The C5 Corvette was the primary all new Vette in over a decade. With its small block V8s, glossy design and severe efficiency, it confirmed that the Corvette was able to tackle the world’s greatest. Now, 20 years after manufacturing ended, C5s have began to indicate up with some fascinating…you understand what? I’m not even going to sugar coat it. C5s are displaying up as abominations. Take this instance I discovered on the market on Fb Market.
Listed by an El Paso, Texas dealership known as Azteca Motors, this C5 could be high quality in another setting. It’s a 2000 and it has simply 52,000 miles on it. Not unhealthy. That worth would solely be good although should you hadn’t seen this factor first. The vendor describes it utilizing phrases and phrases like “pristine”, “collectors merchandise” and “certainly one of a sort magnificence.”
Up entrance, there’s an enormous entrance splitter that most likely has every kind of scratches beneath, a coated plate that claims “USA 1”, an enormous “Lingenfelter ‘’ decal throughout the cease of the windshield a roof mounted air scoop and an enormous domed hood.
Going round to the facet you’ll see a singular exhaust exit that sits proper in entrance of the fender ducts, “GT1” and “LeMans 24 Hour Championship Version” decals that imply completely nothing, C7 Stingray badges for some motive with “Lingenfelter” decals beneath, an enormous gasoline filler door, U.S. flags on the b-pillar and a few cooling ducts on the higher rear fender that seemed tacked on till you see that they’re really flush and built-in with the physique panel.
The rear is sort of surprising.
Popping the hood is simply as unhealthy. I assume these Lingenfelter badges imply one thing. Together with what appears to be like to be John Lingenfelter’s signature on one of many Grand Sport-like stripes on the entrance fender, the engine of this factor appears to be like to have been tuned by Lingenfelter as properly. The engine wears “Lingenfelter 502 Efficiency Engineering” throughout the highest, though the vendor has no phrase on how a lot energy this factor makes.
The inside surprisingly isn’t as unhealthy as the outside. It’s largely inventory, save for an enormous roll bar, some racing seat belts, racing gauges, and Hurst shifter badges. The automotive additionally comes with the unique window sticker from 2000. It’s an automated.
In case you’re resistant to disgrace and this factor appeals to you, the vendor is asking simply $25,000 for it.