Sport. Like Caravaggio, his original idea was to start with a Z06 and build the custom Corvette on a fixed-roof coupe. The project even went so far as to develop drawings of what the car would look like.
In the meantime, Caravaggio came up with an even better idea - cut off the roof. "What happened is, I turned to John one day and said, ‘Why don’t we do a convertible Grand Sport?’" They didn’t make many of those. So basically that’s how this car came about."
The build began with Admiral Blue paint with a white center stripe. Caravaggio explained, "The red hash marks on the left fender are the original hash marks they used on the ‘96 car. We basically ordered everything from a ‘96 Grand Sport - the fender emblems, the hash marks, the stripes, the decals