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Posted: **19 May 2010 19:42**

Does anyone know how many Southern Sky Special Editions were produced?

Clay

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Posted: **19 May 2010 20:20**

Sorry cant help

But that is one crazy sun roof 

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Posted: **19 May 2010 22:35**

Nice little project
where is it Clay??[8D]

Posted: **20 May 2010 01:34**

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by stevie_a

But that is one crazy sun roof [/b] [/teal]

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it is a nice roof , at the dealer we had put quite a few of those on Escorts and Tempo's back in the day....one client even had us put one on his Mustang (which admittedly was more of a horror, but he liked it)
Can't remember who made it, but it was our local trim-line jobber that did them for us.

Ron.

Posted: **20 May 2010 12:12**

From Original Triumph TR7 & TR8 , by Bill Piggott:

"...only offered in the south eastern USA, Florida, Georgia, The Carolinas, Virginia and Maryland. The principal feature was a bronze-tinted glass sliding sunroof, allegedly specially designed to reduce turbulence and noise and to reflect heat. Factory air-conditioning was also usually fitted. Twin side stripes were added, running along the swage lines of the body, with the words 'Southern Skies' incorporated towards the rear. A circular decal incorporating a sun and a crescent moon appeared at the bottom of each front wing behind the wheel arch. The number of cars produced is unknown."

Posted: **20 May 2010 15:54**

I don't think I would call Maryland the south east...maybe Mississippi.[:0]

Ken
(Georgia Red Neck)[:D]

Maintained on Saturdayâ€¦Drive on Fun-Day !!! 1976 FHC - 1980 DHC

Posted: **20 May 2010 16:16**

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by RadioGuy

I don't think I would call Maryland the south east...maybe Mississippi.[:0]

Ken
(Georgia Red Neck)[:D]

Maintained on Saturdayâ€¦Drive on Fun-Day !!! 1976 FHC - 1980 DHC
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The Mason-Dixon line pretty much determined that. [:)]

nick
'79 TR7

Posted: **20 May 2010 16:27**

I dont recall ever seeing one on the road or elsewhere. But it is a neat looking unit! [8D]

Johnny

Posted: **20 May 2010 18:35**

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by RadioGuy

I don't think I would call Maryland the south east...maybe Mississippi.[:0]
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Although Maryland stayed in the Union there was a large chunk with sympathies to the south as only 50% of it's black's were free. Even it's state song "Maryland My Maryland" said something about slaughtering those damn Yankees until it was modified to be more PC. So you could say it's head was in the north but it's heart was in the south.

TR7 Spider - 1978 Spifire - 1976 Spitfire - 1988 Tercel 4X4 - Kali on Integra - 1991 Integra

Posted: **20 May 2010 18:47**

Jclay,
is that near you???? Mayb someone here should snag it since it's so rare....

Posted: **20 May 2010 18:48**

the sunroof looks similar to the ones fitted to the peugeot 205 gtis... nice looking car tho....

the project at birth, watch it evolve...I hope...

Posted: **21 May 2010 14:50**

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by stevie_a

Sorry cant help

But that is one crazy sun roof 

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You should try finding parts for one. My TR8FHC had one installed in Leonia, NJ before it was sent to the dealership in Denver. From Paul's attempts at accounting for all the TR8 FHC's, so far mine is the only one with this sliding glass roof. According to the manufacturer of the sliding glass roof, they were only produced for 2-3 years.

Those sliding roofs were first introduced in a May/June 1976 TSOA newsletter and were to be marketed first in the Central, Northeast and Northwest sales regions, then open to all other sales regions. The Southern Skies edition was solely a product of the Southeast sales region and the idea of Cary Cooper. Yet another "Special Edition" TR7. Apart from the special striping and badge, it was no different than any other TR7 Coupe with the same sliding glass roof.

I found some spare parts for my roof from a wrecked TR7 coupe in Massachusetts that was not a 'Southern Skies' special edition.

Here is a link to the TSOA Newsletter.

http://www.templeoftriumph.org/tsoa/TSOAMayJun76.pdf

Shawn

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