I so miss this place. It was the ultimate w126 customization place, and the closest a West Coast'er could have gotten to Affterlbach.
I frequented the Laguna Seca Historics in the 80's (beginning in '81, '82, '84, '85, and '88), and always frequented their booth there. Even had a SL go-kart with a gas engine and a working clutch/2 spd trans and reverse!
Now, how did this all get into Barry Taylor's hands??
Someone mentioned from the Alfa BB:
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apologize that this is a little late to your conversation but I just happened across your forum this evening and thought my years at BHMA ('84-'93) might shed a little light on the subject.
BHMA covers were manufactured by Covercraft Industries. What set them apart was they were 100% cotton vs. the poly cotton blends used by other companies (including Covercraft's own brand). In the 90s, California Car Covers was using 100% cotton (in gray instead of the BHMA signature blue).
Polycotton covers tend to last longer than 100% cotton but the poly fibers *could* scratch a very delicate finish. If you have a good wax job, you probably aren't going to hurt the paint.
I'd look for any Covercraft custom fit (not their universal fit) cover, and decide which fabric means your needs. Covercraft patterns are the best fitting around.
For the curious and history buffs -
Jim DeFrank (California Car Cover) left to start CCC a number of years prior to the change of ownership of BHMA.
Andy Cohen eventually sold BHMA to an investment group and started a new business, Beverly Hills Classic Cars, an exotic car sales company.
BHCC is located at 209 S. Robertson in the old BHMA AMG showroom which locals will remember was across the street from the BHMA retail store. BHMA was the west coast distributor for customized Mercedes AMGs before MBZ bought AMG and folded AMG into their line.
The "new" BHMA struggled on for a couple of years as a catalog and website before finally going under.
Thanks for sending me down memory lane, lol. My years at BHMA were some of the best of times and Andy Cohen was like having an extra big brother.
Here's pics of cars purportedly out of BHMA (including my very own 300CE!)
I frequented the Laguna Seca Historics in the 80's (beginning in '81, '82, '84, '85, and '88), and always frequented their booth there. Even had a SL go-kart with a gas engine and a working clutch/2 spd trans and reverse!
Now, how did this all get into Barry Taylor's hands??
Someone mentioned from the Alfa BB:
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apologize that this is a little late to your conversation but I just happened across your forum this evening and thought my years at BHMA ('84-'93) might shed a little light on the subject.
BHMA covers were manufactured by Covercraft Industries. What set them apart was they were 100% cotton vs. the poly cotton blends used by other companies (including Covercraft's own brand). In the 90s, California Car Covers was using 100% cotton (in gray instead of the BHMA signature blue).
Polycotton covers tend to last longer than 100% cotton but the poly fibers *could* scratch a very delicate finish. If you have a good wax job, you probably aren't going to hurt the paint.
I'd look for any Covercraft custom fit (not their universal fit) cover, and decide which fabric means your needs. Covercraft patterns are the best fitting around.
For the curious and history buffs -
Jim DeFrank (California Car Cover) left to start CCC a number of years prior to the change of ownership of BHMA.
Andy Cohen eventually sold BHMA to an investment group and started a new business, Beverly Hills Classic Cars, an exotic car sales company.
BHCC is located at 209 S. Robertson in the old BHMA AMG showroom which locals will remember was across the street from the BHMA retail store. BHMA was the west coast distributor for customized Mercedes AMGs before MBZ bought AMG and folded AMG into their line.
The "new" BHMA struggled on for a couple of years as a catalog and website before finally going under.
Thanks for sending me down memory lane, lol. My years at BHMA were some of the best of times and Andy Cohen was like having an extra big brother.
Here's pics of cars purportedly out of BHMA (including my very own 300CE!)