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Where do you keep your kit car ??
Garage ??
Driveway Covered up ??
I'm currently in the process of looking to buy a kit car but at the moment dont have sufficient garage space so was thinking of keeping it on my drive way and getting a decent car cover for it, as if the weather keeps how it is i will be using it reguarly.
Your opinions and advice would be very much appreciated.
Also any recommendations on covers ??
Garage ??
Driveway Covered up ??
I'm currently in the process of looking to buy a kit car but at the moment dont have sufficient garage space so was thinking of keeping it on my drive way and getting a decent car cover for it, as if the weather keeps how it is i will be using it reguarly.
Your opinions and advice would be very much appreciated.
Also any recommendations on covers ??
I've kept kit cars on the drive and garaged. Obviously garaged is better, but so long as it has some form of reasonably effective hood or tonneau, the only things you really need to worry about if keeping it outside are security and the effects of weather and bird poo on the paintwork.
Security is fairly easy, with a hidden ignition kill swith an/or a hidden tap on the fuel line, but I can't help you with the starlings!
I'd avoid using an outdoor cover, personally, 'cos even the best breathable ones can tend to trap moisture on the bodywork and fibreglass is prone to a problem called 'osmosis' if it is damp for long periods. Basically, moisture is drawn up the strands of fibreglass like a wick and forms blisters at the surface. Covers can also chafe against bodywork in windy conditions. On balance, therefore, I think you're better off without them, though others might hold differing opinions.
Security is fairly easy, with a hidden ignition kill swith an/or a hidden tap on the fuel line, but I can't help you with the starlings!
I'd avoid using an outdoor cover, personally, 'cos even the best breathable ones can tend to trap moisture on the bodywork and fibreglass is prone to a problem called 'osmosis' if it is damp for long periods. Basically, moisture is drawn up the strands of fibreglass like a wick and forms blisters at the surface. Covers can also chafe against bodywork in windy conditions. On balance, therefore, I think you're better off without them, though others might hold differing opinions.
I've been looking at BECs mainly as the car i want to get. but these dont have windscreens,so i'm assuming full weather gear cant be fitted so i need something for it to keep any water / moisture from geeting into the "cockpit". I've seen what seems to be a waterproof leather covers that fits over the seats and "cockpit" opening, on various websites gallery pictures but cant find where to possibly purchase one.
The 'waterproof leather cover' (it's usually vinyl or double duck canvas, in fact) is called a tonneau cover, and any of the companies who make hoods of convertibles will be able to manufacture one for you, tailor made for the car. Apart from storage at home, they're very useful for when you wnat to park the car up when you are out on a journey.
It's worth getting a 'split tonneau' (one with a longitudinal zip down the centre of the cockpit section) so that in the rain you can drive with the passenger section covered, to keep the majority of the water out.
It's worth getting a 'split tonneau' (one with a longitudinal zip down the centre of the cockpit section) so that in the rain you can drive with the passenger section covered, to keep the majority of the water out.
I keep my se7en in a twenty foot steel shipping container at a local self-storage depot, less than a mile from my front door. I get twenty feet of clean, tidy, dry, storage with added security ('Prince' the guard dog is a bull mastif-staffordshire terrier cross) and I can drive in and out of the container onto the main road anytime, and all for a tenner a week. When I had a car hire company I had a row of six of these and they make fantastic garages (unless you need mains power on hand a lot, which I didn't).
Sam_68 said:
The 'waterproof leather cover' (it's usually vinyl or double duck canvas, in fact) is called a tonneau cover, and any of the companies who make hoods of convertibles will be able to manufacture one for you, tailor made for the car. Apart from storage at home, they're very useful for when you wnat to park the car up when you are out on a journey.
It's worth getting a 'split tonneau' (one with a longitudinal zip down the centre of the cockpit section) so that in the rain you can drive with the passenger section covered, to keep the majority of the water out.
It's worth getting a 'split tonneau' (one with a longitudinal zip down the centre of the cockpit section) so that in the rain you can drive with the passenger section covered, to keep the majority of the water out.
Thats exactly what i was trying to describe (abit of a novice when it comes to kit cars)- anyone have any recommendations for companies that can do this ?
For wet weather gear, if you want something made to order, I dont think you will go wrong if you try people who make boat covers, awnings etc, they are quite used to making seemingly impossible covers for nearly all boat from scratch, just get a couple of quotes, the guys here on Mallorca are brilliant
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