RE: IML: Car Cover for '66 LeBaron - ask Dick B?

[Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx>]

I am willing to model one on my '66 and share photos
if there's enough interest (like mostly enough to
generate an actual order through Dick's source).  For
the sub $100 price, you could go with his written
description and know all that you'd need to know
besides the fact that my cover is silver.

If you want a cover and the car is in a protected
area, from carport on up to sealed garage, this is the
way to go.  I like the tan cloth ones covered by a
tight regular cloth one for outside-in-the-elements
work, but nothing works all that well out in the open
unless you make a PVC-pipe frame/shell and skin it
with plastic tarps, and that's a lot of work.  Keeping
cars outside in general is a beatly practice, and one
should not have much in the way of expectations
regarding preservation on a car left outside for more
than a year regardless.  



-K

--- Dick Benjamin <dickb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Sorry, guys, I've been off the list for most of the
> week - all our
> kids/grandkids/spouses/in-laws/outlaws/friends and
> enemies are gathering
> here this week, for our 50th wedding anniversary
> celebration, and I've been
> busy with "honey-do's" all week.  (About 90 people
> gathering - ARRRgh!)
> I've got RVs all over my lot, and the electric
> company is grinning ear to
> ear (it been over 100, and everyone has their AC
> going full blast). Thank
> goodness for the pool!
> 
> Yes, I had a line on some really big car covers - I
> brought a bunch up to
> the SCIOC meeting in April, and donated some to the
> club auction/raffle, and
> sold the rest.
> 
> These are very nice covers, but you need to
> understand that they are not the
> soft cloth type - they are made of what appears to
> be "rip-stop" nylon -
> tough stuff, very light in weight, they will pack
> into a plastic bag the
> size of a basketball or so. 
> 
> The reason I like them is that they are dust proof,
> but they breathe, so you
> don't need to worry about trapping moisture against
> the car surface.  I use
> them inside my buildings, because they keep the dust
> from coating the cars
> (I live in a very dusty area).   They are great for
> inside a building, but
> they are so light in weight that they need to be
> tied down if you are going
> to use them outside.  
> 
> These are the only non-custom made covers I have
> found that are large enough
> for our big cars - I have them on my 67s and 68s and
> even on a 1 ton dually
> crew cab long bed truck (different size cover, of
> course) and on my
> Packards.   
> 
> These are big enough that they come all the way down
> to a couple of inches
> above the ground all the way around the car, (sides,
> back and front), and
> loose enough that you don't need to worry about
> protrusions like mirrors.
> They have elastic in the hem, so they cling to the
> sides of the car, and
> there is a grommet to tie them on (which you have to
> do if there is any
> wind).
> 
> Things that are sharp would probably cut through the
> material, though, so
> you need to upend a plastic cup or a rag or
> something of the sort to protect
> the cover from the hood ornament.  I use a plastic
> drinking cup on my 81's
> ornament, for instance.   If your antenna won't
> retract, you'll have to put
> a hole in the cover - I haven't done that because
> all my antennae work OK.
> 
> I can get more of these for around $65 each, if I
> order them in batches.  I
> don't know what the shipping will be, I'll have to
> find that out depending
> on where they have to go.
> 
> These come from the same manufacturer as the ones
> you can see at:
> 
> www.theezcover.com, but the ones I can get are
> probably seconds - (although
> I've never found any defects in them).  The normal
> price is about $100, but
> that includes the silly plastic storage case - which
> I tried and felt it was
> a waste of time.  The size that fits our Imperials
> is for a 19 foot long car
> - it is big enough but not way over sized.
> 
> Kenyon has one - so get his opinion of whether it is
> a good cover or not.
> For a cheap cover, I think they are a great deal,
> but a $400 cover it is
> not!
> 
> If there is interest in some more of these, I will
> contact my source and see
> if I can get another batch - I know it will take a
> couple of weeks to get
> them out to you, though.
> 
> Dick Benjamin
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Kenyon Wills
> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 8:50 PM
> To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: IML: Car Cover for '66 LeBaron - ask
> Dick B?
> 
> Dick Benjamin has a line on a really super cover. 
> I'll leave it to him to speak up on that, but as
> usual, you can take what he has to say to the bank.
> 
> The stuff on ebay fits the 81 and later stuff. 
> Covering a 1973 or 66 is another discussion
> altogether.
> 
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> -Kenyon
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