Re: 1750 GTV factory sunroof?

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

Please excuse if this is a duplicate, I intended to send a reply but the
"Sent Items" list in my mailer shows Andrew's question without my answer.
Some dealers for various makes of cars were "Authorized Webasto Sunroof
Installers" authorized by Webasto and the same goes for other aftermarket
accessory authorized installers but that does not mean "Alfa authorized" or
"Alfa option" or "Alfa accessory" or anything like that. The Webasto (or
other) trained technicians could do fine jobs to Webasto (or other)
standards, but unless you can find the Alfa parts number in an Alfa parts
catalog it isn't an Alfa sunroof.

Cheers
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Watry, Andrew (LNG-MBC)" <Andrew.Watry@domain.elided>
To: <alfa-digest@domain.elided>
Cc: <jwe@domain.elided>; <johnhertzman@domain.elided>
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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