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I remember an Inca Sprint being sold on ebay in the UK a number of years back that had an electric steel sunroof. When new the car had been provided to someone in BL management, the roof was fitted when the car was new. Whether the fitment had been contracted out who knows.
Could this car have somehow ended up in Australia??
It's possibly the same car and equally possibly not!
What I CAN say is that ANY sunroof was never a listed option in the official pricelist. However, I spent nearly 2 years at "Car Hood Company's" Harrow branch fitting the Britax/Weathersheilds fabric sunroof to all manner of new cars including dozens of Dolomites. I'd say 90% of our sunroof business there was pre delivery installs on new cars. At circa £250 in 1976/77 when I was there, it was quite a pricey add on to put in a clunker! In those days, an electric steel slider was the creme-de-la-creme of sunroofs, normally reserved for Rolls and Bentleys or the occasional Merc (I think the Wood and Pickett Sprint has one) They'd only be installed by a VERY select few companies (like W+P) and the cost would be astronomical, at least double that of the Weathershields offering. Which accounts for their rarity!
I really enjoyed my time there, there was something immensely satisfying about taking a lump hammer and bolster to a brand new car!
Steve