Now…whilst my car might now look like a show car, I fully intend to use it. A lot.
Alas in the UK we don’t quite have the endless summer of California and the chances of being caught out in the rain or mud are high.
Cleaning a car thoroughly is no problem it is stopping water pouring through the rear aperture and all over the engine that’s the problem. Does anyone have any solutions?
I thought about a piece of custom made Perspex with downward facing vents (like the Ferrari F40) but my workshop tells me that it would be ill advised to block this opening due to the high temperatures involved trying to escape from the engine bay...I currently have louvres cut into my decklid but I do run 180 degree headers.
So my latest thought is a removable rain shield that would cover the opening. The idea being that it would stretch from one side of the decklid to the other. Waterproof but with a bit of stretch to it and inbuilt neoprene covered hooks that would hook into the top and side panel gaps between the decklid and the main car body. I guess it would need to be about 8-10 inches wide to give enough cover to the window aperture but also allow for plenty of heat escape.
I am thinking of this less from a driving through the rain at speed perspective (where the above might fly off) and more of a parking in town/track/field on a potentially rainy day.
Any other clever ideas or knowledge of a product already on the market?
Many thanks, Tom
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