I finally moved the car into my new garage today, which is just as well. I washed it and have now tucked it up for the winter.

In protest at the British climate, the car has developed a leak (actually, a number of leaks — like from every opening and through the roof) which means that leaving it outside in the rain simply isn’t an option. The Corvette wasn’t watertight when it was new, and 40 years haven’t made it any better.

One small problem. European garages are made for European cars. Which means that they’re tiny. This one is a little bigger than the first one I looked at (where I couldn’t even open the door) but it’s still tricky to get it parked, then to squeeze out.

It’s a tight squeeze!

Now that the car’s indoors, it’ll have a good chance to dry out. Provided the weather stays nice, my task next weekend is to clean out the entire inside of the car with Lysol or something similar to prevent mold & mildew from growing. Not exactly my idea of a fun weekend.

The car will be off the road for the next few months — I’ll wait until spring to wash it, wax it, service it, and have it inspected. But I will visit it from time to time between now and then — just to say “hello”.