<VV> Moisture free building

J R Read_HML hmlinc@sbcglobal.net
Fri, 29 Oct 2004 16:19:06 -0500


I'm thinking that a wooden building with a wooden floor would be the way to 
go.  It would need appropriate strength/support and vapor barrier on the 
underside.

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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: "'J R Read_HML'" <hmlinc@sbcglobal.net>; <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 4:04 PM
Subject: RE: <VV> Car cover/Moisture.


> 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
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