Hello Everyone,
I have no personal experience with "shrink wrapping" or covering a car
on an open trailer but it would seem that the inevitable vibration of
the plastic or cloth material would damage or remove the paint during
the trip.
Since boats are fiberglass with the color impregnated, this is probably
not such a critical consideration.
Just my .02 cents.
Jay Fishbein, CT
AN-5
HAN-6
Innocenti-S
Lotus 7
Why not just transport the vehicle in an enclosed trailer?
Ric Bergstrom wrote:
> Has anyone ever shrink wrapped one? You see it done around here
> when the summer only speed boats are put up for the winter. Big
> sheet of heavy plastic fitted to the boat then heated and shrink
> wrapped. It will hold up to 65 MPH is water proof. I'd get it off
> hte car ASAP after the trip and cushion the paint some how....but
> worth a shot. Better than getting a mody water soaked Spridget
> back.
>
> Ric
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daryl and Jennifer May <mayfam@sprynet.com>
> To: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Date: Saturday, July 31, 1999 11:04 AM
> Subject: Top Protection - Need a Lawyer?
>
> >Back on the list again, with a MGB question that I know will get
> help from
> >my spridget friends.
> >
> >My employer is relocating me. The contract requires him to
> transport my
> >cars. Sometimes he does this in the closed moving van (good rain
> >protection), but at this busy moving season he tells me it will be
> an open
> >car transporter (no rain protection). The relocation is to and
> through a
> >rain belt.
> >
> >I live in California where an open car is a perfectly viable means
> of
> >transportation. My top exists but it will not withstand rain or
> the
> >highway speeds at which these guys go. I am not in a position to
> replace
> >or repair the top (I already moved, and there's no time).
> >
> >The movers prohibit use of car covers, and won't undertake anything
> else
> >special.
> >
> >Question is whether I have a right to a more protective move, and
> whether
> >the employer is liable for rain damage. On the one hand, he is not
> >protecting my car. On the other hand, is it reasonable for him to
> expect
> >me to have a good top after 20 years?
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> >
> >
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