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C5Alive General Category => C5 Chatroom => Topic started by: Luke S on 16, November, 2012 - 21:46:17

Title: Colored boots
Post by: Luke S on 16, November, 2012 - 21:46:17

Hi all ;)

What is the difference between the different colored boots. Are the c5 's with the gray boots older then the ones with the white boots? Was it just another accessory? ??? ??? ??? ??? Mine has a gray boot. ;D ;D

Title: Re: Colored boots
Post by: Luke S on 16, November, 2012 - 21:58:59

Grey boot
http://c5alive.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,2671.0.html (http://c5alive.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,2671.0.html)

Title: Re: Colored boots
Post by: Luke S on 16, November, 2012 - 22:00:45

White boot
http://c5alive.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,2461.0.html (http://c5alive.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,2461.0.html)

Title: Re: Colored boots
Post by: Lancealot on 16, November, 2012 - 22:14:40

Hi Luke,

I general the grey boot was for the mark1 C5 - the first main batch, This was later on changed to a white boot with some minor mods that was done to the C5 i.e. wiring changes, gear box material (brown to cream), etc. The basics are all the same and quite a lot of boots over the last 30 years have been interchanged.

Nowadays it is down to personal preferance and what you get when you buy your C5.

Hope this helps.

Lance

Title: Re: Colored boots
Post by: Luke S on 17, November, 2012 - 18:23:09

Yes thanks

So mine was probably one of the first batch out unless someone has changed the boot on it  ::) ::) ::) ::) 

Title: Re: Colored boots
Post by: Phoenix on 17, November, 2012 - 18:45:22

You can tell when your was born by the number on it


V100050302778
V1000 = Model reference for C5
5 =1985
03 = March
02778 = 2778th produced that month

Title: Re: Colored boots
Post by: Luke S on 18, November, 2012 - 09:00:34

Mine dose not have that, so i don't know when it was made annoyingly :'(

Title: Re: Colored boots
Post by: Luke S on 18, November, 2012 - 09:01:29

Thanks for the help ;)

Title: Re: Colored boots
Post by: Karl on 19, November, 2012 - 10:10:45

As Lance says, the earlier versions had the dark boots. White was introduced later in response to criticism that c5's were not visible enough in traffic.