I got completely overwhelmed trying to keep up with requests here and just kind of bugged out. Then both businesses got crazy, life got busy, and I bought a project Navigator L to keep me busy for a bit!
It was a low-key driveby, wasn't it?
In all honesty, we had a pretty rough bout with COVID here in my house that got everyone behind the sticks. Myself (breakthrough case), my 9 year old son, and my 2 year old daughter all got it over the course of several weeks. The kids turned out ok, but...
This doesn't match what I know to be the 2.0 top - there is still exposed core on the downward-facing edges on the clamshell and errant overspray of the black sealant used to coat the unfinished edges in the first version.
What makes us think this is the new top?
We didn't think they could do it, but they did. The scale of this operation will make for fun reading in the years ahead... I doubt there have been many other situations with tooling components being express airlifted to meet an impossible deadline.
Tooling was up and running Friday and from...
Unfortunately, I think this has more to do with filling the order books in accordance with their currently planned timeline. FE reservation holders should feel good about getting their rigs this year, but I think any getting built in September is incredibly optimistic
The schedule is optimistic, but the new tooling will be installed by the end of next month. Once that happens, it really shouldn't take THAT long to build out the 3,000 or so necessary units to address shipped rigs and the sandlot kids. From there they'll be able to finish all the FE units and...
No - the entire roof assembly is being replaced. This is being described this way as they won't ship the "replacement kits" to the dealers with the glass in place. It will need to be installed in the new cap by the dealer.