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Old Dec 3, 2016 | 04:52 PM
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A C5 that you do not see everyday.




We were eating at a restaurant and this car was parked in the lot when we left. Never saw one like this before. Appears to be some type of pace car.
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New to me as well. Was this car whacked in the front? Looks like a lot of panels are not lining up.
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Old Dec 3, 2016 | 05:26 PM
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This is the graphics kit once offered - by GM I believe - to replicate the "generic" pace cars used when the C5 was still new. These pace cars were used at like the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Daytona, Indy Racing League, etc. Official GM pace cars were often yellow, red, and/or blue.

If you Google "C5 Pace Car" you'll see some examples of the actual various pace cars used in various series with this paint scheme in different colors.
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Old Dec 3, 2016 | 06:08 PM
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I like the color combo..real refreshing/happy. Thanks for sharing. Rob
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with Velocity Vette. IMO, that's a pretty graphics package.
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Old Dec 3, 2016 | 06:15 PM
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Neat!!
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Originally Posted by zachaeous
A C5 that you do not see everyday.




We were eating at a restaurant and this car was parked in the lot when we left. Never saw one like this before. Appears to be some type of pace car.
Same could be said for the majority of Corvettes on this forum.
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Looks like the hood was repainted.

This is one I snapped a pic of when I was at Road America a long time ago.

Back when C5s were new and my 2MP digital camera was all the rage.
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A C5 that you do not see everyday.
And thankfully so............


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I like it....a lot!
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Originally Posted by sfc rick
I like it....a lot!
You can't be serious. I think you are just having us on......
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Old Dec 4, 2016 | 07:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Vetteman Jack
with Velocity Vette. IMO, that's a pretty graphics package.
Very nice! Saw one at Carlisle last year.
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I don't want it, but I like it.
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I'd own it.
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Originally Posted by Shakeydeal
And thankfully so............


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Looks to me like a copy of a pace car. The car looks like a FRC and there is much more white paint. In addition, the decal should continue onto the nose and not end on the hood alone..
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I love it. Life's too short to be so serious about some things, so I say make it your own and have fun with it and drive the wheels off of it...but then again, I like black wheels so I'm beyond help anyway.
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Originally Posted by tabbruzz
Looks to me like a copy of a pace car. The car looks like a FRC and there is much more white paint. In addition, the decal should continue onto the nose and not end on the hood alone..
I agree. That is not the original pace car paint scheme, rather a knock-off of that paint scheme. I've seen an actual replica at a show before and I have a couple 1:18th scale diecasts both blue and yellow for the Rolex and LeMans races and they are different.

I also think based on the panels, this car has taken a punch or two.
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