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My wife and I will be moving overseas for about three years and will be storing our vehicle. Do you have any suggestions about long-term storage?
First, try to store your car in a location that is free of rodents.  Second, remain vigilant in visiting, cleaning, and running your vehicle as often as possible.  Many collectors suggest surrounding Continue reading >>
Rather than coating the car in any way, place desiccants in the storage area and in the car to absorb the moisture to prevent rust, mold and mildew. You can find desiccants in small plastic" Continue reading>>

Humidity can kill collector cars.  At minimum, keep levels below 60 percent.  Hygrometers - devices that measure humidity - can be purchased at a hardware or electronic store.  There are needle Continue reading >>

There are lots of new products on the market to either deter theft (battery cut off switches, alarms, physical deterrents) as well as GPS tracking devices that will locate a stolen vehicle (with" Continue reading>>

Thanks for your question. We don’t recommend leaving collector vehicles out of doors even with covers. Car covers for use in fully locked garages are available through many companies and we don’t" Continue reading>>

We don’t actually do any specific recommendations of one brand of tool, device, lift, or oil, etc, but we can give you some points of reference to use while researching your lift. 

First, Continue reading >>

An extermination and car clean-up expert says that things like moth balls surrounding the outside of the car in the garage, and Irish Spring, are essentially of no use. (And if you still want to" Continue reading>>

There are two schools of thought on whether to leave a car on the tires, or put jack stands under the rear axle or front suspension (thereby taking the weight off the tires).

I prefer to Continue reading >>

Instead of surrounding the outside of the car with mothballs, which we used to recommend, put D-con mice poison out (assuming of course, that no pets will be near the car in storage, of course)." Continue reading>>

Some of the basics for storing cars in the winter include: 

Fill the fuel tank at the beginning of winter to help prevent condensation, and add a fuel stabilizer (follow the instructions on" Continue reading>>

Building a wooden base to park the car on is not going to be cheap, and there are some slightly less expensive methods to do the same thing. The object of the exercise is to reduce the amount of" Continue reading>>

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