C2 Repro Body kit
 

Does anyone know who makes a reproduction C2 body kit that will fit a C5 rolling chassis. I saw a picture of what looked like a 62 body on a C5 chassis but I don't know who built it or exactly whats available. Any help would be appreciated.

Here you go :cheers:
http://www.crcoachworks.com/index.phtml

If you're looking for a "kit" in the truest sense, like a box of parts, some instructions, and you build it, there is no such thing. CRC uses specially made panels that they glue "over" an existing body.
HiTek hotrods is the distributor for a C1 and C2 body, but they are very expensive to complete, and require lots of fabrication, including a custom frame. http://www.hitekhotrods.com/corvette.html

Mike Coletta

hitek is no longer. the builder there jake burton is still there and goes
by burtonsmotorwerks. jim
he has been very honest and has done good work for me. jim

I guy on criagslist listed this as he has one of thier body locally for sale.

www.usbodysource.com

maybe you can give them a call. Looks like fiberglass only for kit cars no birdcage.

they are made for drag cars with a tube chassis

c5 does not have a rolling frame all you get is a front end a rear end and a torque tube joing them together i have dissaembled many

I've built a similar car, but it was a lot of work, and the result wasn't real well received in the Corvette community over there.
Rather than try and explain what and why we did it, ceckout the website on www.prodigy-z06.com

If you have any questions you can pm me, or email me through the website.
There's no right or wrong way to go about any project, it's just what YOU want to achieve.
Rgds
Ross

Looks like CRC is a C1 look alike, not a C2 as the OP asked about. al89 is correct about C5s. The only way I have seen to do what the OP is asking about is to have a C2 donor for the body, a C5 donor for the running gear, and use a custom frame from Newman. Try

newmancarcreations.com

They're in Templeton, CA next to Paso Robles, just north of san Luis Obispo. and right in the heart of the central coast wine country!

:thumbs:

Sorry mate, but that's not right.
You peel the body off and you are left with a rolling frame. The C5 chassis is lighter and almost 4 times stronger than anything Corvettes have used previously.
It is a big ask to install a C2 body on, it is doable, but huge mods are necessary. Easier to install a C1 body because of the longer wheelbase.

Ack! He said "C2" and I saw "62". Doh!

Here's a photograph I just took of myself...
http://i39.tinypic.com/rwj9zr.jpg

Downs Industries builds both a 62 body and a 67 Coupe body. Have never seen one in person, but if it as nice as their street rod bodies, it will be nice. That being said, it is not the body that costs money, it is all the little odds, ends and trim that can really run into some money.

http://www.downsindustries.com/

I think that you are always better off buying an original donor car, just to get all the other pieces that you will need.


Regards, John McGraw

but it does not have a "frame" like a mid year. its a uni body construction car.

you peel the body off and there is NO frame but there is a wood floor no frame as i said i have wrecked many and have built many cars useing the c4 and c5 running gear

Thanks for the imput guys. The CRC car is the one that I saw in the picture. It seems that they do the mods themselves and don't sell any body panels. I will give all of the companies referenced and see if any of them can fill my needs. Converting an original C1 or C2 body to fit a C5 is way to much trouble. I was hoping that some one made a body specifically to fit a C5 that I could purchase and do the install at our shop. Does anyone have any more leads?

buy one that is done. :cheers:

What !!! Buy one already done and miss the flustriation, pure hell, busted knuckles, headaches, having to fabricate things ten times, etc. and then the gratification of finally completing it and saying I done it myself. Not on your life.

then have fun destroying a C5 for a passing fad

Check the webpage on my project www.prodigy-z06.com and then come back and tell me there's no chassis on a C5.

I haven't been working on a mirage for the last 6 years. I'm sorry, I don't care how many you've wrecked over the years:- C5's have a chassis, and it's a darn good one, which is why we chose to use it for our project.

No, it doesn't have a frame 'like' a C2, but it has one nevertheless.

As we all know a C2 body bolts onto the C2 frame. It's been a while since I've done one, but it's 8 bolts for memory.

