This weeks interview is with Mike Dougherty (pronounced "Dock-er-tee" if you're from Philadelphia) from EmpireCovers, the internet cover supplier. Mike is admittedly a newcomer to the automotive world, but is learning fast that car enthusiasts treasure their vehicles and want to protect them. EmpireCovers can provide a fantastic cover for your classic muscle but they also sell covers for everything else, even bicycles, RV's, and complete car ports! Empire has a great relationship with Budge covers to produce a full line high quality products. Mike told me a little about the history of the car cover and how Budge has been producing them ever since 1940. It seems that Budge was founded just after World War IIto help protect cars from trolly bus soot and has been protecting vehicles ever since. The first covers were made from shower curtains! 

As Mike described in the interview, there are many substances that can damage the finish on your muscle car like dust, sun, acid in bird droppings and tree sap. A good car cover protects from all of those and more, plus the added benefit of being a theft deterrent. Common cover construction has come a long way in the last few years and has greatly improved in longevity, weather resistance, and an increased ability to protect your car. 

And, as a special bonus to podcast listeners, you can get 40% off of a cover by entering in the code "muscle" on the Empire Covers website!

Click Here to Read More and Listen to the Podcast