Winter Storage
10-04-2011, 09:29 PM
#2
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: PA
Posts: 396
Go to a storage facility and rent a car sized storage garage for the winter...thats what I did last year, long story with my garage, but thank god I did because the snow we got was awful. My unit was even heated so I could continue to mess around with the car. The facility I went to was gated and locked so i knew my car was safe, besides it's was only 5 minutes away.
10-04-2011, 10:48 PM
#3
5th Gear Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Ohio
Posts: 2,228
Well I can't give you mechanical recommendations but as a detailer I say you should store it in a heated, covered bay, buy a high quality car cover, and make sure to wash/wax/seal the paint before you put it away. Personally if I were to store my car I would clay it first as well.
10-05-2011, 10:40 AM
#4
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Illinois
Posts: 473
Yup, detail it real nice. Good coat of wax. Definitely a climate controlled facility to avoid a lot of moisture. Get yourself a good cover and a battery tender. Leave the battery in the car on the tender, or take it out and keep it on the tender. Either way.
Poke around for a place. I have a guy close to me here that works on and restores muscle cars. He has a very large shop and uses most of it for storage in the winter.
Poke around for a place. I have a guy close to me here that works on and restores muscle cars. He has a very large shop and uses most of it for storage in the winter.
10-05-2011, 06:43 PM
#7
6th Gear Member
Move south. No such thing as winter storage. She's ready and so are the roads, 24/7/365.
I came from Illinois and had to store both Stangs AND my boat. Talk about crying one's self to sleep...
I came from Illinois and had to store both Stangs AND my boat. Talk about crying one's self to sleep...
10-05-2011, 10:19 PM
#9
1st Gear Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Canada
Posts: 132
Mine gets stored in an unheated, uninsulated garage with no cover every winter. It does get the battery tender hooked up and gets started at least once a month to keep everything lubed good. Got a Simonize cover to throw on it this year as well.
10-06-2011, 12:08 PM
#10
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Mid MI
Posts: 205
Fill up the gas tank.
Add a bottle of fuel stabilizer.
Put 2 - 1'x1' carpet remanents under each tire.
Put the driver window down about 1/2 inch.
Unhook the battery and hook up a battery tender.
Forget about it until March when I start dreaming about spring again.
I believe that starting it up occasionally just adds to condensation in/around the engine/exhaust etc, so I do not. Other opinions may be equally valid.