Re: Cold Storage - Car cover or not?
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One thing my grandfather taught me about rodents is that they won't go where they don't have anything to eat. Don't keep any type of food, be it dog food, birdseed, etc. in the garage. Also don't let pizza boxes, McDonalds bags, empty beer cans, etc. in the trash, and especially don't keep your week's worth of filled trash bags in the garage, as this is one of the main reasons the rodents come in. They smell that stuff from 3 blocks away I think! If there's nothing in the garage but your car and tools, they'll usually find a better place to take up shop where the dining is better.
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An older friend of mine has a 74 Vette that he bought brand new and has never been touched and is a survivor. He has been planning on one day getting NCRS Survivor certification. He was showing it to me and I noticed the a mouse nest in the engine compartment and asked if that was original too. We took the nest out and the next couple of days he put some pellets around the garage. This was mid July and it was a little warm to say the least. About a week or two later he goes to take the car for a ride and climbs in and just about pukes from the smell of 4 dead mice that climbed back into his car aftering eating the pellets and died. They pulled off the ultimate F.U to him. He had to remove all the carpets and padding, send them out to be cleaned and de-odorized and then re-installed. Those mice cost him a pretty penny when it was all said and done.
The moral of the story is to use the old fashion spring activated traps that break their backs.
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