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LSxJunkie · 01-26-2013, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by GTB/ZR-1

LOL!

I'm gonna wait a few years for a cherry used one & let someone else take the depreciation hit.

This. Hopefully these shed value as quickly as the C6s did.

Levi · 01-27-2013, 08:11 AM

So the new Corvette Stingray is a targa?

LSxJunkie · 01-27-2013, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Levi

So the new Corvette Stingray is a targa?

Yes, like the C6, C5, and C4. The C7 comes with a fully painted carbon fiber targa top. There are optional tinted glass and partially painted carbon fiber roofs as well.

Partially painted carbon fiber, as seen on the launch car. Personally I'd have the full paint or wrap the section between the carbon fiber and the rear glass in CF vinyl.

Levi · 01-27-2013, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by LSxJunkie

Yes, like the C6, C5, and C4. The C7 comes with a fully painted carbon fiber targa top. There are optional tinted glass and partially painted carbon fiber roofs as well.

Partially painted carbon fiber, as seen on the launch car. Personally I'd have the full paint or wrap the section between the carbon fiber and the rear glass in CF vinyl.

WTF? How I never knew that? What a shame. Its the first time I get to know all Corvette Coupés were Targas. LOL. I don't even know how that is possible. Maybe because where I live there are very few Corvettes and I have never seen one with roof taken away?

bakerr6 · 01-27-2013, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Levi

WTF? How I never knew that? What a shame. Its the first time I get to know all Corvette Coupés were Targas. LOL. I don't even know how that is possible. Maybe because where I live there are very few Corvettes and I have never seen one with roof taken away?

No worries, not all are Targas. c5 had a year where they issued hard tops, and also teh z06 models were all hard tops

Black Tire · 01-27-2013, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by SnapOv3st3r

The rear looks like crap.)

I agree. Swoopy curved front and sides that look nice with an ugly Cadillac-like rear treatment. It's like two different cars. I guess this is better than the some of the Saab's though, they were like three different cars, front, middle and rear.

LSxJunkie · 01-27-2013, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by bakerr6

No worries, not all are Targas. c5 had a year where they issued hard tops, and also teh z06 models were all hard tops

GM offered the C5 in a Fixed Roof Coupe built off of the convertible in 1999 and 2000 with the LS1, stick only, and I believe Z51 suspension. This car was a notchback with a trunk. Then in 2001, they took that body and made it the Z06 and gave it bespoke suspension and the LS6. The C6 Z06 and ZR1s both had fixed roofs. However, unlike the C5 Z06, they retained a rear hatch. The Z06 had a painted Sheet Molded Composite (plastic, like the rest of the body) painted roof that initially had a habit of becoming unbonded from it's frame and flying off. The ZR1 had a carbon fiber roof panel and halo. The weight savings were negligible as SMC is already fairly light.

bakerr6 · 01-27-2013, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by LSxJunkie

GM offered the C5 in a Fixed Roof Coupe built off of the convertible in 1999 and 2000 with the LS1, stick only, and I believe Z51 suspension. This car was a notchback with a trunk. Then in 2001, they took that body and made it the Z06 and gave it bespoke suspension and the LS6. The C6 Z06 and ZR1s both had fixed roofs. However, unlike the C5 Z06, they retained a rear hatch. The Z06 had a painted Sheet Molded Composite (plastic, like the rest of the body) painted roof that initially had a habit of becoming unbonded from it's frame and flying off. The ZR1 had a carbon fiber roof panel and halo. The weight savings were negligible as SMC is already fairly light.

Agreed, I didn't think the OP would know that much about them haha

alexdee · 01-27-2013, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Kenji

http://www.corvette7.com

Saw the big interest in the C7 discussions here on FT86. Corvette7 seems like a good enthusiast blog and forums for the C7. Been following it for a couple days.

Joined. Had to give up my 86 dreams so will be back market for a new car in 2 years. Hopefully to be in a C7 by then.

