I decided to duplicate this here in the spirit of sharing. I have been thinking about some sort of cover for the trunk lid and to protect the fenders when working in the engine compartment.

I got some 1/4" wool felt. This should be thick enough and soft enough.

I bought 4 yards of 36" wide felt from Madisound. This turned out to be 1 yard too much.

https://www.madisoundspeakerstore.com/acous...y-running-yard/

After some trial and error, I cut the front edge like this.

These different sections tuck under the torsion bars and tube for the engine lid release cable.

A couple of magnets on the upper front corners...

Nothing like recreating a quality product that already exists! Of course, we all like to be independently creative

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The magnets stick onto the targa sails, on the vinyl--I hope this means less chance of scratches.

Here's how it looks. I hope this is enough to protect the trunk lid, even when putting down tools, and protect the fenders from leaning against the paint.

If people are interested, I will sketch out a pattern and make some measurements to share.

@bzettener unless your seeing a different thread than me, no one is making these anymore.

Looks like that should do the trick. A scratch or dent at this stage in the game would surely begat some serious cussing,

Yes please!

@ironhillrestorations


Brian, I could be wrong or he has stopped making these, but Perry Kiehl was making his well made version of what you are creating. I’m all for creating our own solutions, looks like you’ve solved your challenge!

If Perry is not making them anymore I will do a run of them.

Ben,

Do you sew as well as you weld? Just kidding.

Perry has ask me to make these. More to come. Thanks, Mark

No but I have a guy

Always cool to make something useful......in this case, i would be concerned about this material collecting dirt that could scratch the hell out of the paint while you are leaning on it. Kind of like waxing the car with a dirty sponge.

The packing blanket material seems the best compromise. Soft, but not as "grabby" (is that a word?) of dirt as felt.

But the shape looks perfect.

Will do.

Interesting. I had not seen this.

Wouldn’t matter if you had… but also I’m glad you didn’t because now maybe now someone will bring em back!

When I thought about material, I did look at packing blankets. What I saw often included synthetic fibers and threads that could be harder than--and scratch--paint. Plus it would require hemming any cut edges.

I did think about the wool fell picking up dirt, but perhaps no more than other fabrics. Best practice will be to use the cover only on a clean car. And store the cover away from dirt.

There is a thread about these in the member vendors section:

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=44221

I bought one of these and it is absolutely a must have for 914 ownership: