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Old 09-13-2006, 06:36 PM
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Today on I-75 I saw a C6 Z06 Convertible in yellow. I thought they were only made in coupe form? Definitely had the badges, the hoo scoor, the brake vents, everything. Anyone heard of this?
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Old 09-13-2006, 06:43 PM
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you can badge and make all the cosmetics the same, but i doubt it has the aluminum frame and the Ls7 engine. if they make a convertable that would be sweet though
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Old 09-13-2006, 08:28 PM
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They have kits to make them a vert.
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Old 09-14-2006, 05:17 AM
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I had seen a c5 z06 that had been modified to a convertible. It is stupid, but not impossible.
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The differences between the Z06 and Regular C5 models wasn't as drastic as it is now... The new Z06 has a lot more when it comes to the actual design now, so I could only imagine it being much harder to make a base model vert a "Z06"... just my .02
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my buddy has one - he bought it that way - basically the guy he bought it from bought a wrecked z06 and transferred all the go fast parts including the engine to a same MY convertible.
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Originally Posted by g-50Cab
my buddy has one - he bought it that way - basically the guy he bought it from bought a wrecked z06 and transferred all the go fast parts including the engine to a same MY convertible.

C5?
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no such thing a as a z06 convert.. no such thing as a zr1 convert (to the public) bottom line.. end of story.
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He'll be at cars and coffee - Jim Hunter is his name - it's sorta champagne color. He might not drive it when I tell him it doesn't exist, I guess that would make it more valuable....
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