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Old Nov 21, 2023 | 05:05 PM
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"How a top secret Supercar saved an Icon"

I have seen a few vid's about the C5 development and such but this one is about the best one I have seen. Came out 4 months ago, apologies if it is old news!

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Old Nov 21, 2023 | 09:07 PM
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very interesting
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Old Nov 21, 2023 | 10:49 PM
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I never saw this video.
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First time I have seen that video too. Well done.
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Old Nov 22, 2023 | 09:10 AM
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Never been prouder!
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Old Nov 22, 2023 | 09:30 AM
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Great Video! Thanks for sharing!!!
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Old Nov 22, 2023 | 04:49 PM
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Those two beautiful yellow cr's at 22:21 are breathtaking......
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Old Nov 22, 2023 | 06:47 PM
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Every so often it's good to re-affirm that the car, under the cover, sitting in the cold garage with winter fast approaching is one incredible achievement. And almost never was.
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I've seen a lot of C5 video's, but I've never seen this one until today! Thanks for posting this one, and Happy Thanksgiving to all!!!
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Thank you for posting, Great video and a nice Thanksgiving day treat.
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Learn to read a book and get "All Corvettes are Red"... The real C5 story.
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Very cool.

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