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Judge yourself - Bjoern Schmidt test drove the barchetta, he did not want to bring it back
michalak soft top
michalak soft top
michalak soft top
michalak soft top
michalak soft top
michalak soft top
michalak soft top
michalak soft top
michalak soft top
michalak soft top
michalak soft top
michalak soft top
michalak soft top
michalak soft top
michalak soft top
michalak soft top
michalak soft top
michalak soft top
michalak soft top

michalak barchetta soft top turns garage queen into road runner

This newly constructed roof turns the 550 Barchetta from a garage queen to a real road runner ! Summer in Germany normally can't be compared i.e. with a summer in California, which means rain is also a common sight in a regular German summer. Therefore driving a 550 Barchetta for one week in July through the famous Black Forest would have been a risk to spoil the interior....but thanks to Bernd Michalak's genius we were able to mount the roof in less than one minute. Compare this to the 15 minutes the regular factory roof needs ! Of course, I did use the new roof on the German "Autobahn" as well and recognized that 200+ km/h shoudn't be any problem for both - the car and the roof.
This roof makes the 550 Barchetta even more thrilling !

Bjoern Schmidt

Comment from Mark Ketcham - Bjoern it never rains  in Southern California - it only pours !