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Sebring, Fla.- Heads up, ‘Vette fans- Pratt &Miller Engineering is set to unveil a convertible C6RS Corvette at the 12 hours of Sebring. The sans-roof car has a ton of features, but probably the coolest thing the car has going for it is an all-carbon fiber body. Yep, you read that right, for the right price, you can drive around in a hard piece of cloth. Considering the climbing average age of Corvette buyers anymore, a ‘Vette that can offer “hardness” on such a scale is probably pretty high on the “desirable” list. More crudeness and info after the jump.

The heart of the C6RS is a Katech built, 600 horse 8.2 liter, all-aluminum V8, with a nice, clean 600 lb. ft. of torque. It’ll push the Corvette to 60 in 3.5 seconds-which is probably slower than buyers get to, well, you know. Brembo monoblock disk brakes bring things to a halt, while an aluminum chassis holds the whole show together.

Just like all the best male enhancers, the C6RS has a feature that allows for height adjustment for parking, driving, and entry, presumably to make wheeling the ‘ol oxygen tank in behind prospective customers easier. The interior is slathered in leather, giving it the “smoking-lounge” feel, and has a couple of Katech badges glued to the hood, in case people wonder what makes the car different from every other Corvette out there.

No word if there has been an additional space provided for increased golf club storage, but the car will utilize L.E.D. taillights- which may be a risky move for Pratt & Miller, considering their customers will expect vacuum tubes and gas lamps to light their way. The Pratt & Miller website also states that the car will come with an “Exclusive BBS center nut forged aluminum wheel with safety locking device.” This means that either the car will use a DaVinci-esque method of one-wheel propulsion (engineering sketch shown above), or the car will protect buyers from “popping the clutch” prematurely with the nut-locking device.

The car is supposed to cost $185,000-not a small chunk of change, but quite a few features are included with the car, well, that is, except a roof. But what the hell, who could possibly get themselves killed in a lightweight, carbon-fiber, 600-horse convertible bathtub? Reaction times of the white-Velcro-shoe set notwithstanding, Pratt and Miller plan on cranking out about 25 of these a year. It is possible that they figure customers will be more than patient when waiting for their cars (most of them will be asleep most of the time anyway) so there’s really no rush to build the things. Interested in seeing more? Check Pratt & Miller’s website out HERE. In other news, the author will be opening a tuning shop for aluminum and burlwood-bodied Crown Vics, with Allison V-12 engines thrown in for good measure. Expect costs to be around a life’s pension.

(all pictures are of the C6RS hardtop- keep your pants on)

via: Pratt&Miller, AutoWeek, Corvetteblogger, Christopher Poile

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