Car cover / storage in general / lots of questions

[flaatr at yahoo.com (Raffi)]

If you want a good cover I recommend Griot's Garage for the cover... the 
last time I spoke to them they still had a pattern to make a fitted cover 
for our cars http://www.griotsgarage.com/catalog.jsp?L1=L1_2500

Pricey but very good quality. Depending on where you park it you can select 
the type of fabric to use. Mine is parked indoors and has a tan flannel 
cover. It's about 15 years old and was originally made by MG Mitten but 
it's basically the same.
http://img41.photobucket.com/albums/v126/flaatr/Car%20Cover/Car_Cover_-_01_-_Front.jpg

As far as the rest of your questions... I dunno the answers.

Good luck at school!
-Raffi





At 08:56 PM 7/1/2004, GGehrke wrote:
>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
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