorrect version, but with decals, Monogram did the correct version (with the air intake stack above the rear of the roof--combine both cars to get the right body and the Pace Car markings)

1986 Corvette Monogram made the car, with Pace Car decals!

1989 Pontiac Firebird Trans/Am AMT/Ertl made the car, with decals

1990 Chevrolet Beretta convertible (All American Models made the car, Shabo Scale made dry transfer markings for it)

1991 Dodge Viper RT/10 AMT/Ertl made the kit, don't know about markings (this car is Engineering Prototype #6, in possession of IMS, actually a pretty rough car but still nice!)

1993 Camaro (Monogram made the car, as did AMT/Ertl, with markings, promo and kit)

1994 Mustang Convertible (Monogram made the car)

1995 Corvette (Revell Monogram made the car, with markings)

1996 Dodge Viper GTS Revell Monogram made the car, with markings)

1997 Oldsmobile Aurora Brookfield Collector's Guild made the car in both plastic and diecast, promo model only.

1998 Corvette C5 Revell-Monogram made this car, with markings

That's about as far as I can remember.

Art

[mikemodeler]

I believe back in the day that AMT had a 67 Camaro Pace Car model kit and promo. A good friend of mine has a 1:1 version and also has the matching kit and promo.

As always, thanks for the history lesson Art!

[Art Anderson]

I believe back in the day that AMT had a 67 Camaro Pace Car model kit and promo. A good friend of mine has a 1:1 version and also has the matching kit and promo.

As always, thanks for the history lesson Art!

AMT Corporation made 4 kits of Indianapolis Pace Cars in the 1960's: '65 Mustang (Pace Car for the '64 500), '67 Camaro RS, '68 Torino GT Convertible, and the '69 Camaro RS.

Art

[Rob Hall]

AMT also makes the '11 Camaro SS convertible IPC in promo form.

[Mark]

To add a little bit of information:

-Besides the AMT '65 Mustang ('64 pace car) convertible, Monogram first issued their 1/24 scale Mustang convertible with Pace Car decals.

-AMT issued the 1967 and 1969 Camaros as Indy Pace Cars in assembled promotional models and as kits. MPC/Ertl offered a mediocre '69 Camaro convertible as a stand-alone kit (molded in orange, without Pace Car decals) and in a three-car set (molded in white, with Pace Car decals), in the late Eighties.

-Revell's '72 Hurst/Olds convertible is no longer in production, but it can be built as a Pace Car provided you track down a Fred Cady decal sheet.

-The MPC 1979 Mustang pace car (offered as the 1980 annual kit) has an option for the T-roof setup used on the actual Pace Car. Monogram's kit has the sunroof which makes it a replica of the version that was sold to the public.

-Others are available in resin. R&R offers/offered the '52 Studebaker and '54 Dodge convertibles, and probably has others as well. KG Models offered the '85 Cutlass Calais as a vacuform kit. I passed on that one back in the day, but it actually looked pretty good (though it took a lot of work to cut out and assemble).

[Edsel-Dan]

MPC offered the 78 & 86 Vette Pace cars, AMT/MPC also had the Purple 98 & Radar Blue 95 in Snapfast & Promo

I don't remember if they did the 95 or 98 as full kits.

Cady offered the Viper decal sheet with both the 92 Roadster & 96 Coupe decals as one set.

I don't recall ANY Viper kit had the Pace car decals!!

AMT did put Official car decals in the Stealth that Was to be the 92 Pace car

and gave us Both 92 Roadster & 96 Coupe PROMO's Only as pace cars

I have a large collection to finish/build/restore

I was hoping Galaxie would offer the Convertible body on their many years ago

announced 41 Chevy series, but will have to accept a Coupe to chop open.

31 Jo-Han Cadillac Cabriolet/Roadster (Convert to V12) cady decals

33 Chrysler AMT/MPC 32 Imperial Roadster cady decals Testor's/Italeri Grill spoke wheels

46 Lincoln Lindberg issue with Cady decals,

53 Ford Lindberg Pace car kit

55 Bel Air convert, Monogram kit

59 Buick AMT Invicta coupe chopped/Monogram 59 Impala windshield frame, Cady decals

(Looking at replacing interior too)

60 Olds 98 Miller Memorabilia resin/Bondo casting Cady decals, Mono 59 Impala chassis/windshield frame

61 T-Bird, was going to modify Modern AMT 62 into 612, but now have ORIGINAL 61 Convert 2 cady decals

62 Studebaker Lark Daytona Jo-Han Snap kit Cady decals

64 Monogram kit & cady decals

66 Comet Promo hardtop. will replace with convert as soon as I can

67 Camaro AMT 68 with MPC/AMT 69 Windshield frame Cady Decals

69 MPC kit fram set, Revell kit

70 Jo-Han 442 Coupe Revell 72 body Cady decals

71 AMT 70 Challenger, cady decals, need 71 grill/bumpers/interior

72 Rev 72 Cutlass H/O kit cady & kit decals

73 Jo-Han Eldorado cady decals

74 Jo-Han Cutlass snap kit coupe Cady Decals

78 MPC Vette, built, Monogram kit(2)

79 MPC Mustang built cady decals

81 Monogram HighPerfomance GNX Cady decals

82 MPC Camaro built

84 Monogram Mustang Cobra kit

85 Monogram Camaro kit, AMT Promo

86 MPC Vette kit

92 AMT Viper Promo

95 Monogram Vette kit (3-1 Complete)

98 Monogram Vette kit

I have some pics in my photobucket.