Wasp(?) nest in interior
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Racer
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Wasp(?) nest in interior
What a great Corvette site! I put a "newbie' post in the Intro section, but thought I would also introduce myself here as I will be spending most of my time in the C3 forums.
I just purchased the yellow '80 you see as my avatar on 5/13 and drove it home from Georgia to Indianapolis. Most all of the chassis work has been completed on this car, leaving me with the interior and the engine/drivetrain to resto-mod. The goal is a driver that will see as many miles as the weather permits.
I have already pulled off the cracked interior windshield trim and purchased replacements from Eckler's. When I removed the t-bar trim and the rear header moldings I found what looks like a mud dauber nest! This from a garaged car (past five years, at least).
Maybe some of you southerners can tell me what made this - I have not seen anything quite like this in Indiana.
I just purchased the yellow '80 you see as my avatar on 5/13 and drove it home from Georgia to Indianapolis. Most all of the chassis work has been completed on this car, leaving me with the interior and the engine/drivetrain to resto-mod. The goal is a driver that will see as many miles as the weather permits.
I have already pulled off the cracked interior windshield trim and purchased replacements from Eckler's. When I removed the t-bar trim and the rear header moldings I found what looks like a mud dauber nest! This from a garaged car (past five years, at least).
Maybe some of you southerners can tell me what made this - I have not seen anything quite like this in Indiana.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mud_dauber
You might also have a mouse or two on board. Stranger things have happened.
You might also have a mouse or two on board. Stranger things have happened.
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Racer
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From: Indianapolis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mud_dauber
You might also have a mouse or two on board. Stranger things have happened.
You might also have a mouse or two on board. Stranger things have happened.
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I had a mouse that took bits of my carpet padding and made a nest under the driver's seat. There was mouse crap EVERYWHERE in that car for a while, from in the air filter to in the AC ducts. I'm still cleaning it out when I find it.
I also had a nest of black widows tucked up in my driver's side window during storage for a year. That was fun to clear out. They died by WD-40... it's what I had around.
Just goes to show - EVERYthing loves a Corvette.
I also had a nest of black widows tucked up in my driver's side window during storage for a year. That was fun to clear out. They died by WD-40... it's what I had around.
Just goes to show - EVERYthing loves a Corvette.
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I had a mouse that took bits of my carpet padding and made a nest under the driver's seat. There was mouse crap EVERYWHERE in that car for a while, from in the air filter to in the AC ducts. I'm still cleaning it out when I find it.
I also had a nest of black widows tucked up in my driver's side window during storage for a year. That was fun to clear out. They died by WD-40... it's what I had around.
Just goes to show - EVERYthing loves a Corvette.
I also had a nest of black widows tucked up in my driver's side window during storage for a year. That was fun to clear out. They died by WD-40... it's what I had around.
Just goes to show - EVERYthing loves a Corvette.
Just goes to show - WD-40 can fix just about anything.
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While doing my Vintage Air install last month I found a giant wasp's nest in the duct behind the blower motor. All dead but I had that sticky honey-like stuff to deal with. 
