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10-28-2009, 12:40 PM
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Join Date: Apr 1999
Location: Waco, TX,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #766, FE V8, Toploader
Posts: 257
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I've never had problems with the tonneau cover for my '52 MG TD, even at 75+ (yes, it tops out just over 80). The top and side curtains work well, too--if rain comes in, it does so under the gasket under the windshield.
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10-28-2009, 01:25 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
Posts: 22,025
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Really all I was looking for was something that I could quickly put on the car if I was caught in a thunderstorm that would still allow me to drive home. I guess a Gore-Tex tonneau wouldn't make any sense, huh?
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10-28-2009, 03:01 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Bethesda,
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Cobra Make, Engine: CSX 6022, navy blue, period correct 427 SO
Posts: 2,154
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Quote:
Originally Posted by patrickt
Really all I was looking for was something that I could quickly put on the car if I was caught in a thunderstorm that would still allow me to drive home. I guess a Gore-Tex tonneau wouldn't make any sense, huh?
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I assume you have considered the snapless tonneau that Phil Deal does? I think I am going to go that route, so I have something that I can very quickly put on if it looks like it might rain and I will be away from the car for awhile. But you can't drive with it. Installs in less than a min (supposedly).
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10-28-2009, 03:34 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
Posts: 22,025
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dcdoug
I assume you have considered the snapless tonneau that Phil Deal does? I think I am going to go that route, so I have something that I can very quickly put on if it looks like it might rain and I will be away from the car for awhile. But you can't drive with it. Installs in less than a min (supposedly).
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I have a light canvas tarp that folds up in to a little ziplock bag in my trunk. I can get that out and over the open part of the car in two shakes -- but obviously can't drive with it.  I don't think there exists anything that does what I want.  |
10-28-2009, 04:24 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: West Linn,
OR
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #684, 428 FE, TKO600
Posts: 1,378
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That top that's pictured is referred to as a "Bimini Top". One of the members of the Mile High Cobra Club has one on his car and it's used not to keep the rain off but to keep the sun out. I made a run with them a couple of years ago and the temps were well into the 90's and he and his wife stayed reasonably cool without the sun beating down on their heads while the rest of us were getting our brains fried.
DonC
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10-28-2009, 04:25 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
Posts: 22,025
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DonC
That top that's pictured is referred to as a "Bimini Top".
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Don, did you hit the 'm' key instead of the 'k' key? |
10-28-2009, 04:57 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 539, a Ton of Aluminum
Posts: 9,592
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How about this Patrick?
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10-28-2009, 05:03 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
Posts: 22,025
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RodKnock
How about this Patrick?
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When I was a kid I had a favorite Hot Wheels car that looked exactly like that. It was called Silhouette, I believe. 
EDIT -- No, it was "Beatnik Bandit" and here's a pic. Silhouette was similar, but different. Dang, I remember both of those cars very well.
Last edited by patrickt; 10-28-2009 at 05:10 PM..
Reason: Fond Memory
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10-28-2009, 05:15 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
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How about this Patrick?
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Rod,
Don't encourage these guys... 
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