Corvette Car Show question?
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I don't recall seeing any white FRCs at local shows either. Your's sure is a beautiful example of one though.
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Seems that every year they offered a new package, white was the color that was least popular (or near the least). 2003 was the same of all the 36k cars sold only about 300 white ones in the whole run.
Don't people know that all Corvette's are really WHITE!!! Just because they wrote a book that says they're red...
The first Vette was white.
Don't people know that all Corvette's are really WHITE!!! Just because they wrote a book that says they're red...
The first Vette was white.
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I think I've seen a couple on the forums here. Rare, sort of. Worth more, probably not much. It's only worth more then book value as far as someone is willing to pay for it. Probably advertise it as a rare color option and for about $500 more and see if any takers. You can lower or accept lower offers from there. It might only be rare to an vette enthusiast. So unless your town or where ever you advertise it for sale is swarming with enthusiast that happen to love the white color you probably won't actually get much more.
Just my opinion on "rare" color modern cars.
Just my opinion on "rare" color modern cars.
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I would consider not that common and even leaning towards rare. There was only 1,979 white Corvttes produced in 2000 in all models converts, coupes and FRC's. There was 2,090 FRC's produced. It's a keeper!
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Why don't you see more white FRC's at car shows. Well let see in '99 a total 33,270Corvette's rolled off the line. Out of that total number only 4,031 were the FRC model and only 311 were white. In 2000 a total of 33,682 Corvette's were produced and out of that number 2,090 were FRC's. Only 315 of the FRC's were white in that year. So it stands to reason that you will not see to many white FRC's at car shows. Another way to look at it, is the C5 was produced from 1997-2004 and the FRC's were only produced for two years.
Now let’s look at the overall numbers for the C5 production run. A total of 247,695 C5's rolled out of Bowling Green of that total only6,121 were FRC's that is only 2.5% of the total production run of all the C5's. One step deeper in to the numbers and we find that of all the C5's produced on .0025% were white FRC's. Maybe that is a reason for not seeing them at car shows.
Finally with such a low number it would seem that the value of this car would be much higher than a more common C5, but from what I have found that is not the case, at least not in my area, but I would think that sometime down the road that may change.
Now let’s look at the overall numbers for the C5 production run. A total of 247,695 C5's rolled out of Bowling Green of that total only6,121 were FRC's that is only 2.5% of the total production run of all the C5's. One step deeper in to the numbers and we find that of all the C5's produced on .0025% were white FRC's. Maybe that is a reason for not seeing them at car shows.
Finally with such a low number it would seem that the value of this car would be much higher than a more common C5, but from what I have found that is not the case, at least not in my area, but I would think that sometime down the road that may change.
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Your car looks awesome! 
I have an arctic white '98 coupe and very seldom see other white Corvettes at shows. I bought mine used 10 years ago and to be honest, it wouldn't have been my color choice had I purchased it new. The color has grown on me over the years and I think if I ever purchase a new one, it will be white. 
I have an arctic white '98 coupe and very seldom see other white Corvettes at shows. I bought mine used 10 years ago and to be honest, it wouldn't have been my color choice had I purchased it new. The color has grown on me over the years and I think if I ever purchase a new one, it will be white.
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Seems that every year they offered a new package, white was the color that was least popular (or near the least). 2003 was the same of all the 36k cars sold only about 300 white ones in the whole run.
Don't people know that all Corvette's are really WHITE!!! Just because they wrote a book that says they're red...
The first Vette was white.
Don't people know that all Corvette's are really WHITE!!! Just because they wrote a book that says they're red...
The first Vette was white.
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i dont think ive ever even seen a white frc or nassau blue in person. ive only seen pewter, black, and red. dont really even see too many FRC's. we have a car show around here called Corvettes on Woodward with like 400 corvettes, and the past 2 years ive gone, there was only 1 other frc in the whole show.
