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Old Apr 24, 2006 | 04:50 PM
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I was wondering for the models with and without removalable roofs how can you tell the difference between the 2 on paper?Is their a letter or number in the seriel numbers?any abreviations for them?.For example i'm lookig to buy a vette and reading ad's in the paper without pictures what would tell me wheather it has removalable roof or not?sorry if this is a noobie question as i did a serch but couldnt fnd anyting on this question.I'm looking to buy a c5 without the removable roof.
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Cars with removable tops are referred to as coupes.
Cars without removable tops are referred to as Fixed Roof Coupes or FRC's.

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The 6th digit in the VIN should be a 1, 2, or 3.
Body Style: 1 = hardtop 2 = two door coupe(removable top) 3 = two door convertible
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