
12-10-2003, 10:31 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Chicago 'Burb,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF#1245 w/ 1966 427 SO
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Best fitting Cobra car cover
I'm sure this has been covered before on this forum, and if I did a search I would find a lot of info, but with Christmas right around the corner (and a nice cover would make a great gift!), I thought I would bring it up for discussion.
I'm looking for a really good fitting Cobra cover with a soft (maybe flannel) underside. It doesn't have to be weather proof, because the car will always be parked in the garage at night. I've looked at SPF's cover and I feel it doesn't come down low enough. Branda and Finish Line have pretty good looking covers that (according to what I can see in the pictures) seem to fit fairly well. Then I noticed a couple covers in 2 different magazines I have, and they show a Cobra with one of their "custom" covers installed and it looks awsome. One company is called: T.J. Cars (ad in the DuPont Registry) and the other is called: Cover Craft (they have an ad in a magazine called AutoSport). Both companies show the same Red and White Cobra in their ad, and the covers are very similar. They are very nicely fitted, and even have a separate pocket for the roll bar. This way, the cover is in more contact with the car, instead of having "air gaps" / pockets which is where dust collects.
First of all, I'm wondering if anyone has ordered a cover from one of these companies, and if so, how do you like it? They sent me a measuring sheet in the mail and I have to take 38 measurements of the car in different areas. They say they have 43,000 car patterns available on file (I'm sure an SPF is in there somewhere!), but they said they like to have Cobra car owners measure their car because there are so many different replica companies out there, and their shapes vary from mfg to mfg.
I'd like to order a cover from SOMEONE by the end of the week, so if anyone has any suggestions, let me know! Also, if anyone is interested in ordering one for themselves, let me know and I'll see if they would be willing to do a multi-order discount.
Last edited by TerrysSPF; 12-10-2003 at 10:48 PM..
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