C7 vert has new top action...animation
03-05-2013, 12:51 PM
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I have one of each. In 2007+ the manual top was not available in the 3LT+ trim level.
03-05-2013, 12:59 PM
#22
Le Mans Master
Power convertible tops were an option on the Corvette from 1956-1962. Not available again until the C6 in 2005, 2006 as a seperate option. 2007 to 2013 the power Convertible top came with the 3LT option pkg.
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03-05-2013, 01:12 PM
#23
Race Director
Sorry....
03-05-2013, 01:37 PM
#25
Race Director
If memory serves:
2005/2006: Power top was a stand alone option
2007/2008/2009: Power top was part of the 3LT package, 2LT was manual (I had a 2008 2LT convertible)
2010-2013: Power top is part of 2LT/3LT/4LT packages. Starting in 2010 (I think it was), there was a 1LT convertible (with a manual top), prior to this, 2LT was the lowest trim level on the convertible.
I may not have the years exactly right but this was the power top progression on the C6
Jimmy
PS. I believe all C7 convertibles will have power tops.
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03-05-2013, 01:41 PM
#26
Race Director
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03-05-2013, 02:11 PM
#28
It may have something to do with the gm claim that the top can be raised or lowered at 50 kph. The C6 tonneau would be ripped off it's hinges at that speed. If I owned one I doubt I would give it a try, though. It's got to be hard on the top's hydraulics (assuming they are still using hydraulic actuators).
03-05-2013, 02:20 PM
#29
Race Director
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It may have something to do with the gm claim that the top can be raised or lowered at 50 kph. The C6 tonneau would be ripped off it's hinges at that speed. If I owned one I doubt I would give it a try, though. It's got to be hard on the top's hydraulics (assuming they are still using hydraulic actuators).
03-05-2013, 02:27 PM
#32
Race Director
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03-05-2013, 02:28 PM
#33
Race Director
No interlocks or electronic nannies on that one.D@mn stupid kid.....................
03-05-2013, 02:34 PM
#34
Race Director
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Yeah - waaaaaaaaay back when as a kid I had a "63 1/2 Falcon Sprint convertible with a power top. Tried putting it down - once - while driving at about 30 mph. BIG mistake! Torqued the whole top frame - had to disassemble, straighten, and reassemble. No interlocks or electronic nannies on that one.
D@mn stupid kid.....................
No interlocks or electronic nannies on that one.D@mn stupid kid.....................
03-05-2013, 02:42 PM
#35
Team Owner
Power top on the C7 is retro..........
03-05-2013, 05:25 PM
#37
Le Mans Master
I'd bet yes. I think the windows will go down when you use the key fob to put it down and up when you put the top back up with the fob. It would be so easy to incorporate it would be silly not to have that feature.
03-05-2013, 05:29 PM
#38
Le Mans Master
No track days for the Vert guys, not sure they would track them anyway!
03-05-2013, 05:43 PM
#39
Team Owner
Funny thing is I can put my top up and down faster than the mechanical way and it weighs less and less things can go wrong, oh well, onward and upward.
03-05-2013, 06:29 PM
#40
It may have something to do with the gm claim that the top can be raised or lowered at 50 kph. The C6 tonneau would be ripped off it's hinges at that speed. If I owned one I doubt I would give it a try, though. It's got to be hard on the top's hydraulics (assuming they are still using hydraulic actuators).