True. However, I said "serious GT cars".
Bud Osbourne
-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Christ [mailto:cfchrist@earthlink.net]
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 9:14 AM
To: Bud Osbourne; Joe Lansing; spridgets
Subject: RE: MGB question
isetta , vw bug, saab model 96 , 2cv, all had sliding canvas sunroofs.
chuck
> [Original Message]
> From: Bud Osbourne <abcoz@hky.com>
> To: Joe Lansing <kidjoevid@yahoo.com>; Spridgets
<spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Date: 10/12/2006 8:02:02 AM
> Subject: RE: MGB question
>
> In the US market, no, I'm quite certain it didn't. In the "home
market"
> versions, maybe, but I doubt it. Personally, with the MGB roadster in
> good supply, I think it's a dumb idea (no offense meant, Joe, but I AM
a
> curmudgeon, after all) and a good way to ruin a perfectly good GT.
And,
> you're right about the wind noise, at 70MPH. I can't think of any
> serious GT car, of the era, that was offered with a "cloth moon roof".
> The only ones I've ever seen were aftermarket conversions, with the
> possible exception of those on the TVRs.
> Bud Osbourne
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