Re: [FWDLK] car antenna

[Bjwt 56 <Bjwt56@xxxxxxx>]

Folks:

 

    For my 56 Fury, I made sleeves from the same material as the cover for the dual rear antennae. I then found where the holes needed to be and cut them round enough to allow room for the sleeves.  I then cut a round patch from canvas about three and a half inches in diameter with the antennae hole in the middle and then glued the whole mess together with water proof "goop" which you can get at Home Depot. 

 

    The sleeve was inserted through the hole and spread inside about two inches on each side of the hole and glued.  The canvas patch was then put on the outside and glued.  The canvas serves to keep the cover from tearing.

 

    This technique lasted for at least a decade until there was not much left of the cover, but the antennae sleeves and patches held up well.  I did the same thing for the fender mirrors but on a larger scale.

 

    John Teske

 

In a message dated 1/27/2012 10:48:47 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, john@xxxxxxxxx writes:

Another trick I've learned and used over the years is if your cover has grommets on each side for a tie down cable or rope those are enforced (on Covercraft covers) with extra padding.  I make my marks on the back or inside so you don't see them when the cover is installed on the car.

 

Take a felt pen and mark (P) passenger side (D) drivers side with an arrow pointing towards the front of the car.  This way no matter how you fold the cover once you see these markings you will know the correct way to unfold the cover to have it fit the car properly.

 

Another trick I do is if you have an older car with a pronounced hood orninament (I have a '53 Imperial with a big bird with very sharp wing tips) take a plastic water bottle, cut two slices in it where (in my case the wings are) place the bottle over the sharp wings and then install the cover.  You won't have to worry about the sharp area cutting a hole.

 

John Lazenby
Royze Inc.
1990 W. Corporate Way
Anaheim, CA  92801
714 533-1823
800 421-2011
714 533-1206 Fax
800 999-7349 Fax

----- Original Message -----

From: Dave Homstad

To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 9:33 PM

Subject: Re: [FWDLK] car antenna

Marv,

If you always remove the cover the same way, you will know which end is the front when you put it back on. I always fold it lengthwise toward the center, then roll it up from rear to front. To install, place it on the hood, and unroll toward the rear.

Dave Homstad 

56 Dodge D500

On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 9:02 PM, Marv Raguse wrote:

 Echoing what Fern and Charles said...I too cut the hole and took it to my  trim shop and they provided a square reinforcement patch on the inside and then  stitched it around.  Been working fine for years now....It also provides a  location marker so you can more quickly find front and rear of the cover.   On other covers invariably I have it on wrong and have to rotate it with all of  the aggravation that causes...Marv

 

In a message dated 1/26/2012 8:03:16 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  chemnixon@xxxxxxxxx writes:

Cutting out a hole for the antenna is out of the question since    I've tried it out on other cars and the cover will eventuallly tear up.

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