"Old School" C5 Corvettes
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Le Mans Master
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"Old School" C5 Corvettes
A friend is looking to buy an "old school" Corvette finished. I seem to remember hearing about a company that puts 58-62 bodies on C5 running gear. Was I dreaming? If someone knows of a website I can steer him towards it'd be appreciative. I'm hoping to convert him from his full race Eleanor replica. 
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Originally Posted by army2000
Are you talking about this contraption????
http://www.aatcars.com/aat_commem/commem.htm
http://www.aatcars.com/aat_commem/commem.htm
sorry first thing that came to mind...
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Cannot recall the company's name, but they provide a C2 body on a C5 frame, including interior. Cost, with donor car, was in the $50k area. Not bad IMO.
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I think this is what your looking for
www.crcoachworks.com
You provide the donor car and they take care of the rest it's a class job. I'm having one done now it's going to be done next Friday. PM me and I'll send you some pictures but you can see it on the sight it's the first build on the list of ongoing projects
You provide the donor car and they take care of the rest it's a class job. I'm having one done now it's going to be done next Friday. PM me and I'll send you some pictures but you can see it on the sight it's the first build on the list of ongoing projects
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Like this. Mines not as fancy as im20agn's but the same effect. I did almost all the work myself. I got the frame from www.SRIIImotorsports.com
im20agn. Thats going to be a sweet car.
im20agn. Thats going to be a sweet car.
Melting Slicks
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Originally Posted by army2000
Are you talking about this contraption????
http://www.aatcars.com/aat_commem/commem.htm
http://www.aatcars.com/aat_commem/commem.htm
id love to have one of those and a regular c5
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Pictures coming next weekend
I'll be picking it up by next Friday and will post some pictures of the completed car.
My donor car is a 2001 vert it was dark blue with oak interior I kept the interior the same. Also put in a Pioneer AVIC N1 HU. I'm going to put some C5 badging and some 62 badging on it. You may have noticed that even though the original 62 does not have painted coves I opted to have mine painted. The car is actually 4" wider and 2" longer than a 62 and everything is original C5 except the body skins. The material they use is the same material used on the Mclearen's
My donor car is a 2001 vert it was dark blue with oak interior I kept the interior the same. Also put in a Pioneer AVIC N1 HU. I'm going to put some C5 badging and some 62 badging on it. You may have noticed that even though the original 62 does not have painted coves I opted to have mine painted. The car is actually 4" wider and 2" longer than a 62 and everything is original C5 except the body skins. The material they use is the same material used on the Mclearen's
Le Mans Master
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Originally Posted by im20agn
www.crcoachworks.com
You provide the donor car and they take care of the rest it's a class job. I'm having one done now it's going to be done next Friday. PM me and I'll send you some pictures but you can see it on the sight it's the first build on the list of ongoing projects
You provide the donor car and they take care of the rest it's a class job. I'm having one done now it's going to be done next Friday. PM me and I'll send you some pictures but you can see it on the sight it's the first build on the list of ongoing projects
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I saw a conversion some Boeing composite engineers did and didn't care for the proportions of the body; they altered the original '62 lines a bit. However this looks like fitting an original or reproduction body to a C5 frame. Hmm, have I found my next project? Like I have time, but sure would be fun. I think I need to look into this more.
Bruce
Bruce
