Australian Mk2 RS2000 Factory Sunroof?

Ford factory offered sunroofs were Golde brand from Europe and had the crank handle to slide.  Your Escort has a locally fitted type often seen on 70's Holdens that use a spring loaded lever for manual sliding.  I'm thinking Hollandia brand but may stand corrected.  Your best point of enquiry is Woods Sunroof centre in Melbourne or the Melbourne Sunroof Centre Noble Park.  They have been around since the 80's here and are very helpful.  Also try the HQ-HX clubs as I recall several cars of this model series fitted with this exact roof

I've got one in mine which is the same as what you have there. I'm at the end of the journey for mine given I've pulled the car apart and rebuilt it. 
 
During my rebuilt I contacted a Qld based sunroof specialist who has been in the industry for a long time (I thing he was transitioning to retirement). His only words were he hasn't seen one of these in 20 years or more.
 
I'm happy to answer any questions you may have - but there are more experienced Escort Afficianados around    

Nice, should be intrested to see what ford says about this, as Dave's car looks nice with it fitted, but he has done a lovely job restoring the car( and he's not scared to drive it, all the way down to MCM,Cheers Dave) Where did you pick the car up from Peter???

V4capmad: The car has been is storage owned by a friend for several years, slowly withering (the car that is!).
 
2Mk2: I will give an arm and a leg to copy the surround piece. (mine does not have this).
 
The sunroof appears to be factory fitted. We have removed the sunroof to find the message on the underside. Typical production line antics.
The message is not abusive. I have checked with Polish friends, and also googled. 
 

 

Looks like I was wrong about there being no markings on the components. I removed the lever surround and discovered what I would guess is the manufacturer markings which are on the underside of the surround and the lever itself. Its just a "K" and "W" with the K nestled on top of the W. 
 
PeterM: happy to chat about your request to copy the surround. Might work out some other arrangement though rather than an arm and a leg from you 
 
Any chance you could post some pics of the rubber seals? I'm lost as to how a rubber seal would fit to the rear of the sunroof panel.
 

Hi Peter,
 
How's your your restoration going on the factory sunroof RS? I'm progressing on mine but not overly sure about the sunroof rubber seal though. By the looks of yours its riveted around the back where it's not attached via pinch weld. Mine doesn't have any holes around this section so not sure what is technically the original way to go. Any thoughts?
 
Cheers,
 
Adil

Nailed it!
 
I have been speaking to the owner of one of the sun roof fitting companies. He is very passionate to find the branding and origin of these sunroofs.
A series of emails between us over the past few days and help from one of his old mates have resolved the question.
 
On the underside of the lever there is marking "KW" (no other markings).
Google searches reveal nothing.
 
However now appears "KW" stands for Karosseriwerke Weinsberg.
Google searches reveal the company and the origin of the sun roof.
 
Quote from email:
“Well you have nailed it. I did have K something in my head but KW is definitely the one , the name Pollackuckle Head  could be and I am not sure until another mate of mine gets back to me may have the answer . He used to run a sunroof business up on the north shore [Sydney] called Auto  Sun and Air it was part of the Bill Buckle auto group so maybe the Pollackuckle Head could be some sort of cryptic thing as they had some involvement back in those days with KW . I cannot find any reference on the net but my mate may have a clue when he gets back to me.”
 
Quote from email from his friend:
“They were the factory sunroof fitted to Lancia and Alfas back in the 1980;s. Manufactured in Germany by Karosseriwerke Weinsberg, Auto Sun & Air imported them for aftermarket fitment. Manual ones came in 2 sizes, and were slightly different in the way you remove the roof panel ."