The C5 uses a perimeter frame, with a centre structural tunnel that provides fantastic structural rigidity. The rear boot tub is glued to the frame, and the rear panels then screw onto the tub. The front wheel wells are again glued to the frame and the front guards screw to these wheel wells.

C5's are not uni body constructed cars as you suggest. Unibodied vehicles rely on the floorpan attached to the body to give its structural integrity:- C5 construction is nothing like this:yesnod:

Hope this clear this up guys, let's give this poor OP some correct information:crazy:.

The Prodgity-Z06 website is great infomation. That is an awesome build. You guys did a magnificant job building that car. I know you are proud of the results.

Thanks BillyT, yes we are proud of what we achieved with Prodigy:- but we wanted something specific, and set about achieving those goals.

It was thou, a time consuming and difficult journey. I wouldn't do it again, and certainly am not encouraging you to.

I have seen a yellow C1 that had the underpinnings of a C5 Z06, and it was also fitted with a supercharger. It was a neat job, thou perhaps the proportions didn't look quite right behind the doors, but that could have been the angle of photography.
It used a geniune C1 body, and the C5 interior.
I liked it, because the builder dared to do something different, and that always attracts my interest.

Mating a C1 body to a C5 rolling chassis is certainly much more doable than endeavouring to achieve the same result with a C2.
C1 wheelbase is not vastly different from a C1 to a C5, but the C2 has a much smaller wheelbase. Just checkout the finished shots of Prodigy on the website. Rear dogleg is huge compared to the original, and that's after we lengthened the doors 3".

I chose the C5 platform because we owned one at the time, and they are fabulous driving cars, with all the bells and whistles. I often thought whilst driving this car how cool it would be to have ALL these features in a classic old shape.
Most people underestimate, or dissregard the C5 chassis entirely. My opinion is that the factory spent millions developing it, why chuck it out? I was hell bent on using everything on my donor car for my project, and have absolutley no regrets:- and it's all geniune Corvette stuff.

Certainly the most travelled route is use an aftermarket chassis, on a basically standard body, buy bits from various vendors, and put it all together. It's a safe approach, and you'll end up with a neat car, that if done right, won't be like flushing money down the toilet.

At the end of the day thou, it's all about what you want to achieve.
Don't let anyone tell you, you can't, or shouldn't do something.
Have a dream, and follow it.
There's certainly a lot of expertise on this forum, and like me, always happy to help if we can.
I wish you well, whatever road you travel.
Rgds
Ross

Gotta have a bumper!
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/atta...1&d=1328674004

The brief for the build was to build a modern contemporary interpretation of the classic design:- bumpers didn't fit the build plan in our view.

Congrats on the build Ross that looks very nice and clean, for guys that don't have the resources or experience to do a project of that magnitude get your self a C2 project car and a Newman chassi, and there are bodypanels availible to get a 315 wide tire under it without hacking up the C4 suspension and you can use modified original bumpers and it still looks like a C2 but on steroids and any decent custom body shop should be able to do it. once again awesome job Ross.
AE

Thanks Appelen,

Prodigy was a once in a lifetime 'bucket list' project for me, and I have no desire to repeat it, or suggest anybody else do it. The design had been rattling around in my head for more years than I care to remember, and I more than pleased with the end result. It has awsome presence in the flesh, and photos don't do it justice at all.

Anyway ,don't need to hijack this thread. We're here to help the OP.

Rgds
Ross

:iagree: best I could up with in a google image search.

http://www.i-car.com.au/graphics/abo...ize/fig_03.jpg

The C5 chassis is a fabulous piece of work.

They are light, strong, and super rigid. It beats me why more are not used on custom car projects, it's a fabulous platform, and of course all the neat C5 mechanical stuff bolts right in.
You also have the lightweight fibreglass enclosed balsa wood floors.
The more I researched this before I started my project, the more I wanted to use it, and indeed everything else on my donor car.

Yet there seems to be an all too common belief out there that C5's have no chassis:- go figure.

And of course the good news is that C5 donor cars are now real cheap.