Finding a Slicktop (non-sunroof) Car
 

I'm a no-sunroof guy, mainly for headroom reasons, but finding a high-end sporty car without a sunroof is hard, both because they are rare and because it is nearly impossible to search for "no sunroof." I've found a slicktop M3 now (with a boxster for the open-air driving), but the search was hard so I decided to start a blog to help enthusiasts like me have an easier time finding a non-sunroof car.

So if you are looking for a slicktop, selling one, or have found an interesting listing, check out my blog:

www.slicktopia.com

This is not a business, just a resource for fellow slicktop sports car enthusiasts. Listings are free and any posts are credited to the submitter.

Cheers!

In all my years, I've never heard the term "slicktop" Pretty cool site though.

I found an slicktop E46 M3 by accident - wasn't looking for one but the opportunity presented itself and I just had to jump on it.

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Cool idea! I discriminate against sunroofs as well.

I don't know much about M car options but on regular BMWs an unfortunately high percentage come with sunroofs. I think it mostly has to do with the premium package which comes with a sunroof whether you want it or not.

I bought the first private party manual F30 without a sunroof I found. And I haven't seen another come up yet.

I have to agree. I wish my 911 did not have a sunroof. In the last 10 years I have opened it three times, In Monterey, CA at the Acadia National Park in Maine and in Canada on a pretty day. And it was only open for 10 or 15 minutes before I got tired of the sun in my face. I rarely roll the windows down. Never while driving above 10 MPH.

I drove a convertible for over 20 years (a 914) and I have been there, done that.

I prefer no sunroof as well. They seem pretty easy to find in the Midwest though. Of my four sporty cars, only the 944s had sunroofs.

Along the same lines, when I was shopping for a 356, I found one with a sunroof, which is technically more valuable, I wish it was a slick-top. With the Isetta, you don't have a choice - they all have sunroofs.

Thanks y'all. The no-sunroof crowd is small but committed. I hope the blog is a useful and fun resource.

I got to check the blog out. I am too in the N/S crowd. The other requirement is manual shift.

78 911 non sunroof 915
85 Kubvan non anything VW 5 speed 020
01 Dodge 1500 non sunroof 5 speed on the floor
08 VW Rabbit non sunroof 5 speed

Wife went with a MB 350SLK but 6 speed manual

Tough to find, I needed a car on short notice in 08 and took 3 dealerships to get me what I wanted. No Sunroof, 5 speed manual and alloys.

The wifes Benz took a lot of searching and finally in Atlanta found a Blue car with a 6 speed, just what she would have ordered new. It is either a slick top or open kind of met mine and her requirement.

Beside the slick top a manual tranny is also in our only to own.

Terry

Nice blog! I want the 81 sc. a steal!

I used to own a sunroof delete 996TT, you actually had to option to remove the standard sunroof. That was a unicorn that I should have kept.

Owned several over the years...

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I got a Euro 84' Mercedes 280CE that has the sunroof delete option. Plus 5 speed transmission, roll up windows, cloth interior and SLS rear suspension.

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My some day I'll get to it, been sitting in the garage for 10 years, 72 911 someone "updated" in the 80's to look like a 74 Carrera is a non sunroof car

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Also a fan of the slick-top cars. I've been lucky to own a couple of rare ones, a 74 Carrera and an 85 Audi quattro.

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I've never heard it spoken, but it seems common on BMW forums. I don't think they're all that rare on older cars, but like the OP said they're hard to search for.

more familiar with hard top or tin top.

In my job, a slicktop doesn't have light bar on the top :)

Yep and none of them have sunroofs. :)