Post your C5 base pictures!!!
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Joined: Oct 2021
Posts: 35
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From: Mt. Washington, Kentucky
This is just my own personal opinion but I see the term base thrown around a lot on the C5 board. I see some use it as almost a derogatory term and I see others use it to diminish what they have lol. The reality of it is, in 1997 you got your self a C5 Corvette. How can it be a Base if it's the only thing available? It was considered a Coupe. Then came the Convertible? Is a convertible better than or worse than a Coupe? I don't know. Then the FRC came out and was supposed to be a dumbed down Corvette but in a good way. Then the Z came out and everything else became substandard and coupes = Base.
Just a topic of thought that doesn't mean anything, and I'm far from a diehard corvette guy or purist.
Just a topic of thought that doesn't mean anything, and I'm far from a diehard corvette guy or purist.
My 1999 Corvette FRC. Procharged beast.
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Racer
Joined: Aug 2020
Posts: 485
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From: Basehor, KS
2022 C5 of the Year Finalist - Modified
2021 C5 of the Year Finalist - Modified
2020 C6 of the Year Finalist - Modified
Not mine and about as far away from base as you can get, but it’s got a hatch
