Well black widows live in private garages and old Imperials, too. I once found a very bad nest in the air filter housing. Paul In a message dated 5/11/2004 5:40:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tclevenger@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > > > Here's a little secret: If you live within decent distance of a local small > airport > (especially those trying to survive), you might find a hangar cheap. In > NorCal, > we rented a 36x48 hangar for $200 a month. That included light, power and > 24 hour security (provided by FAA-backed airport police.) Only downside was > that you had to move everything out every few months to bug-bomb the > place for black widows. > > Tim > > --------- > Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 10:29:24 -0400 > From: RandalPark@xxxxxxx > Subject: Re: IML: Interesting responses.. on 56 Imperials > > Regardless of the "models or condition", it all boils down to what you want > for > yourself. That could be based on something as insignificant as who was with > you > when you bought a certain car, or even who you bought it from. > > My experience has been to keep as many as possible. Each time I decided to > do > that, a good friend of mine helped me build a carport or garage, so that the > car > would not sit outside. In our area it costs about $500.00 to build a > carport. > > Also, since I was aware of my unquenchable desire to own as many NICE cars > as > possible (maybe silly to you, but very important to me)I moved from my > rented > apartment and bought a house. Having five garage stalls at my old apartment > building was the maximum that the land lady would allow. When I bought my > sixth > Imperial (in 1985), I couldn't make the choice that you are now faced with. > > By 1997 I couldn't build anymore covered spaces on my lot. Upon finding a > pair > of '55 Imperials once again I had to chose, and couldn't. I bought another > house > instead, which gave me the potential of seven more covered parking spaces. > > At this late stage, I am most certainly happy that I kept all of my cars. > Compared to what is usually available now for restoration or the cost of a > nice > original, my cars were all bargains. By being so concerned about parking > them > all, I made two very good investments in real estate. Chances are, without > the > cars, I would probably still be renting an apartment. Since I worked really > hard > to park all of them on my own property, and under cover, I haven't spent > away > their value by paying for years of monthly storage. > > Someday those cars and the extra house may enable me to continue my own > independence in late retirement, which is something that each and every one > of > us will eventually have to deal with. I call that a good investment. > > Paul > > _________________________________________________________________ > Stop worrying about overloading your inbox - get MSN Hotmail Extra Storage! > >http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=hotmail/es2&ST=1/go/onm00200362ave/direct/01/ > > >