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Re: covers

To: Adam Wilhite <wilhit100@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: covers
From: Don Malling <dmallin@attglobal.net>
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 02:13:24 -0500
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
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I had to store my TR250 outside for years before I had a garage.

I tented it with one of those cheap vinyl green tarps such that the tarp never 
touched the car.

I made two 8' poles by duct taping two 8' furring strips together. I put one 
pole in the front of 
the car and one in the back and ran a rope between them. I wedged the poles at 
an angle between the 
bumpers and the ground. The rope was tight enough to bend the poles. Duct 
taping the two furring 
strips together made a strong yet flexible pole. I draped the vinyl tarp over 
the rope connecting 
the two poles, and tied the tarp to concrete blocks using bunge cords. I also 
drove a nail into the 
end grain of short (3' or so) lengths of furring strips and stuck the nail end 
through the tarp's 
grommet holes to raise the sides of the tarp.

If I did it again I would sit the car on some old rims to raise it off the 
ground a little more. The 
snow could build up and not give good ventilation under the car. The snow could 
be a problem. You 
had to keep it off the tarp.

It took a lot of wind. The bunge cords flexed enough so nothing ripped.

There are probably other ways to do it. The key in my opinion is ventilation. I 
wonder about car 
covers. The ones I tried didn't provide good ventilation in my opinion. If they 
were water proof, 
they tended not to provide good ventilation.

Don Malling

Adam Wilhite wrote:
> I am in the process of building a house and unfortunately the tr has to sit 
>in an apt parking lot unitl it is finished(Go ahead tr crazys...you can shoot 
>me).   My cover, blows off daily, drives me up the wall.  I have it tied down 
>it in the middle.  Any ideas on a decent cover that won't blow off.  I have 
>the vicky brit one that is made for the car.   Any advice would be 
>appreciated..  Trying desperately no to get this car ruined before it gets a 
>new home.
>  
> thanks
> Adam




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