http://www.hagerty.com/classic-car-articles-resources/HowTo/Storage-and-Transportation/All-articles/2009/12/02/Tips-to-Keep-Mice-out-of-Stored-Cars?utm_source=ExactTarget&utm_medium=email&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=Hagerty%20Weekly%20News%2011-27-2013

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They can really wreck a car interior in a hurry.  When my dad brought home the '69 Convertible in July, he also brought home a family of mice with it.  They shredded some paperwork he left in the back, and built a very comfortable nest under the driver's seat. 

Caught four of the little guys in two days.  If you use traps, check them daily!  I skipped one day, and the smell was pretty bad... 




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"Let them that don't want none have memories of not gettin' any."
- Brother Dave Gardner

I'm shocked..SHOCKED I tell you, to see that NO-one mentioned the most effective varmit repellant to keep in the garage, or in the car.....it's all I use, and it works quite well. Also works as the perfect anti-theft device.....



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Joel Adams
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"Money can't buy happiness -- but somehow it's more comforting to cry in a CORVETTE than in a Kia"

I made the mistake of using a glue trap in my '75. I caught the mouse but he got the last laugh. He squirmed around enough to flip the trap upside down on the carpet. I spent hours trying to get that glue out of the carpet.

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I leave several small photos of my sister in the car and that seems to do the trick.

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Corvettes and women are the same...You want to make love to them but they keep breaking down.

That is too cruel. Still pretty funny, thou.

Joel, Thanks for the suggestion. I'm sure your method is very effective but I think I'll stick with the dryer sheets.  Besides, I don't think those things grow around here.

I'll be more than happy to send ya a few...dozen....


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We have rattlesnakes around here but the darned things sleep all winter so they're not much good.



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I personally like this one:

Put your car on jackstands sitting in oil drain pans. Put about an inch of oil in the pans. Mice will not cross the oil. It's safe for pets. They won't drink the oil where they will drink anti-freeze. If you do not take the tires off be sure they are high enough off the floor that mice can't climb them. Same thing with the cover, leave nothing hanging down they could use to access the car.                 

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Tis was a friends vette stored in his garage

What is that stuff?



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I think it was dog food

OK I get it.  He had mice, then he had to get rid of the mice so he got a cat, then to get rid of the cat he got a dog.  Eventually, Isn't the elephant going to ruin his interior?

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Dave C..........My mantra: I can not be bought!!      Long and short term leases available.

 

Yeah...looks like Meow Mix to me, too...mice use that stuff to train the kitties.....

That looks bad, and it is.....but I've seen worse. As was mentioned earlier...mice/rats/birds CAN go in thru the exhaust, and wind up on TOP of the pistons. I blew q snake skin out of a tailpipe once, too....

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I heard of blowing out a lot of stuff out of you rear..........but a snake skin. That is funny!


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Actually I love my Electronic Mouse trap. It is like this one http://www.amazon.com/Victor-Electronic-Rat-Trap-M240/dp/B000LNX06C/ref=sr_1_7/187-9674318-8258162?ie=UTF8&qid=1386092862&sr=8-7&keywords=mouse+trap+electric