Following a private discussion with Alistair, we figured it would be best to post in a new thread, for simplicity's sake...
Several posts, have brought up something I've been thinking about for a while, and after talking to Alistair privately about it, we wanted to see your opinion on a proper thread regarding these matters:
Many of you have had, at one time or another, issues with the canopy opening, and have explained how they had to use their sun roof as an escape route, which is fine if you have one! But what about those who don't, what would be a viable work around for these?
Would, like was posted in a different thread, the possibility of releasing the ram bolts, and pushing the roof up, maybe in some kind of hinge action actually work?
Alistair suggested using the side windows, and continued with his comment about getting out through side windows, if by some unlucky chain of events, the car ended up on its roof!
Now, this opened up some questions for me, one of which, was the chance of the canopy surviving such an incident, especially after seeing how Mick's canopy looked like it was destroyed by that recovery muppet when he strapped Mick'sRedNova down on the truck!
That, would potentially render the side windows useless, and the main window would be just as useless, since it would be pretty much flat against the ground!
He then commented about how the rams/whatever would be strong enough to lift the car while on the roof? I'm not sure about that and would ask you guys if that's feasible, or not?
He then mentioned something about sunroofs, but I'll leave that for him, when he gets to make his post...
There was one final thing, his comment about said car thinking its in australia (bad joke, I know!) made me consider, and that was the rear bulkhead, would that withstand the weight of the car and act as a roll frame? does it already have one in it? if not, I would personally consider building and installing a hidden roll frame in the rear bulkhead to add some structural strength and potentially eliminate the chance of its collapsing...
All of the above pretty much rattled to the surface of my head with that one post, so, I ask your opinions about the concerns, and how you would address them?
This isn't a way to talk myself out of owning a nova, its more to do with my thinking about ways to personalize and possibly improve on the safety of the car
(Like, how to reinforce the structure of the canopy to eliminate the collapse issue, and more)