First Sun Roof

The panel is made of fabric often vinyl which folds back as it slides open.

First sun roof.

Mitchell who at the time was the new head of cadillac s styling studio and it would go down in history as the first car he designed from the ground up. Cadillac built its first automobile with a sunroof in 1938. The history of golde sunroof american sunroof corporation asc power sunroof power moonroof power astroroof. During the first year of production the lincoln continental mark iv was sent by ford to the american sunroof company for the moonroofs to be installed offline.

After a long absence in european and north american markets folding sunroofs have experienced a resurgence with several new factory installed options. One of the first examples was the 1960 ford thunderbird. They offer the convenience of a sunroof with an opening more like a convertible. Special notable because it was styled by a very young william l.

Hello karimlakhani ga there seems to be pretty good evidence that webasto a german company invented the first car with an open roof in the 1930 s and came up with the first electrically. Folding sunroofs often called rag tops or cabrio coach are a european tradition. Hyundai mobis a long time south korea automotive supplier with obvious ties to hyundai. During the 1960 s a man named heinz prechter attended school in germany with the son of dr.