<VV> CAR BAGS http://www.carcapsule.com/

[Ron]

ALL of the air?

RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Gilbert" <bgilbert at redshift.bc.ca>
To: "'Alan and Clare Wesson'" <alan.wesson at atlas.co.uk>; <N2VZD at aol.com>; 
<virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> CAR BAGS http://www.carcapsule.com/


>I wonder if you could do the opposite - put the car in a bag and suck all 
>of
> the air out - basically vacuum seal the car?
>
> ??
>
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Alan and Clare 
> Wesson
> Sent: March-11-09 2:32 PM
> To: N2VZD at aol.com; virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> CAR BAGS http://www.carcapsule.com/
>
> We also have one like that here, called the Carcoon.
>
> A great idea - I have a friend who lives in a miserable, damp, soggy, wet
> hollow in the middle of Dartmoor (the setting for the Hound of the
> Baskervilles, if you follow Sherlock Holmes - we live in that area. There 
> is
>
> also Dartmoor Prison nearby).
>
> Anyway, my friend has a miserable old corrugated iron shed with an 
> asbestos
> sheet roof (am I making it sound nice enough for you?) (;-)), and it is
> incredibly leaky, has half of one side missing, and has about a third of 
> the
>
> roof sheets missing (he is a bit of a slob, but he also doesn't have a lot
> of money).
>
> He is restoring a Fiat Dino (the car the Mafia drove in the original 
> Italian
>
> Job), and Fiat Dinos do not need a lot of persuading to go rusty. He has
> been bare-metalling his car for a year, and it is in the Carcoon. To date,
> he has had no surface rust form on it, so they must be good. My friend is
> such a fanatic that he actually works on the car inside the Carcoon. It 
> does
>
> get a bit dusty. He has had cancer twice, so he has a devil-may-care
> attitude towards health risks, and he isn't bothered about breathing in 
> the
> dust (I would be, though!).
>
> The other experience was less positive, although I think it was probably 
> no
> fault of the Carcoon but was probably a user problem. A guy has booked a
> Lancia in with us after having it fixed by a SERIOUSLY expensive restorer
> (seriously expensive like $30000 for a body job).
>
> He called me the other day to see if we could help, because he is furious
> that his car is beginning to rust again and they have told him to go hang
> and that they won't do any more for him.
>
> I was a little surprised (no, I was a LOT surprised) because these people
> have a very good reputation!) so I went to do him an estimate and look at
> the damage.
>
> As soon as I got there I could see the cause of the problem. The car is in 
> a
>
> Carcoon.
>
> Outside.
>
> Cheers
>
> Alan
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <N2VZD at aol.com>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 9:16 PM
> Subject: Re: <VV> CAR BAGS http://www.carcapsule.com/
>
>
>>
>> sorry to hear about mrs Fitch.
>>
>>
>> i think the neatest indoor storage unit i have seen is called  "car
>> capsule".  my attorney has several early vettes and one very nice 64
>> corvair convert.
>> these bags are a decent grade plastic that you drive the car  into and 
>> zip
>> up.  then you plug in the little computer fan on the end of  it. it keeps
>> enough
>> air flowing to inflate the bag and keep moisture from  accumulating.  he
>> has
>> had some for many years now with good results. they  make several kinds ,
>> for
>> different size vehicles and cycles. them make a heavier  one for outdoor
>> use
>> also. i think the website is _http://www.carcapsule.com/_
>> (http://www.carcapsule.com/)      . i would not cover a decent paint job
>> without putting some extra
>> soft  cloth on at least the top surfaces..   i used to lay a couple of
>> soft
>> bedsheets on mine before putting any cover on it.
>> again , always just try typing any question into your browser window for
>> help.
>> regards, tim colson
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