C3 4ME

Howdy from a C3 forum regular. I have a Q on a C5 hardtop I saw today. I know all Z06's were hardtops and I thought all hardtops were Z06's. What's throwing me off is I saw a C5 hardtop today with the standard chrome 5 spoke wheels and no Z06 badges. It was definitely a 6 spd. I realize the owner might be just trying to be stealth. Just curious. BTW, one day my 79 will be able to outrun your C5's,

bmathews

1999 and 2000 brought us the first of the hardtops. 2001 brought us the awesome power and handling of the first of the Z06's.

C3 4ME

Thanks for the education!

BobbyG

I think the early C5 "hardtops" were the predecessor of the now known Z06. The designation for these is FRC, or fixed roof coupe.

Bob

edensknight

Love the look of the roof line on the FRC's.

QKSLVR Z

c4cruiser

The 99 and 00 Fixed Roof Coupes were only available with the MN6 manual trans. If the wheels you saw were bright thin-spoke versions (they were polished from the factory as an option but chrome was an aftermarket feature) it was a 2000 car.

Fixed Roof Coupe

See my y2k frc to the left with Z-06 wheels but its not a z-06. Love the car.

terlox

Did it look something like this...?





Ok, I just wanted a reason to post a pic of my FRC.

WALLstAL

Yep, see my Convertible Hardtop!!

terlox

That is pretty sweet. I remember seeing a company that sells a hardtop for convertibles - I just about wet myself when I saw the price tag on that bad boy.

JTJ

FRC's sharp ride

EB-Z06

Like..... this........

troy144

FixedRoof

FactoryRaceCar

C3 4ME

terlox, it looked just like that with those wheels except chrome. Oh and BTW, I noticed no one commented on my slow 79 being able to one day outrun a C5. It will take a lot of work to get mine to that point!