Re: 1750 GTV factory sunroof?

["John Hertzman" <johnhertzman@domain.elided>]

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From: "Watry, Andrew (LNG-MBC)" <Andrew.Watry@domain.elided>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 1:38 PM
Subject: 1750 GTV factory sunroof?


> I know we beat the subject to death last month of whether a 1750 Berlina
> could have had a factory-original sunroof.  Now here's the same question
for
> a 1971 1750 US GTV. John Elrod and I looked at such a GTV for sale here in
> Berkeley yesterday, billed in its ad thusly: "only 50 of this type with
> factory sunroof."
> In the flesh, the sunroof was a Webasto manual sliding metal type with a
big
> chrome T-handle that you turned and grabbed to move the roof.  The
headliner
> on the interior of the roof and sunroof panel were all the same, the
typical
> snakebite type.  The whole headliner was a false ceiling to allow the
> sunroof to slide back unseen.  There were no grab handles or courtesy
lights
> where GTVs normally have them, and the "headroom" panel over the rear
seats
> was not present.  Clear rubber drain tubes ran down the C pillars and
dumped
> into the rear wheels.  All in all a nice installation, but if you asked me
> to judge the metalwork and installation (now 31 years old, on car that was
> not especially nice), I'd have to say it was post-factory, not factory.
> Have we covered this ground on GTVs already?
> Andrew Watry
> Berlina Register
> 1967 Super posing as a shrubbery
> 1973 Berlina, windowless, headed for body shop today
> 1974 GTV covered with cat footprints
> 1978 Spider now with both clutch and head gasket
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