c2c4c6

I was told today by a reliable source that convertibles will be further delayed. There have been unexpected problems and therefore ramp-up has been much slower than expected. It will take through January to build the orders that are already in the system. Any orders not yet accepted will not start to be built until some time in February.

Another Yellow

I can believe that as long as the reliable source is not a dealer or a plant tour guide.

luscombe

my conv order is code 3000 for 1/10/05

c2c4c6

The source is from Chevrolet ordering.

S2K

Mine is 12/13 and I hope you are wrong.

MyC6

Just got back from museum delivery / plant tour on Tuesday. Saw only two convertibles on the line. Could have been more, but that's all I noticed.

BiggerTwin

Does this mean my coupe will be built sooner than originally expected?

Alan

Vespa-Vette

Yes, it may mean that your coupe order will be accepted earlier. (If your order has already been accepted and production scheduled at the assembly plant, then no)

That's what happened to us. There were so many orders ahead of us this summer that they were telling us to expect a 1 Qtr 2005 delivery. However, more than 50% of the orders ahead of us were for verts so we ended up taking the express train to the front of the line and Bolwing Green accepted our order in September for a 3rd Qtr 2004 delivery.

c2c4c6

The plant is still only producing a handfull of convertibles each day.

ROKNBLU

Has anybody on this forum taken deliverly of a vert recently? I will love to hear from them!

greengo

So just how many cars do they produce a day?

Vette_DD

I've seen numbers quoted in this forum from 120 per day to 130 per day. That would be about 30,000 per year if they only worked 5-day weeks and about 50 weeks a year.

greengo

OMG......I was thinkin 20-30 a day...I gotta go see this factory!

z06monster

It is better to be delayed than have a recall for tops that don't work.

S2K

Does anyone know the issue? I thought originally the issue was just with the power top. What the heck is going on?

Corvette Junkie

With the C5 full production was 156 a day.

The Garage Master

Z06 I disagree. I have no problem taking something back to the dealer instead of waiting plus its not like that didn't make C5 convertibles so the problems should be minor for manual tops. I believe the power top works a lot like the caddy so those issues should be minor as well.

Corvette Junkie

Are these delays actually new or are they the ones that a few weeks ago pushed a lot of the November TPWs back into January?

burtonbl103

I am thiking of switching to a coupe just to have mine by the sping.
But i had a c5 vert and i just dont know if i will be happy with a coupe

SEA6

For the sake of a couple of months, WAIT if your a vert person
you will regret getting a coupe