Daily driver in the garage with your muscle car???

[Zedder]

For you Northern folks that deal with snow in the Winter...do any of you park your daily driver in the garage with your Muscle Car during the Winter? If so, any ill affects?

I bought a mint '70 LS5 Corvette this past Summer and I am getting a lift next week to get it off the ground. However, I'm still hesitating about using the same garage (2 car bay) for my daily driver during the winter for fear that the moisture from any melting snow will corrode some of the undercarriage (it is a frame-off restored car). Thanks in advance for any advice http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

[mockingbird812]

Mark,

Not that a resident from the Sonora Desert would be the best person to get advice such as you want, but I'll bet you get a tremendous response if you give us just a peek or two of yr nifty new ride http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif .

[ORIGLS6]

Mark,

If the garage is heated and you're storing it on a four post lift, maybe you could consider a storage bag. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

[Zedder]

Hey Sam,

We just moved into a new house a few months ago and we are still on dial up until the end of the month when they get more cards for DSL in the system. So posting decent pics takes forever!!! I'll try and resize a shot or two and post them tomorrow and will certainly put something together for the member's rides section once we have decent Internet speeds again.

As for the car, I am really happy with it. I'm the third owner and have spoken to both previous, extremely fussy owners http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif It's a Cortez Silver '70 Coupe, LS5, 4 speed, black leather, 3.70 posi, power windows car. EVERY number matches and complete born-with drivetrain, POP, Window Sticker, Tank Sticker, all reciepts, pics of resto etc. The car had just 27,000 miles on it in 1993 and was a mint survivor car when the second owner decided that he wanted everything about the car "perfect". So, he had it frame-off restored http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/no.gif It has just 29,000 miles now. Pics tomorrow http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

[Zedder]

Dennis, unfortunately the garage is not heated as it's attached to the house. It will be on a 4 post lift though...

Here is one quick pic before I hit the sack http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[SmallHurst]

I have no problems with my car being in the same garage, but there is definately space and isolation in the garage. My wife has the 2 car section, the Hurst is parked to the side in the 3rd stall. My daily driver gets to park outside!!! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Keith Tedford]

I find that this time of year and late winter/early spring are the worst times for dampness. Moisture will condense on the cold surface of the car and that causes rust. I have a gas furnace in my garage and keep it on in the spring and fall just to keep the moisture out. In the dead cold of winter, everything is dry and nothing much happens. Any slush that falls off the driver in the winter gets swept out the door as soon as possible. I actually get more rust on tools during the humid summer weather. I'm forever coating tools with oil to keep them in good shape. Just some of my experiences in the cold frozen north. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[m22mike]

Mark
I store two cars in a attached to the house and not heated type garage also. In gets cold in there but never gets much below the low 40's http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif
I will add that this storage area is not the same one used for the drivers, so the door is rarely open in winter. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

I run a small house dehumidifier all year long. I only set it about a third of the way up on the dial.
It has done a nice job, especially in the summer.
Something you may consider ? I got mine at one of the box stores.


Mike

[Zedder]

Let's try this...

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s177/Zedder_photos/IMG_1339.jpg

[Zedder]

Thanks guys. Smallhurst, I have the same set-up but in reverse http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif My wife and kids get the 3rd bay for the bikes and "stuff". I built a wall dividing the two areas...it does make my two bay a bit tight, but that way there is little chance of an "accident" happening when one of them is out there getting stuff. It also keeps those smelly garbage cans out of my space!

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s177/Zedder_photos/IMG_0951.jpg

[Mr. Chevy]

I would keep the Vette away from your daily driver or somehow isolate it. Like Mike said, invest in a dehumidifier and run it.. Thats what I do.. I also have no heat... There is more moisture that thing picks up in the summer than in the winter...

Rich

[Salvatore]

Mark, It is very easy to install a 220V heater in your garage. I have an attached garage and my wife shares 1/2 of it. It is 24X24 with an 9' ceiling. My hung from the ceiling heater on low keeps it at 60 even in the dead of winter. Of course it is insulated and drywalled.

[TDW]

Mark...If you have forced air heating system, why don't you pipe a couple of ducts to the garage? That will be plenty of heat to keep things dry. I have 1 duct going to the 2 car house garage where the wife parks. No problems at all with it. Some local laws may need to be circumvented, but it's your house. If you let a car sit ideling for 3 days, you may get some carbom monoxide thru the ductwork. If you are that concerned about CM, put some flapper valves in the ducts.

[pSYCo]

...get a dehumidifyer

[Jeff H]

I put my 2000SS in the garage next to my 70 L78 Camaro during the winter. But we don't get much snow, and if it does snow, I have to get home before there is 1/4" on the ground because the 2000SS is not very good in the snow. If it has too much snow on it, I will leave it outside that nigth until the sun can help melt the stuff off. We have a bigger problem with the sudden temperature changes in the winter/spring which can lead to instant condensation. I've seen the L78 completely soaked sitting in the garage when we had a sudden warm up.

[Zedder]

Thanks for the tips guys!

[chevelleheart]

Hey Zedder , great looking Vette !Congrats ! I've had a few cars parked over the years next to the wife's daily driver, and have never had any bad experiences. Although out here in Alberta , it's a lot drier and less humid then in Ontario

[Zedder]

Thanks Bob! We just got off of dial up and onto DSL this weekend, so I'll send some pics to Bruce for the member's rides section this week http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

[Xplantdad]

Good deal Mark!