Just for the fun of it.

It'll be really interesting to see how the mechanical mechanism and seals hold up over time. I'd think mechanical wear that leads to even a teeny bit of play would effect how it seals up?

You guys get to take it for a rip around the block?

Doc

""Doc"" wrote

I think you are probably right. It looks (from what little we can see) very well made. But I suspect that the owner would be well advised to "not" play with the hard top the way that we have been playing with it in the shop (hee hee). The whole thing is driven by hydraulics, there is a hydraulic motor and sump sitting down where the roof disappears behind the seat, and you can see all the hydraulic lines running to the small rams that operate all the different panels. Getting a leak in the system will "suck" big time, but then again, I don't do body and trim work...heh heh..

Toby is the guy that does all the PDI's and he refuses to drive the thing. He's not interested in wrapping it around a light pole right before the customer comes in for his shiny new SSR. I guess I don't blame him...I'm the same way when I have to work on Corvettes. I have to road test them, but I'd rather not, to much "crap" can happen when you are out on the road. Too many stories floating around out there about customers "seeing" their vehicle being road tested (or flogged, as the case may be).

Ian