David,
This is messy, but I have personal experience with a rust free MkII tub that was
disassembled in the sixties and stored outside until the late 1980's. The owner,
a racer, drenched it in used motor oil and covered it with plastic. The car
remained rust-free until its reassembly in the late eighties.
BTW, I wouldn't bother to discuss this method with any environmental friends.
:-)
Jay Fishbein
Wallingford, CT
DLancer7676@cs.com wrote:
> Maybe to start a new thread (<G>) here: I have a parts car/possible future
> rebuild (heh!)--a '73 RWA Midget in storage. The body was stripped to
> gleaming metal--all of it--by the young PO who found disassembly is a hell of
> a lot easier than assembly. So I entered and bought it, much to the delight
> of his mother. THAT gave me a good deal at $300, but the $65 a month I have
> had to pay for the storage over the past 15 months I have had it is breaking
> the bank. Time to get it out of there and put that money to some productive
> end!
>
> What I want to know is unique ideas as to how to inexpensively store that car
> outside, knowing there isn't a lick of paint on it, while keeping the
> elements from it, and rust at a minimum. Just covering it with plastic isnt
> good because of the trapped condensation---That would probably be worse than
> leaving it exposed where at least it could dry out between rains. I have a
> BGT rusty parts car sitting in the back yard exposed, and I can tell the
> difference over about 6 months of being exposed (it is slowly replenishing
> the soil beneath it with iron)--so I would like to protect it also--at least
> until someone who is working on a GT comes along and buys it (I am not
> planning on using that one except for the bits that will fit a Spridget).
>
> Anyway, how about some ideas about cheap but dependable protection from the
> elements? I may end up building a lean-to extension off my storage
> building--certainly a viable option, but are there other ways?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --David C.
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