Exterior Car Cover Recommendations/Pans?

[TheEddie]

I am going to buy a new quality exterior-use car cover during the next year whilst I clear out my single-car garage.  My "new" '81 Datsun 720 Regular Cab/Short Box is unfortunately going to have to endure the rain, damp, and bitter cold of our South Texas "Winter"🙄.

 

I'll help it stand the pain with good, non-scratching, dry blanky; any recommendations/pans?  I won't say "money no object" (it is), but I'm willing to spend the bux for something that works and will last for a year or so. 

 

Thanx!

 

Eddie

[pdp8]

Shipping container?  OK, perhaps not (though they do have their points).

I've seen "car bubbles" made of plastic where the vehicle is enclosed in a pressurized plastic dome.  That would be the best in terms of corrosion and abrasion resistance.  Then I notice Eastwood has car-sized plastic bags  I'd be tempted to use one or two of those and then tarp over that.

I have a storage situation with a tracked vehicle and my plan for winter is a portable carport.  They sell them at HF and the like.

[TheEddie]

Cool ideas, thanx!

 

1.  Bubble baby:  NFG.  Too much work; 45-year-old P/U is a daily-driver.  Well, sort-of "daily".  Semi-oftenish works better.

 

2.  "Shipping Container", eh?  We just may have a few of those floating about; the Port of Houston being extremely busy; empty containers easily and (more importantly) cheeeply available.

 

Not so sure how the local Nazis (AKA "Deed Restriction Civic Improvement Association") would react...🖕  But wait...

 

...(thinking [surprisingly]):  I could rent one monthly, concentrate on selling off all the cool (but useless) hot rod stuff in the garage, and wait breathlessly for the inevitable Strongly-Worded Letter. 🖕

 

Eddie

[iceman510]

I bought a mid-priced version of cover from California Car Covers and it survived a couple Michigan winters pretty well so far.  I bought the extra kit to help hold the ends of the cover down, and that kept if from blowing off which is what usually happens to me in March or November here.

 

It also stayed put yesterday when a huge storm wind destroyed my harbor freight shelter for the second time...

 

 

They sell lots of "indoor" covers, so read descriptions carefully.

 

It was than $300, so it must have been the Multiweave:    https://www.calcarcover.com/product/multiweaveii-car-cover/3938