K-Spaz

I feel yer pain, I just stood at a Trump Rally for a few hours on asphalt and my legs and feet were killing me. I'm no good at standing still. Can walk 10 miles, no issue. Standing still...
Hoping some might drop their price if they can't swap the top like the cool guys!

Coyote

47 isn't THAT old. But hey, this whole top down, top up exercise may help my flexibility.

001pewter

001pewter

We'll get Spazzy to do some more wearing sweat bands and sht to sell as a complete workout.

Arms: doors for bi's and tri's
Leg day: pushing the car around
Cardio: have someone chase you in the car

K-Spaz

Neck: Lay on a creeper under the car for 2 days working on it.

Grandpa1

Why in the world would you want to see how fast you can raise or lower the top?
I pride myself in doing things as slow as possible because I have no choice.
I enjoy looking my 03 vert over as I walk around it when I raise or lower the top. I once saw a bug splatter on the passenger side mirror and quickly cleaned it away. No telling how long it would have gone unnoticed if I had raised or lowered the top from inside.
Not going to happen with this old man. Impossible.

Forcedvert

I was pretty sure you had orangutan arms

Edmund Iverson

Thank you for showing this newbie to the Vette experience another great "trick of the trade"! I saved your two videos for reference and proof that it can be done!

K-Spaz

Necessity is the mother of invention. Get caught along the freeway when it's busy and it starts raining, NOW is a good time for the top to go up. If you don't want to be a statistic, you stay in the car.

But seriously, this wasn't a challenge to see how fast I could do it. I can't see how going slower is somehow going to benefit anything. I'm not frantic here, this is just the pace at which I would move, and if you add 5 seconds to this, it would look 100% relaxed.

If I get another C5 vert, this is just how I'll swap that one. For now, I hit a button and it goes rrr r r r r r r r r r r r for what feels like an hour and the top goes up or down, when it's in the mood and some switch isn't fooling the car into thinking something is unsafe. What a pita. I HATE the power roof now. To add, the motors and hydraulics for that cost a FOR CHUN! Holy big bucks batman.
Hey, even if I didn't, the toneau motions are easily done by simply nudging it and letting it fall. Pushing up, arm length is irrelevant. I reach to the top of it and hold on, but you wouldn't have to. I'll also add that when it's windy, this is more difficult. But it's difficult standing outside too if it's windy.
Hey, I'm glad if you find it useful I forget the first place tried it but I needed to avoid traffic. Figured I'd try this way, and next thing ya know, I preferred it.