Bob,
Try a Tyvex cover. They are light weight, so they roll up real small and
take up very little room in the car. Best of all the material is much,
much more waterproof than those other car covers. Reason number three to
choose one is that they are cheap! We bought ours at Wal Mart for our
Midget for less than $30. It worked great during the El Nino wheather we
had in Southern CA. Several inches of water pooled up on the cover
without leaking through to the seats.
Good Luck,
Chris
75 Midget (covered)
70 B (senority spot in the garage)
On Mon, 22 Jun 1998 00:48:43 EDT BobMGT@aol.com writes:
>When I bought my MGB I thought a car cover would keep it dry. Boy was
>I wrong!
>My garage is only big enough for one car and the TD has seniority. I
>bought
>the fancy "Technalon" cover for the B. I now know that terms like
>"rain
>resistant" and "breathable" really mean "leak like a sieve". After a
>hard rain
>the cover looks like a wet dish rag and the cockpit and boot fill with
>water.
>Even if the car didn't leak, what's the point of the car cover if the
>car
>still gets wet? (In all fairness, the cover will stop morning dew and
>a light
>sprinkle.) In deparation, I bought a 9X12 water proof tarp from the
>hardware
>store and put that over the car cover. I use those short bungee cords
>with the
>hooks to hold the tarp down. This is working very well so far. The
>tarp isn't
>long enough to cover the entire car, but it's keeping everything but
>the nose
>of the car bone dry. The interior and boot are delightfully desert
>like, even
>after a very hard rain with high winds. As an added bonus, I found
>that I can
>leave the top down. The bungees hold the tarp taunt, and it forms a
>nice ramp
>down from the windshield. The rain just runs down the ramp. I plan to
>leave
>the top down all summer. (I don't drive it on rainy days.) Now I've
>heard that
>waterproof covers are supposed to ruin the paint, but I'm hoping this
>only
>applies to damp long term storage. My car is a daily driver (at least
>on dry
>days).
>
>Anyone else have any tips for fighting the elements in an outdoor MG?
>
>Bob Donahue (Still stuck in the '50s)
>EMAIL - BOBMGT@AOL.COM
>52 MGTD - under DIY restoration NEMGTR #11470
>71 MGB - AMGBA #96-12029, NAMGBR #7-3336
>
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