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Car cover / storage in general / lots of questions



This Sunday my Scirocco is going into storage until Christmas.  I have
to go back to school and can't take it with me.  I'm only willing to pay
for outside storage, so I need to get a decent car cover for it.  Does
anyone have any recommendations?  If I ordered something special online
or anything, I could cover it with a tarp for now and have my parents go
put it on later.  Can something like that even be ordered from the
dealer?
 
Also, general storage tips?  I'm thinking I'll probably drain the fluids
and might even go so far as to flood the engine with ATF..  I'd like it
to start when I come back - or maybe I should just let it deteriorate
and use that as a good excuse to swap a new motor in ;).  Should I put
it up on blocks or something?  Any other good measures for saving the
tires?  I'll likely pull the battery clear out and most of the interior
will be stored in my basement (it's stripped right now, just painted the
inside with por-15 today, I'll likely write again on that project
tomorrow).  What else should I think about?  Any other good measures for
keeping it moisture free?  I have a few holes in the floorboards right
now from rust - should I worry about sealing those up with plastic and
tape or anything? 
 
I'm putting my windows back in tomorrow and reusing the old rubber.
It's in good enough shape that it can be used, but is there anything
that I can put on it to recondition, preserve and protect the rubber?
Any sort of oils or anything?
 
Finally, my drivers side rear brake line is leaking badly under the dash
- I think removing rust from it caused it to break.  I'm planning on
swapping them out entirely in my next round of modification, so I'm
planning to just crimp the line upstream of the leak to get it to the
storage yard (it's only like 3 miles).  Any thoughts on this from
anyone?
 
Thanks a lot!
 
-Grant-
1980 Money Pit
Louisville, KY / Annapolis, MD