RogerR · 01-27-2013, 07:38 PM

Unlike the C4 which was designed to have a roof structure but was turned into a targa at the last minute, the C5-7 were all designed to be basically an open top car from the beginning. The fixed roof cars did gain some strength for having a closed top but really most of the car's torsional stiffness comes from the large, fully boxed transmission tunnel.

You can see the plate (aftermarket in this case) which closes the center tunnel of a C5 or C6 in this link
http://www.vettesupply.com/c6-tunnel...-by-elite-eng/

GTB/ZR-1 · 01-27-2013, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by LSxJunkie

GM offered the C5 in a Fixed Roof Coupe built off of the convertible in 1999 and 2000 with the LS1, stick only, and I believe Z51 suspension. This car was a notchback with a trunk. Then in 2001, they took that body and made it the Z06 and gave it bespoke suspension and the LS6. The C6 Z06 and ZR1s both had fixed roofs. However, unlike the C5 Z06, they retained a rear hatch. The Z06 had a painted Sheet Molded Composite (plastic, like the rest of the body) painted roof that initially had a habit of becoming unbonded from it's frame and flying off. The ZR1 had a carbon fiber roof panel and halo. The weight savings were negligible as SMC is already fairly light.

This

fatoni · 01-27-2013, 08:47 PM

another thing that makes the carbon roof stupid is that the paint on that thing is like six figures per gallon iirc

RogerR · 01-27-2013, 09:08 PM

The paint on the old CF roof was that expensive (well one part of it). That isn't to say the new process isn't cheaper. GM said they had pushed a lot of cost out of things like the CF parts and the alloy chassis.

I am sad to see the wood floors going away. The balsa core used on the C5 and C6 is now replaced with an expanded structural foam. I thought it was cool that the Corvette was the only volume car to use wood as a structural part. Yes, there was wood in the car's interior. It was under your feet.

LSxJunkie · 01-27-2013, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by RogerR

The paint on the old CF roof was that expensive (well one part of it). That isn't to say the new process isn't cheaper. GM said they had pushed a lot of cost out of things like the CF parts and the alloy chassis.

I am sad to see the wood floors going away. The balsa core used on the C5 and C6 is now replaced with an expanded structural foam. I thought it was cool that the Corvette was the only volume car to use wood as a structural part. Yes, there was wood in the car's interior. It was under your feet.

Morgan would be happy to sell you....oh wait. Never mind.

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Levi Senior Member Join Date: May 2011 Drives: Toyota Location: Germany Posts: 1,202 Thanks: 134 Thanked 138 Times in 90 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	So the new Corvette Stingray is a targa?

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RogerR Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Drives: -- Location: Was Cali Posts: 24 Thanks: 0 Thanked 23 Times in 8 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Unlike the C4 which was designed to have a roof structure but was turned into a targa at the last minute, the C5-7 were all designed to be basically an open top car from the beginning. The fixed roof cars did gain some strength for having a closed top but really most of the car's torsional stiffness comes from the large, fully boxed transmission tunnel. You can see the plate (aftermarket in this case) which closes the center tunnel of a C5 or C6 in this link http://www.vettesupply.com/c6-tunnel...-by-elite-eng/

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fatoni Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Drives: miata, mazdaspeed protege, ls430 Location: socal Posts: 4,416 Thanks: 599 Thanked 1,443 Times in 787 Posts Mentioned: 28 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	another thing that makes the carbon roof stupid is that the paint on that thing is like six figures per gallon iirc

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RogerR Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Drives: -- Location: Was Cali Posts: 24 Thanks: 0 Thanked 23 Times in 8 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	The paint on the old CF roof was that expensive (well one part of it). That isn't to say the new process isn't cheaper. GM said they had pushed a lot of cost out of things like the CF parts and the alloy chassis. I am sad to see the wood floors going away. The balsa core used on the C5 and C6 is now replaced with an expanded structural foam. I thought it was cool that the Corvette was the only volume car to use wood as a structural part. Yes, there was wood in the car's interior. It was under your feet.

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