1963 Chrysler 300 Convertible Indy 500 Pace Car

Thanks to the fact that it's a motorsports mecca, Indianapolis punches way out of its weight class if you enjoy seeing cool cars. I've joked before that if you sit at my favorite local car-spotting site at the corner of 54th Street & College Avenue, sooner or later one of everything will roll past.

One day a couple summers ago that "one of everything" happened to be a 1963 Indy 500 Pace Car replica.

While the much more interesting "letter series" Chrysler that year, the 300J, had the badass Golden Lion 413cid "Wedge" engine with dual quads on those wild-looking Ram Induction manifolds, it was only available as a hardtop.

Consequently the 1,861-vehicle run of 1963 Pace Cars were built on a regular 300 convertible. Painted Pace Setter Blue, they came with the 305hp 2-bbl Firepower 383 V-8 and a pushbutton-shifted TorqueFlite three-speed automatic transmission.

The photos of this clean example were take in June of 2022 using a Nikon D800 & 24-120mm f/4 VR zoom lens.