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I've always heard mothballs are the way to go. I've got a pie tin full of mothballs inside the car, and they should last quite a while. The car smells like mothballs should you go even near it. Open the door, and hoo-ey! That's napthalene, baby! Can't imagine any critter would like that. On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 20:28:00 -0600, Russ Wolfe <russw@classicvw.org> wrote: > So how does everyone store their T-3's if they park them for the > winter?? I am getting ready to put the '71 and the '66 away for the > winter here in the salt belt. > What I am wondering is how people keep critters out of their cars. Due > to what I found in the Ghia, I am more conscious of what can happen to a > car when sitting. > I heard from somewhere, that insects don't like the smell of moth balls, > and rodents can't stand the smell of "spring scented soap". Does anyone > else have any suggestions? > After just putting the engine together on the '66, I would hate to have > to dig rodent nests out of it again. > > -- > Russ Wolfe > '71 FB AT > '66 FB MT > '64 T34 (not running) > '65 T1 (not running) > russw@classicvw.org > http://www.classicvw.org > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >