Topic: 71 Sportroof with Factory sunroof

[J_Speegle]

Found this and thought it interesting. Posting it here since once the auction is gone so will the info and pictures

Don't know the car nor owner - auction will likely be gone before many of you see it anyway

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1971-Ford-Mustang-Sports-Roof-NO-RESERVE-Well-Documented-/290623314024?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item43aa7fd868

[c9zx]

Jeff, Thanks for posting this. It seems legitimate to me. I'd heard rumors about a 71 with a sunroof but thought it was an aftermarket conversion.  Chuck

[J_Speegle]

Yes the invoice to the company that did the sun roofs sort of seals it - unless it was a fake (don't believe it is in any way) and then you should be able to cross check it with a Marti report. Now that I think of it - kind of surprised that the seller did not show a Marti report but then not everyone buys one

Glad to share and as mentioned, after a few weeks the pictures and info will be gone. Though we might see the car again at a show or in a magazine at some point

[midlife]

I don't think this is a factory sunroof.  Look at the bill of sale/shipping address and it is: American Sun Roof in Southgate, MI.  Dollars to doughnuts American Sun Roof installed the sunroof and passed the vehicle back to the LA area for final sales.

[J_Speegle]

I don't think this is a factory sunroof.  Look at the bill of sale/shipping address and it is: American Sun Roof in Southgate, MI.  Dollars to doughnuts American Sun Roof installed the sunroof and passed the vehicle back to the LA area for final sales.

Believe you will find that this is as "factory" as they get since Ford didn't do sunroofs but farmed that part of the assembly out. All the 71 Cougars with factory sunroofs (70's also as well as possibly other years and car models) were shipped out to the same company.  Ford didn't do those in house either.

1970 Cougar with "factory" sunroof example





 That is not a "bill of sale" but instead a shipping invoice (have them for a fair number of my cars) showing the car being shipped to the company for the sun roof installation - just like the Boss 429's shipping invoices show them being shipped to Kar Kraft for "conversion" or completion.

Of course cars like these would have multiple shipping invoices showing from Ford to another location, back to Ford and or to another region or location.  (Sorry for getting off thread a little) Just a few examples of where the cars could be going to on the shipping invoices. First example is of a 70 Boss 429 as mentioned above.