Well I got the car out yesterday and my sister is letting me keep it in her garage! Damage was minimal, all things considered. There is some damage to roof and rear quarter as I said before but that`s about it. I figure a couple hours for a decent body man to fix. This is the one time I was glad my Cuda was in primer and not paint!
I am going thru a similar problem and feel for you.
I keep my very rare(1 of 17) 1993 Daytona Iroc R/T's in a similar structure and have had the wind catch it and flip it over an 8 foot stockade fence,and yes it was strapped down with binders.picked the tent,2 tires and rims filled with sand and a 24 foot extension ladder that it was bound down with it.
The last storm we got last weekend dumped 12 inches of snow real fast and broke the camels back as I am now leaving the car outside where its safer.
No damage but now I am really thinking of selling my little Turbo monster as I hate seeing it sit out in the elements.
Good luck
And yes I am really sick of winter
Doug
Thanks Doug everyone I know who has had one of these has had it fail in one way or the other, i`m still not totally against these shelters, they are great right up until the moment they collapse LOL!!!!!
If you see in mine (or whats left of mine) I actually made an aluminum standing seam roof, since the fabric was getting tired and rain was starting to seep in. I decided to try this and it kept the water out 100% and my hope was the snow would slide off,and it did for the first 2 or 3 snows we had. I always worried when it would snow and it was just the fabric tarp material on there, snow would build up on the fabric worse than what it did this time around but I happened to be home to knock it off not so this time.
I know where it failed I never put in any bracing at the peak and my shelter was not really on level ground
! Plus gussets on all the corners would have helped strengthen the frame tremendously.
I plan to rebuild this thing and add more heavier pipe to the frame instead of the electrical conduit type of piping that comes with the kit, make heavier corner brackets and gusset everything. Plus I plan to pour a concrete slab as well for a nice level surface. It wont be a tent when I am done with it! I`ll update this post or start a new one when I begin this project for anyone interested
