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Re: [T3] winter storage


Mothballs work well... but they do linger indeed... you could smell my car
clear accross the parking lot in the spring.  In the garage I dont use
anything but the one under wraps outdoor is "balled"

Just a note to all those not driving thier cars in the  winter,
trigger-happy plowmen tend to salt at the drop of a hat these days... what
you may think is a wet road may be salted... and one trip in the salt it all
it takes to keep that stuff in the cracks, seams, spotwelds, and crusty rust
and everywhere for a long time to come, no matter how much you try to wash
it out. So be diligent in making sure none of it gets on your car by putting
it away early rather than late.  Salt is really insidious stuff.....!!

On that note, Im taking the Square off the road tommoro here in NY and
putting the Golf on.

Keith

Keith Park

Top Notch Restorations
topnotch@nycap.rr.com
71 Squareback
65 Notchback
65 Squareback
87 Golf
88 Rx7 10th Anniversary

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russ Wolfe" <russw@classicvw.org>
To: "Type3" <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 9:28 PM
Subject: [T3] winter storage


> 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
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