Looking for actual pictures of TTA with safety lighting....

[tx_1987_gta]

Hey guys,

I am searching for documentation & photos of the Pace Cars Pacing the field at Indy. I want to know what stobes & safety lighting they used and where they were actually mounted in the 3 actual Pace Cars. Maybe even inside pictures of the controls and where & how they were installed in the cars. I think it would be really cool for car shows & parades to have the ability to turn on the lighting....... 8)

 

[VeeSixx]

actual pace car lights

Maybe this pics will help....its the actual pace car..the yellow button on 2nd pic was for the stobe lights...

Roy

 

[tx_1987_gta]

Those do help alot..... I wonder if you can buy those lights anywhere? Are there any pics of the front of where they were located or did they have any on the front?

Thanks Alot!!!!

 

[72firebird]

Here's a whole big thread with pictures of the actual pace cars http://www.turbobuick.com/forums/turbo-trans-am-tech/196882-special-ttas.html?highlight=special+ttas There's quite a bit of information about that car and the 6spd car in the thread. I think the general concensus was that the rear lights are just parking lights with plexiglass around them. You can see how it was all put together in the thread on turbobuick

 

[tx_1987_gta]

Those are great pics 72firebird. I appreciate that greatly!

 

[Mike Arrigo]

I know this is an old thread, but I figured I would post this picture I found of me back in 1989 with the 3 original pace cars in the garage of Dave Doerns in Skokie, Illinois. I wish I had taken more pictures back then, what was i thinking. (ARGH!)

The cars where shipped in a sealed car carrier and dropped off at his garage. He and my brother Jay Arrigo designed and installed the strobe kits in the cars. Jay was working at a plastic fabrication shop in Glenview at the time and fabricated the light bars under the rear spoiler and also added the strobes in the marker lights. The covers for the strobe power supplies bolted to the rear hatch where actually Tuperware containers painted to match the color of the panels. Upon arrival at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway the three actual pace cars had to have the rear windows changed out due to the fact that the defrosters where in the way of the in car cameras view out the back window. Therfore, the three actual pace cars did not have defrosted windows in them. Just a little trivia while I am still able to remember this. Jay did make 1 extra rear set of lights for Daves car and he is now kicking himself that he didn't make a set for himself now that he ended up bying one a year later. He said there is a prototype set that he left at his old employer, but those are black and most likley have been thrown away by now.

 

[PhillyTurboSix]

Cool pics! Great post! It's a shame digital camera's were not around back then and photography was not bigger back then! Think of all the different pics we would have if you had a tiny digital camera in your pocket! Or even a cell phone camera! If you have any more post them up!

 

[92conv]

The covers for the strobe power supplies bolted to the rear hatch where actually Tuperware containers painted to match the color of the panels.

Jay did make 1 extra rear set of lights for Daves car.....

Tupperware!!???:shock::shock::shock:


I saw a TTA on ebay about 5-6yrs ago with the rear hatch lights, didn't really think much of it at the time wish now I would have investigated that car alittle more!!

 

[Turbota6]

Mike,

Interesting post. I always knew that Dave did the conversion but I didn't know your brother was involved. And yes, I remember seeing pics before of the tupperware pods! Heck, I used a round tupperware cup around my valve cover breather as a catch can. Worked like a charm and kept any oil off the headers.