<VV> Car cover/Moisture.

[Dave Keillor]

Not in my experience.  I got undercarriage rust in an insulated garage with
a concrete floor, but not in one with a dirt floor.  My wife's Miata has
been stored there every winter for the last 5 years, and there is absolutely
no undercarriage rust.  The Corvair had undercarriage rust from previousl
storage on a concrete floor.  The dirt floor is very dry and very porous
which probably makes a big difference compared to a hard packed dirt floor
(it used to be a horse riding arena).

Dave Keillor

-----Original Message-----
From: J R Read_HML [mailto:hmlinc@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 4:01 PM
To: Dave Keillor; virtualvairs@corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> Car cover/Moisture. 


I've always been told that a dirt floor will cause the undercarriage to rust

quite quickly.  A chemical reaction with mother earth??

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Later, JR
'61 Rampside Standard 4/110
'65 Monza Convertible 4/140
'66 beater Coupe - icemobile 4/140

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Keillor" <dkeillor@ultrex.com>
To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 3:46 PM
Subject: RE: <VV> Car cover/Moisture.


> I've found from experience that the best storage facility is a wooden
> building with a high ceiling and a dirt floor.  The high ceiling prevents
> sudden swings in termpature and humidty, the wood allows the building to
> breathe, and the dirt floor never sweats.
>
> Dave Keillor