csnow

I joined the distinguished dumb a$$ club this morning. I forgot to latch the top the other evening, which gave me instant membership this morning when leaving Corpus Christi heading back to San Antonio. Fortunate for me, the top did a double flip and landed right side up in the road. It landed flat and only scuffed up some of the plastic interior trim and broke the rear latch lever. Thank goodness there was no one behind me at the time of jettison.

Too bad this isn't an Olympic competition as I would metaled today. 720 degrees of rotation with a perfectly stuck landing. Not a single scratch on the paint.

I was 100 yards from the interstate, so I count this as a blessing as this could have been a lot worse. I often wondered how anyone could be so stupid as to not latch the top. Well, now I know

Does anyone know if the rear latch mechanism can be purchased as a separate part number?

Bmorevette

Wow, that could have been much worse!! Glad that the damage is minimal and no one was hurt. Here's a latch for ya:

http://www.corvettesouth.com/corvett...ch-585025.html

peter pan

Glad that you only need a latch and good luck finding one

johnodrake

I don't know, but Gene Culley at GMPartsHouse.com would.

mikez51c6

Ouch that sucks

csnow

I am going to call Kevin at Parts Taxi in the morning. Looks like I can get one since there is a reproduction on the link posted above (thanks - Bmorevette). I might use this an excuse to get a glass top that I was thinking of buying last winter.

jimmie jam

Corvette Recycling may be able to help also. I just checked with the FAA and they said you don't qualify for a glider permit either.

Scuba Ghost

You are not the first and you won't be the last. I just hope it never happens to me.

ranger 66

Glad to hear no one including the top was seriously hurt.

Raazor

keep posting these to help the rest of us remember

csnow

LOL, in retrospect, it was pretty funny. I was driving along, shifted gears, and then said to myself, "Wow, it sure got sunny in here" I looked in the rear view mirror and saw the top spinning. I pulled over and a truck stopped in front of the top and put his hazards on. He met me half-way holding my top and said, "I think you dropped something".

Sigo

RO55

Feel bad for you, but I guess it could have been alot worse.

csnow

It is bad when you do something so stupid, and you have no one to blame but yourself

wayback

Glad no one was hurt and the top survived with little damage.

I must admit I drove off one day with the latches open. Lucky for me it started to flap a little in the subdivision and I latched it before anydamage was done. Did I feel stupid!!

Like they say: chit happens.

R&L's C6

A few weeks ago I purchased these and thought I would attach them to the hatch handles somehow. I would like to be able to tuck them above the handles when the roof is locked. After reading posts like this, I think I need to get that done.

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OnPoint

Ouch.

Glad it wasn't any worse. Since I'm a fixed roof coupe guy, I've had the top off my GS once to lube the latches and put the rubber o-rings on it to keep it quiet. My wife, who is a ragtop girl doesn't even know the top comes off the GS.

keeks2915

The blue oval crowd had many issues with the 69 Shelby.

Funny press and twist latches on hood.

Many of the originally hoods snapped right in middle at about 60 mph....

I think we all have done dumb stuff and later realized how luck we were.

Thankfully no one was hurt.

grady

did it twice with my C5. I trust I won't do it again

Torchsport

My girlfriend made me take the top off my GS coupe yesterday, while we drove around all day looking at Jet-skis. I told her to MAKE SURE I LATCH THAT SUCKER when we get back!

Raazor is correct...These threads help many of us.