17-07-2020, 08:01 AM
My RP sold here as a de luxe with all the features (and more; heavy bumpers front and rear) but had (fortunately) just the smokers hatch. The convention may have been continued. Is it evident from old advert pictures? Cars here tended to be used as everyday year round transport so any troublesome roofs soon got patched over, sunroof or closed. There would be few persons left in NZ with memories of the cars when still common and in everyday use, or who have closely observed enough cars to figure if originally with sun roof. I suspect any such cars would have been short lived in Wellington!
When I was a small boy we were driving thru the Manawatu Gorge when a pile of rocks tumbled onto the road ahead. So my Dad fitted a steel roof. Somewhat more impressive events eventually closed the route. May still be on Google. I can still recall seeing an upturned railway engine which fell into the river after hitting a slip.
When I was a small boy we were driving thru the Manawatu Gorge when a pile of rocks tumbled onto the road ahead. So my Dad fitted a steel roof. Somewhat more impressive events eventually closed the route. May still be on Google. I can still recall seeing an upturned railway engine which fell into the river after hitting a slip.