[H. L. Chauvin]

From Experience:

1. Try dipping a Tee Shirt in oil until it is well oiled; and, hang it out on a clothes line.

2. After a few years, one can notice that the volatile petroleum products in the oil evaporated & the Tee Shirt is dry.

3. When this same effect happens in an engine, warmer humid air condenses on cooler engine parts and ferric oxide (rust) sets in.

4. Never a bad idea to start engine now & then ...... or as a minimum, rotate engine rapidly with hand crank with (4) plugs removed ..... oil pump "will" pump oil.

5. My Town Sedan sat in "heated" storage for 30 years .....with very little use during this period according to former owner ........ after removing pan, noticed the cam shaft had deep rust pits far beyond repair.

6. Storage: No cut & dry answer or fix because lots depends on:

A. Humidity level in storage area; and,

B. Length of storage between rotating engine and lubricating engine parts.

7. Again, FWIW, our U.S. Military stores rebuilt engines in a vacuum, in a metered fiberglass container, which can even stand open shipment over salt water seas plus years of non-harmful storage.

8. Dust accumulation during storage is detrimental to paint ..... dust accumulates moisture, moisture molecules penetrate paint film .... results in rust in some cases.

9. Rodents are a different subject .... depends "solely" on the person's desire to "effectively" control the storage area as opposed to trying to appeal to the rodents who desire to ruin a Model A.

Just hope this helps anyone to decide.