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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 08:56 AM
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Seen this today at pigeon forge tn. they are having a huge car show mostly muscle cars. seen this c5 z06 conversion - may be a member here already anyway.
I have mixed feeling on my likes on it but the work is first rate - I bet it was lots of work to do it - might have been some type of kit car. Apparently it is a large show in TN takes many blocks and last for the next few weeks. here are some pics ..... seen another yellow one same conversion down the streen from this one so I guess there is a kit for these?






http://www.flickr.com/photos/50706206@N06/4970367761

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/50706206@N06/4971002194

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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 09:08 AM
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Horrifyingly ugly.

There's a guy that has one of those around here. He brought it to one of our car show things... Ick...

As far as I'm concerned it's a huge waste of a C5.
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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by SCM_Crash
Horrifyingly ugly.

There's a guy that has one of those around here. He brought it to one of our car show things... Ick...

As far as I'm concerned it's a huge waste of a C5.
'Nuff said. Complete waste of a car and money.
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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 10:14 AM
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errrrr i guess pasting the picture in here is not working???? but the link is working.

yeah I dont think I could do that conversion either --- i like them stock or with slightly tasteful mods. never seen the older conversion one before ...... then seen 2 around in the same area.

this is a huge car show / gathering in TN --- some tags from california way across the country --- the car show last a few weeks --- tucked in rears and blowers i like it!!

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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Tukon44
errrrr i guess pasting the picture in here is not working???? but the link is working.

yeah I dont think I could do that conversion either --- i like them stock or with slightly tasteful mods. never seen the older conversion one before ...... then seen 2 around in the same area.

this is a huge car show / gathering in TN --- some tags from california way across the country --- the car show last a few weeks --- tucked in rears and blowers i like it!!
You can't copy/paste pictures into message forums. You have to surround the link to the image with IMG tags.

Like this...

[img.]http://www.example.com/images/myimage.jpg[/img.]

(except remove the period inside each of the brackets)
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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 12:05 PM
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I admit it's not something I personally would do, but I still think its sorta cool. However, you're right, waste of a good C5. This should be a kit car, like those cobras, not a conversion.
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I've seen these before and its not my cup of tea. If I were going to "convert" a C5 into anything with would be a FFR GTM
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I don't like it at all. The whole thing just looks confusing and the rake of the windshield ruins the lines of the 'old style' body work.

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I respect the work that was done on that car. Reminds me alot of the "new" ford T-Bird. I wouldn't do it to my car, but I could see why someone would want it.

When I was shopping for my Z I found a biege one on ebay very similar to that. It was listed for more than a month at 40k until it either sold or was taken down.
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Looks Better as a Vert. Know a white one for sale that is a 99 vert, but the guy wants too much for it.
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Originally Posted by MawneeC5
I've seen these before and its not my cup of tea. If I were going to "convert" a C5 into anything with would be a FFR GTM
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