Everything he describes about the Players 1LE cars is true...They were built for the GM Players F-Body race series which was based here in Ontario at Mosport (though they held some special events at other tracks). I Loved the series as a kid, and my dad (who drove a Camaro at the time) was working at Esso who was one of the headline sponsors. He collected a bunch of memorabilia, which I have now. It's also the series where Ron Fellows really made his name.
Anyway, due to proximity Ontario has a disproportionate number of the surviving cars, and there are a handful of really serious fanatics that've hoarded most of them, which kinda sucks for me because I'd love to have one of them in the collection.
This particular guy I am not familiar with, there was a guy in the Peterborough area that had 3-4 of them, who is a lot more active in the f-body circles.
Definitely special cars with a really cool history, and certainly more valuable than a standard 3rd gen, but the market is somewhat limited to die-hard 3rd gen Camaro/Firebird fans.
Cool story! I remember watching replays/reruns of that series on TSN as a kid, if I recall correctly. Wasn't there also some kind of Porsche series, running 944s?
There was a Porsche 944 series, as well as a C4 Corvette series. Both of those only ran a couple years, where the f-body series ran 86-92. The series is one of the big reasons I am such a fan of 3rd gen f-bodies today. I always thought the coolest part was the fact they they were literally stock street cars (exception for a cage and decals), you could order one from your local dealer, drive it to work during the week, and then race it on the weekend....The cars retained complete interiors and all functioning features. The Camaro/Firebird's were pretty basic specs interior wise, but the Corvettes (for some weird reason) were spec'd with Bose stereos, the glass roofs (instead of the lighter fiberglass painted), and other weird stuff.
