The ute in a bubble

[camlin]

This is a great

[Johns]

Bugger me! I knew them ole Holdens don't breathe well, but I haven't seen one with emphysema before

Cheers
John

[Damo58]

Well at least the car will stay clean and dry

[EffCee]

What a way to preserve it its a pity it wasn't preserved like that in the first place. Would have saved you a lot of work.

[smithy]

before you all rush out and bubble wrap the FE/FC's,
while employed at one of australia's foremost cultural institutions these types of car bubbles wetre trialed to aid in the prservation or to halt the deteriation of some very historic motor vehicles, whilst they can be benifcial in keeping clean the car / bike of the average Jo Blo kleen and dust free they are not some thing that you would want to keep you pride and joy encased in for years. thorough tests revieled that the material and adhesives used in the manufacturing of these bubbles can become corrosive to the metals and in fact "off gasing" of the polycarbonates / glues used in its construction can actually produce combustable gases which if exposed to a naked flame or sparks could reduce the encapsulated object or those standing near by to a worthless pile of smoking scrap. not too cool if your pride and joy ( or first born ) which ever is more valuable  happens to be in the area. think of lighting a big bag loaded with flamable glue vapours and you get the idea. But for the guy who can afford to ventilate or drive the car frequently they are not to bad.
if you do want to keep you 'ultra rare' ride around for many decades i suggest move to somewhere with a very very low level of humidity or salt content, drain all fluids, put it up on stands and sit back and look at it, but where would be the fun in that ??
in reality why would you want to wrap something up in cotton wool, damn these cars need to be driven! albeit carefully and with a great deal of respect and pride, after all isnt what they were designed for and isnt that why we love em so?

just my 2.5 cents

dean

[camlin]

The bubble is mainly there for little people with pushbikes,skateboards and the veiwers who want to open and close doors, lean on and dust etc.

I take the car out a least once a fortnight, the bubble has a zipper at the rear for air flow if you are not in a dusty area.

[mikey]

Hey Camlin,
                    Is this bubble essentially an open bottomed plastic bag with a fan continually running to keep it inflated?

Or is more like a true balloon, ie pump it up and it stays up?

Cheers   M

[camlin]

The bubble is a mat on the floor with an industrial zipper about 200mm up from the base. Two computer fans run continuously blowing air through the system, there is a small zipper at the rear to allow air to pass through if required,

The charge on your electricity bill is not even worth mentioning, we run three computers here around the clock as it is. I think that Dean may have this mixed up with something off Lost in Space.

Regards
CAMLIN.

[smithy]

hey Camlin, just been reading my post and have come to the conclusion that one should not be allowed to respond to posts after consuming copius amounts of bourbon
however, what i said in regards to the plastics 'off gassing' was actually true. the conservation department which thoroughly tested  units to possibly be used in protecting historic vehicles discovered and tested the vapours, and came to the conclusion that they would not risk placing any vehicle inside for extended periods....

But for the average guy living in dusty or salty areas who justs wants to protect his pride and joy from the elements or grubby little fingers then they are fine, as you said you take your car out frequently, this certainly is the best thing to do.

dont get me wrong i am not condeming these bubbles, i think they are a great idea, i just felt it wise to mention what i had learned

I think that Dean may have this mixed up with something off Lost in Space

funny you should mention that going through a painful back injury at the moment i am copping a lot of Dr Smith jokes from my partner

[camlin]

Smithy.

Yeah, no I fully understand, if we go away for an extended period the cover stays on, but the fans go off.

[mikey]

The gassing off bit is what made me ask if the fans were on all the time or not.

Yes you are right that plastics gas off and some off them sure do stink, but if the fans stay on then there would be plenty of volume exchanges due to air leakage for this not to be a problem.

Can see the problem where you drape a car (or anything) in a stinky bag and leave it.  Regarding humidity it is only going to be as good as the air you feed it,  will certainly keep the dust off if the air is filtered though.

Like you say cam it is a good people/equipment buffer.

Kind regards   M