I found the Saratoga Sunroof guy. Any interest in NEW Saratogas?

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11-04-2011, 10:07 PM

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Under $500 and I'm in. Just say where to send $$$.

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11-04-2011, 11:06 PM

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First post is from 2007...is this real?

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11-04-2011, 11:17 PM

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Are we really talking about this AGAIN??

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11-04-2011, 11:20 PM

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There's plenty of interest in this. Someone just needs to pull that elusive trigger.

I want a smoke grey.

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11-06-2011, 09:08 AM

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yes me too. PM me when ready. I have access to tooling folks if needed

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11-06-2011, 05:39 PM

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I think I am the only one who got a Saratoga Sunroof out of this thread.....no one saw the offer on page 10....I PM'd the guy and bought it.

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01-27-2012, 02:05 PM

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I just got a hold of the company that originally mfg these tops. The company may or may not have the tooling laying around, since they no longer actually mfg them now. I am waiting for a call back to see. If not, I told them anything under $500.00 would be good. Any thoughts.

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01-27-2012, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Stephencs601

my thoughts reflect back to page one.....some 5 years ago when:

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Originally Posted by WolfeMacleod

Found the saratoga sunroof guy. Spoke to his wife a few minutes ago. He wasn't home, but he should call back soon.
He sold the company to his ex wife several years ago, who ran it into the ground.

They had no idea the Saratogas were in demand...or such high priced.

So..If I could talk this guy into going back into production...or maybe locating and selling of the original tooling, would anybody be interested?

or 5 years before that in 2002 when Tabo II was going to sink $150k in tooling to bring them back LOL

Ill check back in 2017....the next time someone tracks down the saratoga guy.

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01-27-2012, 03:03 PM

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Glass of Saratoga tops were made by LOF. (Libby-Owens-Ford), who manufactured most of the glass at least to GM starting from '50's (maybe even earlier). LOF is now owned by Pilkington Group. Saratoga just made the frame, not glass.

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01-27-2012, 03:10 PM

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Why not just make a sunroof out of lexan yourself, its easy enough to cut, lighter/stronger than glass.

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01-27-2012, 03:47 PM

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01-27-2012, 07:10 PM

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I spoke to the rep at Pikington today and I am waiting for him to see if the tooling is still there. They will do this for us. The question is, how many can we get to order the tops. We all know, the more tops mfg, the cheaper they become.

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