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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 08:28 PM
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Does this look right to you? I stopped at Sam's Club on the way home for some beer, and I see this parked next to me. It looked to be 3 inches shorter than mine. And it just didn't look like a Vette. I don't understand how it's shorter than mine. But it did look pretty nice.


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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 08:30 PM
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Looks to be a C4 --> C5 conversion. Never did it for me. The lines just don't quite work.
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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 08:33 PM
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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 08:35 PM
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Looks to be a C4 --> C5 conversion. Never did it for me. The lines just don't quite work.


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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 08:36 PM
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Yea, when I first saw it I thought it was a C4. Looks lind of like the pieces don't quite fit together.
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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 08:36 PM
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Originally Posted by DngrZne
Looks to be a C4 --> C5 conversion. Never did it for me. The lines just don't quite work.
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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by DngrZne
Looks to be a C4 --> C5 conversion. Never did it for me. The lines just don't quite work.
That is exactly what that is. Try looking at the interior while viewing the conversion as a whole, it will bug you out...To each their own. The owner spent a lot of money for half and half looks.

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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 08:47 PM
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If the owner of a C4 wants a C5, why go to the trouble and expense of a conversion? Just sell the C4 and buy a C5 and mod it if you want it to be unique! So much simpler. I will NEVER understand why people convert one gen to another.
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ugh....
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Like Johnny Cash used to sing "I took it one piece at a time and didn't cost a dime."
I think you fed your phone some of that beer.
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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by DngrZne
Looks to be a C4 --> C5 conversion. ... SNIP
the windshield is the giveaway for me.

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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 09:01 PM
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Saw this one at a local car show a while back.





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C4 to C5 conversion =
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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 10:15 PM
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Thats just not right!
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Originally Posted by DngrZne
Looks to be a C4 --> C5 conversion. Never did it for me. The lines just don't quite work.
Bingo
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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 10:21 PM
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nice skooter in the pass seat
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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 10:23 PM
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Wood dash kit
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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 10:25 PM
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Wood dash kit

you can say that again.
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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 10:27 PM
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It IS a C-4, and its a nice looking car as long as the owner likes it (and DOS'NT call it a C-5) there is nothing wrong with it !you some times play the hand delt you as best as you can. The "scooter might suggest the guy just has other "priorities"

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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 10:32 PM
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