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From: mdg@ariel.UUCP (M.GALE)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Aftermarket Sunroofs?
Message-ID: <937@ariel.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 16-May-85 20:37:15 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 16 20:37:15 1985
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I'd like to know which cars or trucks come to the dealership with the
sunroof already installed BY THE FACTORY.  Ford Bronco/Bronco II, 
Mustang, and Subaru are all done by the dealership(either by their
body shop or a local one under contract).  I have recently checked
into this with the Ford as I'm thinking of trading my Bronco II in for
one with less miles and more payments.  A friend who has a Subaru also
asked the same question about who chops the hole at his dealership.
As I remember, Dodge supplied the panels and the dealer chopped the
holes for the Magnum's T-Top in the seventies. 
Besides, the small hole made by a sunroof won't affect the structure
much(now all the following is conjecture, I chase electrons for a
living) because all of the stiffness comes from the edges not the
middle. Kinda like a drum, which is why driving an empty van over
potholes is hard on the ears.:-).
BTW, I'm a convertable man myself, driving the third one I've
owned nowadays.

Michael D. Gale.

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