vivaspeed Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 That's the one. Though they were vette wheels. Was it my imagination or did it have a later VK type grill/nose on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 If you want to dehumidify your lock up use calcium chloride (damp rid), put it in a cheese cloth over a bucket and watch it fill up with water.. You can get big bags of it for cheap from pool shops.. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted June 14, 2016 Author Share Posted June 14, 2016 How much do I put in a bucket? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 At a guess, I'd put half a bag in the cheese cloth, then hang that over a bucket.. it'll absorb moisture that will then drip into the bucket.. you can reuse it by cooking it in the oven at a low temp.. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
63Ragtop Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 cool to see the wagon getting some love kk, please do have a good think about the container, I don't know if they all do it but I went with my fatherinlaw to move a bunch of stuff out of his self storage lock up, which was just rows of old shipping containers, and I could not believe the amount of condensation hanging on the roof. Any thing fabric etc would have been ruined. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted June 14, 2016 Author Share Posted June 14, 2016 Yeah I was looking at ideas last night and I think well sealed containers with no type of ventilation and in the shade for 22 hours a day is the root of the problem. If I go ahead then I'll be having mine out of the shade for ~6 hours a day in winter and ~12 hours a day in summer. Plus as I'll own the container, I'll put some vents into the front and rear, maybe even fit a couple of those spinny whirly things on top. Plus a couple of buckets of calcium chloride as per Tom's suggestion above. Then to boot I'll only put in non fabric items for the first month and see how things look after that if it is dry as a bone or slightly moist. Edit - just found this - http://www.comac.co.nz/modules/SP_webshop/products.php?cat=309 (bottom of the page) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threeonthetree Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Lining the interior of the container is the best way to prevent moisture related issues. But it's time consuming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Is it a new container? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted June 14, 2016 Author Share Posted June 14, 2016 No I'm no that rich LOL - its a reasonably well used one. I will be fixing any rust holes (if there any) but it looks fairly solid in the brief look I gave it last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneo Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Much interest in this container chat as I just bought one as well which has vents in each end and sits in the sun all day but I'm to worried to put car pats init might try the couple of buckets of calcium chloride as well to see what the condensation levels are . Brand new was to rich for me as well . How long is the plan on the body work ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted June 14, 2016 Author Share Posted June 14, 2016 Did you see the Comac container vent above? Looks the ticket to me. I'm hoping to have the rust done by next years Nats but at latest next years Hawkes Boes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakesae101 Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 you can also get 1kg bags of silica beads from Gun city for like 10$ and you can dry them out again in a microwave 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Oh man good to know! I will go buy a bucket of beads and place in them in various cars I've got stored at various relatives houses haha. In thread relevant news, Looking forward to seeing the new and improved VH next nats!Rust work aaaaabsolutely sucks haha. There's an exponential decay of motivation, you'll get as much done in the first week as you will in the last 9 months.I begrudgingly admit that your wagon is pretty cool Ugh I feel dirty now, off to look at pictures of coupes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted June 15, 2016 Author Share Posted June 15, 2016 Rust work aaaaabsolutely sucks haha. There's an exponential decay of motivation, you'll get as much done in the first week as you will in the last 9 months. Shit, it's going to be the slow boat to Sydney at that rate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 I reckon some sort of solar powered fan for airflow wouldn't go amiss either.. that's the main issue in containers.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneo Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 I'm sure you will be faster than mine I haven't even posted my new project as its all body work and after one year its still sits there AHHH So far our container seams very dry but time will tell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seedy Al Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 just try fitting another commodore in the container, they seem to collect all the water. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 TEN PROPELLORS AND A CRANE you got a man to shift container? I used to do parts for that MF Robertson joker when I was at multis (the guy with one truck that has a swinglifter and 1829018028109 trailers near te-marua on SH2) and he did a good as deal to shift a couple of sea-cans for cubastreet. can prolly get his number for ya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted June 15, 2016 Author Share Posted June 15, 2016 The container I'm looking at is already on site - just needs to be moved from one side of the yard to the other. But I will probably hit him up if I ever move from this lockup to another site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 choice! now to shift it from one side to the other........ crane? 10 propellors? persian slaves? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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