By Dave Chapman


WOODHAVEN — Limited-edition vehicles have always been a favorite with car collectors, with one them being Indianapolis 500 pace cars.

Ron Treichel has long been a fan of Pontiac Fieros and has owned many of them over the years. Presently, Treichel is the proud owner of a 1984 Fiero Indianapolis 500 pace car.

To make his car the same as the actual pace car that led the race at Indianapolis, Treichel found a high-mounted rear strobe like the pace car used and added flashers to the front and rear turn signals.

When Treichel purchased the car, it only had 33,000 miles on the original four-cylinder power plant.

Treichel is a regular at Downriver cruise nights and car shows with his grandson, Jimmy Buber, who is his constant companion.

Besides being a pace car another item about this particular Fiero that makes it special to Treichel is that it was built in February 1984, and his grandson also was born in February.