how about a convertible for myself? I knew the car was relatively simple to convert to a convertible. So I mustered up my friend Henry Iovino. We got together and posed the question, ‘What would it take to pull it off?’"
Iovino is more than a friend. As a former Corvette C5 engineer and currently the operator of the Skunk Werkes shop in Waterford, Michigan, Iovino knows more about C5s than just about anybody on the planet. Although Cafaro says that building a Z06 convertible is "relatively simple," the task requires sophisticated engineering work aside from removing the fixed roof. Cafaro explained, "There are many parts you have to order, as well as the electronics. The Z06 is programmed as a hardtop, not a convertible."
Another way to create a Z06 convertible is to start with a convertible and install the LS6 engine and Z06