Transparent roof convertible automobile with retractable sunshade

In combination with an automobile body having a front windshield, a rear window and a pair of side doors cooperatively defining a passenger compartment with a roof opening;

• a roll bar extending transversely across the body and separating the roof opening from the rear window;
• a T-bar extending in a longitudinal direction between an upper edge of the front windshield and the roll bar substantially intermediate a transverse width of the roll bar;
• a roof panel having an area corresponding to that of the roof opening, at least a portion of the roof panel being transparent and the roof panel being moveable over the roll bar from a normal position in which the roof opening is covered by the roof panel to a retracted position in which a transparent portion of the roof panel overlies the rear window and the roof opening is uncovered;
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• retractable sunshade means for covering selected amounts of the transparent portion of the roof panel when the roof panel is in its normal position, including a plurality of sunshade panels having inner edges slideable in a track member connected to the T-bar, the sunshade panels being moveable to stowed overlapping positions above the roll bar.