One of the things you could consider depending on the
condition of your individual cars is locating local (?)
museums that will agree to display your car for a period of
time (it's nice if you can agree to bring them in about
October and pick them up in May!)
Not all of your cars would probably qualify but it might
take care of a few!
Brian
57 Dodge D500s
Daniel Davids wrote:
>
> Speaking of storage, isn't this just the biggest headache of all? Arrrrgh.
> I mean, I would much rather spend hours solving a nasty intermittent
> engine problem than months juggling cars around among my garage, my mother's
> garage, my airplane hangar, friend's houses, the garage at work (at one time
> I had 5 cars under different buildings) and other creative hideaways.
> The hands-down cheapest, secure solution I have found is hangars.
> I can get it down to average around $50 per month per car by really packing
> them in (forget driving the ones in the back). Of course it's not heated,
> and things get pretty dusty when the wind blows.
>
> What I'd like to know is: does anyone else on the list have a better idea
> for storage in a semi-urban area? I've even been pencilling out what the
> costs would be to build my own small warehouse. Maybe some of the expense
> could be abated by building more than I need and renting out the rest?
> I've also been shopping warehouse space to rent, but they're all basically
> set up for businesses (office space, power, bathrooms, high ceilings, etc),
> so they're really too feature-rich for simple car storage. Oh, and the
> Public Storage kinda places (Shurgard, etc.) are way too expensive (around
> $200 per month for a 10 x 20 unit).
>
> Until I come up with something better, hangars are my strategy.
> Any better ideas out there...?
>
> Dan Davids
> Seattle
>
> Somewhere between 30 and 40 cars. My fear is that when I left work, I forgot
> one under a building and it's long gone now. Could'a happened, actually.
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