REAL Y74 FACTORY OPTION PACE CAR CONVERTIBLE WITH FULL DOCUMENTATION AND MATCHING "AS IT WAS BORN" NUMBERS. EQUIPPED WITH "ROCKET 350" V8 MATED TO THE POWERFUL FLOOR MOUNTED AUTOMATIC SHIFTER. THIS IS NOT YOUR RUN OF THE MILL PACE CAR REPLICA SOLD TO THE PUBLIC IN 1970. THIS IS A REAL "INDY 500" PARADE LAP CAR. ON MAY 30, 970 IT WAS ON THE PARADE LAP #121 OF ONLY A HANDFUL THAT ACTUALLY SAW REAL TRACK DUTY AT THE INDY 500. IT WAS ASSIGNED TO AND OPERATED ON THE TRACK BY A GM ENGINEER OF THE TIME, ALE SMITH, HO ENJOYED IT WHILE DRIVING AROUND THE TRACK FOR PARADE LAPS AS WELL AS THE FULL INDY WEEK OF ACTIVITIES PRIOR TO IT BEING RETURNED TO THE LOCAL DEALER AND SOLD TO THE PUBLIC. ORIGINAL DOCUMENTATION TO SUPPORT THIS INCLUDES, OTH THE INDY PACE CAR INFORMATION AS WELL AS THE ORIGINAL OWNERS MANUAL. OLDSMOBILE PRODUCED ONLY 358 CONVERTIBLE PACE CAR REPLICAS FOR SALE TO THE PUBLIC. VERY FEW WERE TRUE PARADE LAP CARS AS THIS ONE WAS. VERY HIGHLY OPTIONED CAR FROM THE FACTORY, AVING POWER STEERING, OWER BRAKES, ISC BRAKES, OWER TOP, ARE AIR CONDITIONING WHICH BLOWS ICE COLD WITH ITS RECENT R12 RECHARGE, UCKET STRATO SEATS, ALLY WHEELS, ENTER CONSOLE, -31 RAM AIR HOOD, ILT STEERING COLUMN, M/FM STEREO RADIO, PORT MIRRORS, LACK LEATHER INTERIOR, OURTESY LIGHTS, EAVY DUTY SUSPENSION, ND THE PACE CAR DECALS ALL UNDER UNDER THE SPECIAL ORDER Y74 OPTION CODE. IN 2011 AN EXTENSIVE RESTORATION WAS PERFORMED WITH GREAT ATTENTION TO CORRECT FACTORY DETAILS. INCLUSIVE OF THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION REBUILT BUT NOT LIMITED TO, EBUILT TOP HYDRAULICS AND ARMS, XHAUST SYSTEM, RAKES, HOCKS, EARINGS, S WELL AS PERIOD CORRECT RADIAL TIRES FOR THE BETTER DRIVING THANT THE STOCK BIAS-PLY TIRES. LESS THAN 250 MILES HAVE BEEN LOGGED SINCE ITS RESTORATION.