Ideal Tips For Storing Your Classics For The Long Winter

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I just wanted to get somes members ideas and tips for storing their cars during the long winter months. I know this will not apply to some of our members in the southern states. But I dread the winter months because I hate putting my cars away for winter. In fact I haven't put all of them away just yet, I still drive one weekly to work. But with weather reports claiming snow in NJ in the next couple days it looks like winter hibernation is in store for Sherman ( That's the name of my 1953 Buick as he is a tank). So with that being said I would like to hear cool tips and ideas for storing your car inside as well as outside as not everyone has a garage.

Few Topics Starters:

Inside storage .........

Outside storage........

What type of covers to use......... number of covers

Home remedies for keeping critters (Ex:mice) out for your car......

Moisture issue.......

Rust Prevention...........
 
i have my charger up on jackstands, my coolant drained , my battery pulled , fuel stabilizer, and under a cover inside my garage. i have the windows down about an inch to prevent moisture building up. i also drain my wiper fluid and my overflow tank. i have never had an issue with critters or a frozen engine block, it has always fired right up .my duster is my DD. it gets super cold here , but spring is around the corner. wahooo!
 
Laundry drier sheets work great for keeping out mice and smell nice in spring! I use lots of them, under the seat, trunk, glovebox etc. Also make sure your sun visors are flipped straight down to keep mice from nesting there, also close your air vents. If you have the shoulder seatbelts that clip and hang on the headliner let them hang down too. Leaving the windows cracked a hair is a good idea.
 
All of those are great Ideas I like the dryer sheets but does anybody ever use fogging oil on their engine for prolonged storage? I try to winterize my cars the sameway I do my boat and fog all three cars
 
..don't let your front wheels hang if your lower A arms have
rubber bushings.
these are tightened at ride height and will be twisted all winter if left hanging...then you'll wonder why those stock lower bushings didn't last.
 
I keep my battery charged up, and start the car once every month or so to blow the cobwebs out of her. Keep a pack of rat poison shoved under the center console in the winter (remove it when I start driving the car).

Not the cheap stuff, the good kind that requires them to go to water for it take effect, so the furry little interior destroyers don't die inside my car. :D

6 years (stored every winter) no holes in my interior, no dead rat smell in the car and the 340 is happy... ok it's not happy, it's a cold blooded monster that requires a lot of finesse to start. But it's alot worse if I let it sit all winter without starting it a few times.
 
A neighbor told me about this, so far I have not seen no evidence of critters in the cars. Jack the car up & put it on stands inside of pans filled with oil. I have used fogging oil in the past. The bike I used it on is a bastard to get it running, under ideal circumstances. Before trying to star I had to make sure I had a new set of plugs for it. I would crank it until it blubbered, change the plugs & it would fire right up.
 
inkjunkie said:
A neighbor told me about this, so far I have not seen no evidence of critters in the cars. Jack the car up & put it on stands inside of pans filled with oil.
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I have seen this done, I think the old timers used to do it and it is supposed to work.
 
71dartswinger said:
move down here with us and you wont have to worry about storage
56 this am and 68 now
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I think it was something like 0 this morning here, and my old dodge pickup sounded like someone was choking it to death... And that was with 2,000 Cold Cranking Amps (Dual 1000CCA Batteries and a High Torque/Mini Starter with a 318)

My tires & snow plow were both frozen solid to the ground :wack: Had to keep rowing it from Reverse to 1st/Low to break the truck loose.
 
Another interior trick is a mason jar lid with a cotton ball in it. Pour the lid 1/2 way full with peppermint oil (not extract). This keeps all the critters out and smells good.
 
74Dusted said:
My tires & snow plow were both frozen solid to the ground :wack: Had to keep rowing it from Reverse to 1st/Low to break the truck loose.
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First year we were here my neighbor that plows our roads told me about this happening, I thought he was goofing on me & chalked it up as an urban legend....
 
inkjunkie said:
First year we were here my neighbor that plows our roads told me about this happening, I thought he was goofing on me & chalked it up as an urban legend....
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It happens alot, especially on plow trucks, where the blade will sink down in and then freeze several inches into the ground. Makes it a royal PITA getting the truck moving. Even the force of the hydraulic cylinder can't overcome the grip of the frozen ice & ground. So you have to rock the truck to break it loose.

Leave the plow up, destroy the suspension... put the plow down, have it freeze in the ground (along with your tires on occasion).. :D
 
Time for a brag.....you can drive your classic all year round here....It don't snow here.......but.....it does get hot, and to keep it out of the sun does help it.

Leave the plow up, destroy the suspension... put the plow down, have it freeze in the ground (along with your tires on occasion)..

How about sitting the plow on a board....like an old house step tread....????
 
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