Hello guy's, I have a question for all of you that can get caught in the rain with a Cobra. I went on the hot rod power tour in a couple of states. Although it did not rain, the sky's looked as though it could have. I heard many cars were flooded in Little Rock. (what a nightmare for a cobra) !
My car is a Lone Star and they do not make a soft top. You would have to have a trailer for a hard top so, that's not the answer.
What I may try is making a tonneau cover to help with rain as I'm traveling. That way, with my car cover, virtually no water could come inside. The problem I have is, if my cars sitting in the rain, it pools in the middle. Does anyone have a idea for a support system that's compact enough to put in the trunk ? (no,...not a umbrella)
But, something along that line. And, I permanent bracket attached to say, the tranny hump, is not good either.
When I had my boat, I bought four flat stock aluminum bows that came with brackets on each side of the hull. When you install them, they created a arch. Put the cover on and it works great but, a dealer told me these are not a good idea. The bows put too much pressure on the fiberglass and can spread the sides apart. I ended up just using two wood 1x4's on top of the windshield and to the back of the boat and put the cover on. In the winter, I put a length of lattice panel on the 1x4's and it worked great. So, I may do this for the cobra. (just kidding)
The main area I'm concerned with is the convex shape between the quarter panel hump to the roll bar. Even with a tonneau cover, wouldn't it still let water in ?
Anyway, any ideas other than a tonneau cover ?
If anyone has perfected anything (or close), photo's would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Kevin