Car Storage = Car Capsule?

Has anyone tried one of these Car Capsules?

http://www.carcapsule.com/

Especially in the northern states, with drastic temp. changes, storing a classic car can be difficult. When I was a teenager back in the 70's, my dad bought a 1953 Pontiac and a 1957 Chevy. We had a decent building with a cement floor to store them in, but there was always the mildew issue, as well as trying to keep moths, bugs, mice out of the interior. Those hassles/issues are what led him to finally sell both cars in the late 80's (boy, was I dumb not to buy the 57 chevy, lol, big regret now!). Anyway, "when" I can finally get my Maverick, I too am concerned about storage, as I want to keep my Maverick till they are throwing dirt over me! Last week I was at the Hershey Car Show and I ran into this vendor. This car capsule appears to be the answer, but is it just hipe? Do any of you have one of these, or know of anyone that does?

 

just my thoughts, it doesnt look like it will keep rodents (or pets) out. it would keep the elements out while sealed, but once a hole is created by who or whatever, youd have to buy another. might work better than a car cover, possibly last longer

 

Craig Selvey's brother uses one.

 

I wouldn't bother, I know a kid that kept a mustang in one, just blew the dust on the car, let all the moisture and such in, waste of time in my book

 

If I had a car that needed to be put in something like that, I think I would have to reconsider what I'm doing with that car...

 

I would think a vacuum-type capsule would work better.

imho

 

My brother does have one and he is very pleased with it. It is made out of very thick plastic. He mainly got it to keep cats off of his car....plus to keep kids, bicycles, tools, rakes, etc off of it.

He stores it in "the bubble" year round...so it is a pain in the ass to get it out for a quick trip to the ice cream shop. If it got a hole in it.....it would no longer work as it would not hold air. I think it works real well to keep out the dust as well.

 

I have something like it called a "Car Jacket." It works pretty much the same way. Drive the car on it and zip it up. It also comes with these little bags of something that is supposed to absorb moisture. Do I like it? Well, yes and no, but mostly no. It does keep the dirt and dust off the car, but that's about all I like about it. It has a few big drawbacks as far as I'm concerned. One: it takes up a heck of a lot of room when it's open. Two: it's really easy to poke a hole in it, especially if you happen to lay the jacket on the floor and there just happens to be a small stone under the jacket which you just happen to run over with your tires. Instant hole. But the one thing I really don't like about it, and it may apply to the Carcapsule as well, is that there is NO ventilation around the vehicle. These things are air tight.The first thing I noticed when I opened the jacket after a few months in storage was an extremely strong smell of gasoline. Any vapors are trapped in the jacket. I'm just happy there were no open flames around when we opened it up the first time. Not only that, but the entire car had to be aired out to remove the gasoline oder. The car was not leaking gas, BTW. That was my experiance with one of those things and I have not used the jacket since then. Just a few things to consider before investing in one of those car jackets or capsules.

 

I have an insulated floor in my garage. I also heat my garage. But the storage side is not heated, where I store most of my cars. I lay plastic down and drive the car over it. Creates a barrier for moisture, and I live in a very humid climate. I dont have any rodent problems, probably cause I paint, they dont seem to ever come around. I have stored at storage sites where I saw signs of mice. I used moth balls to keep them out.
Dan

 

As far as moth balls go, another solution is to buy pure "mint extract", the kind you find in the baking goods section of the supermarket. There is something about the mint that the mice don't like. To use it, you simply open the top and set it in the car (usually on the floor mat) and your done, it will slowly evaporate over time! The cool thing is, the mint leaves a "nice" smell in the car, rather than the moth balls! My dad has been doing this for many years now, he's a farmer and has always had problems with mice getting into the combine and tractor cabs and raising havoc. He swears by this method, so I thought I would pass it on....


Art

 

Ahhhhhh! that minty fresh smell!

definately more appealing than the mothballs

 

Coast soap does the same thing.Get a few bars,open them up and lay them around the inside and trunk.First time my son went to Iraq on deployment,he parked his Mustang in the storage area at the base.He left some clothes and stuff in his trunk.Came back and some type of varmit,don't know what,in Southern California,had got in his trunk and made a complete mess out of things.Chewed everything up and built nests etc.Next time he went,he put coast soap in all around the inside.Came home,nothing had been touched.What we couldn't figure out was how the varmit got in the car in the first place.It was a 94 Mustang GT in good shape with no holes at all.Nothing worse than having some animal chew things up and have tons of babies in your car.

 

I've heard the same thing with the soap. I went out and got an 8-pack of Irish Spring. It's packaged in individual boxes so I poked a bunch of hols in each box and put them all over the car, behind kick panels, in the trunk, under the dash. You name it, I have soap there. Mice ruined my interior once, I'm not letting them do it again. Smells good too.

Sam

 

I never heard about the soap trick, cool. I'm now thinking about maybe doing a combination of soap and mint. Whatever the case, it smells better than those moth balls!

Thanks for the ideas guys, any other "storage" tricks we should know about?

Art

 

Thats funny because my Mom, who lives in FL, bought a new Saturn last year and 6 months later she had to call an exterminator because a rat had gotten in there and chewed a hole in her back seat. The car sits outside all the time, always on concrete, and windows always up. The exterminater caught the rat with a trap so we know what the varment was, but nobody, including the expert, has a clue how it got in there.