Roof came off of vette!!!!!

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8URPONY

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So my buddy and I were leaving a party. He drove his vette and I was in the T/A. He was behind me as we did the turn around on hall rd. At the light he pulls up next to me only to say that his roof blew off before the turn around. I hit the next turn around only to find this.



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How many drinks did he have before he got behind the wheel?? I know it is hard to flip one latch on a c5.
 
So... we're just talking about a targa top that he forgot to latch, correct?

And not the C6 problem where the sheetmetal was coming unglued at high speeds?
 
Are you sure it wasn't a C6?

GM Recalls 2005 and 2006 Corvettes




May 30, 2006
General Motors is recalling 30,793 Chevrolet C6 Corvette cars from the 2005-2006 model years because the adhesive between the removable roof panel and the frame may separate, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

The Corvette roofs could fly off as a result.

NHTSA warns that "the roof panel may detach from the vehicle and it could strike another vehicle and cause injury and property damage."

GM discovered the problem last year, and asked customers to have the problem fixed at dealerships. Following 21 complaints with NHTSA, GM learned the glitch also affected 2006 models and the company issued a formal recall.

The roof problem affects 2005 and 2006 Corvette models that have painted, removable hard tops, which come on about 40 percent of the $45,000 sport coupes.

The recall is embarrassing for GM, which prizes the Corvette as one of its best engineered and designed vehicles.

The Corvette's hard top is comprised of a magnesium frame and hard plastic roof panel and weighs between 5 and 10 pounds. The roof panel has blown off when adhesive that attaches the roof to a frame separates, according to a GM spokesman.

No one has been injured or killed as a result of the glitch, the spokesman said.
 
Swifster said:
Are you sure it wasn't a C6?

GM Recalls 2005 and 2006 Corvettes




May 30, 2006
General Motors is recalling 30,793 Chevrolet C6 Corvette cars from the 2005-2006 model years because the adhesive between the removable roof panel and the frame may separate, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

The Corvette roofs could fly off as a result.

NHTSA warns that "the roof panel may detach from the vehicle and it could strike another vehicle and cause injury and property damage."

GM discovered the problem last year, and asked customers to have the problem fixed at dealerships. Following 21 complaints with NHTSA, GM learned the glitch also affected 2006 models and the company issued a formal recall.

The roof problem affects 2005 and 2006 Corvette models that have painted, removable hard tops, which come on about 40 percent of the $45,000 sport coupes.

The recall is embarrassing for GM, which prizes the Corvette as one of its best engineered and designed vehicles.

The Corvette's hard top is comprised of a magnesium frame and hard plastic roof panel and weighs between 5 and 10 pounds. The roof panel has blown off when adhesive that attaches the roof to a frame separates, according to a GM spokesman.

No one has been injured or killed as a result of the glitch, the spokesman said.
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I think he knows what car his buddy owns. :shake:
 
Speaking of Vacuums..... Has anyone seen that Kid on History channel from MI. The kid is 12 yrs old and collects vacuum cleaners... Diffrent.....
 
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