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New All new tooling and an altered design. It became quite clear that even when manufactured exactly to spec that the design was flawed. The timeline here is optimistic, but the right move nonetheless.

Snagged tickets to see Shannon Powell at Preservation Hall on Saturday!

MIC info will be released soon enough. Also, as of today "full speed" production has been delayed indefinitely, as Rangers will far outweigh Broncos on final at least thru the planned MY21 run. Bronco's dedicated body shop has been sandbagged to spread work between both shifts.

Yes, unfortunately.

So it's apparent that they've charted out their solution to the MIC issue. It's painful and it's going to contribute to some ugly headlines over the next few days, but it's the most responsible solution. If you're low on booze, pick yourself up something good to get you through a few rough...

Haartz makes the fabric and ships it to Webasto, who makes the soft top assemblies.

A *temporary* stoppage of production is happening to mitigate commodity constraints. A *full halt*of Bronco production is NOT among the options I've heard of.

Wish I could, hokey pokey.

The ones still stuck there? Mostly 😳😑😳😔😳... so to speak.

Nothing all encompassing. If that makes any sense.

Zero. Finger pointing, on the other hand, is likely at an all time high. The supplier told Ford they could build these to their spec. They couldn't. It's quite possible that NO supplier could build them to Ford's spec. So here we are.

Not likely, which is the biggest holdup right now. The backlash for widespread delivery of shitty tops compounded by the freight costs to deliver thousands of new tops and payouts to dealers for installing them... it's not a path they want to go down. Unfortunately, but unsurprisingly.

Living with this current, inherently flawed MIC roof, which has several scratches after 1,651 miles of gingerly-handled service, I have gigantic concerns in how these paint jobs will fare. However, this looks fresh as hell.

It's absolutely and positively supposed to be credited to your truck at purchase. There is no mechanism that automatically applies it, so make sure they did. Hell, my cousin is my dealer GM who personally handled my purchase and still forgot this until I asked. Remember that the deposit was...

This. I'll hint around where I can, but most of what I've heard has been single sourced and I can't risk burning them.

LOTS of discussion here, and some of the options being brought up jive with *possibilities* being considered. AFAIK, there isn't a firm decision one way or another. All FEs will be built out in MY21 (and honestly those still awaiting a VIN and scheduling shouldn't be waiting too much longer)...

My dad bought from Ricart from the late '70s thru mid '00s. They're still a great outfit if you want a quick, smooth transaction to get something off the lot. Wouldn't trust them with a custom order to save my life. My cousin is the Sr. GM for the Coughlin family and runs their new Ford palace...

I don't think they'll say much new until they're confident in what they're saying. If that makes sense.

We don't have a booster Venmo but if you send it to me (@RossMusick) I'll flip it right to the booster Paypal. If you include your email I'll copy you on the transfer notification for the sake of transparency. Thank you so much!

To my knowledge, none of the purgatory holds are waiting on chips. MAP hasn't built any Broncos without chips awaiting further installation as other Ford plants have. I've heard of some proposals but nothing that's started yet. No, emphatically. Hasn't happened, isn't happening, won't happen.