Vehicle body sunroof

In a vehicle body having a roof structure with a roof opening and a closure panel for selectively opening and closing the roof opening, the combination comprising:

• a stamped sheet metal pan having an opening adapted to register with the opening of the roof structure and a peripheral flange to stiffen the pan against flexure;
• mounting means attaching the pan to the roof structure;
• said flange having a pair of opposed integral V-shaped watertight pleats therein at opposite sides thereof to permit flexure of the pan to conform with the shape of the roof structure;
• track means extending longitudinally of the pan on each side of the opening;
• track engaging means connected with the closure panel to support the closure panel for fore and aft sliding movement along the track means between open and closed positions;
• each of said track means having separate forward and rearward segments and having a track connector adapted to telescopically receive the adjacent ends of the forward and rearward segments in a loose fitting connection whereby the track segments may be mounted in separate planes to adjust a closure panel relative the opening of the roof structure.

In a vehicle body having a roof structure with a roof opening and a closure panel for selectively opening and closing the roof opening, the combination comprising:

• a stamped sheet metal pan for attachment beneath the roof structure and having a forward portion and a rearward portion;
• an opening in the forward portion adapted to register with the opening of the roof structure;
• a plurality of mounting means acting to attach the pan to the roof structure;
• said pan having a peripheral flange to stiffen the pan against flexure and a pair of opposed V-shaped watertight pleats in the peripheral flange generally adjacent the juncture of the forward and rearward portions to permit flexure of the pan and mounting of the forward and rearward portions of the pan in separate planes to attain desired conformance of the pan with the shape of disparate roof structures;
• a track extending longitudinally of the pan on each side thereof, and track engaging means connected with the closure panel to support the closure panel for fore and aft sliding movement positions opening and closing the roof opening, each of said tracks having separate forward and rearward segments and a track connector adapted to telescopically receive the adjacent ends of the forward and rearward segments in a loose fitting connection whereby the track segments may be mounted in separate planes to adjust the closure panel relative the opening of the roof structure.