'72 Sunroof Delete Coupes - Rare or not?

[sithot]

One of the neatest cars I ever got talked out of was '78 SC with 55,000 miles, no sunroof, no power windows and ordered WITHOUT AC from the factory. GP White over black.

[carsandcapp]

There were Delete options, but not for a sunroof. Anyone using the "sunroof delete" term should be viewed with suspicion. Here are some Delete options:
1967 9541 Delete undercoating - loss of warranty (22lbs)
1967 9542 Delete sound absorbing materials (36lbs)
1970 71 M421 Delete bumper horns on front bumper
1971 M496 Delete PORSCHE lettering on engine lid
1971 84+ M498 Delete model designation on engine lid
1971 M499 Delete model designation on glove box door
M486 Delete driver side mirror
1973 Delete rear spoiler
1975 M470 Delete front and rear wing
1984 M464 Delete compressor and tire pressure gauge
1984 M470 Delete spoilers, in conjunction with turbo look
1984 M576 Delete rear foglight

Interesting. Thanks for sharing these. I guess you can add me to the "suspicious list", lol. 95% of my time with 911's was with G body cars until picking up my '72 last year. I can tell you amongst that crowd and over on the seabird site that "sunroof delete" is quite commonly used. I did a search on the term over there and came back with 25 pages of results.

[Cliff]

All along I thought sf delete was a racers term!!

[Eminence Gris]

Sunroof delete!

(Not a small job!)

[tfiv]

I always ask if they just filled the hole, or cut it off at the pillars and replaced the whole thing.

[sithot]

I always ask if they just filled the hole, or cut it off at the pillars and replaced the whole thing.

There is at least one "rolled" RS America I saw a few years back in the bodyshop I use that won't match its COA anymore from this activity. Sunroof to no sunroof.

Value added? LOL

[Eminence Gris]

I always ask if they just filled the hole, or cut it off at the pillars and replaced the whole thing.

Non sunroof clips used to be plentiful, but they are hard to find in good condition and they are expensive if you do...

[VintageExcellen]

Sunroof is a rare and cool option on early cars but late cars no sunroof is desirable - the grass is always greener on the other side.

My 70S is a sunroof, I went looking for one with a sunroof years ago as a project. My 79 930 I happened to have a friend flipping cars came across a 930 at a casino where the owner was a poker player that needed cash…. I came up to buy it and it didn’t have a sunroof to my surprise, so I grumbled at the price complaining it wasn’t worth as much because he didn’t tell me it was missing a sunroof…. All the while snickering to myself knowing it was much rarer without the roof hole but he didn’t know that. So now I have 2 rare cars - early one with the option and late one without the option. I ran a dealership for a while and we sold many 930s, I would get Europeans calling around 20 years ago requesting no sunroof 930s and I remember telling one they don’t exist, but I was wrong.

All the 930s I’ve looked at with window stickers had the sunroof listed as an option and an added price but most all of them came with a sunroof.

The crowd has decided to use the term sunroof delete and it stuck because it sounds more interesting. They also use the term slicktop. I’m surprised how many paint shops I’ve been to in the last 10 years removing sunroofs - some should not have had their hands on these cars as I’ve seen some scary work where they cut the car at the pillars and weld another roof on by only welding the outside metal, not the inner. Then these panels showed up to weld the hole closed without removing the roof.