Cars in West Sussex tend to get used. Between the events, the runs and the shows, this is a county where a car is expected to come out and be seen, and that creates a particular kind of storage problem. The car needs to be kept properly between events, and it needs to be ready and presentable when it is wanted, often at short notice.
Our car storage service for West Sussex is built for that. Cars are stored in a dehumidified building rather than a damp garage, inspected on arrival, photographed, kept on battery conditioners and covered.
Every car gets the same treatment, whatever it is worth.
A car that has been standing is rarely ready to be driven, let alone shown. The battery is down, the tyres have taken a set, the brakes have a film of surface rust and the fluids have not been looked at since it went away.
Ours do not come out in that condition. The brakes are cycled before the car goes into storage rather than after it comes out. The battery has been on a conditioner the whole time. The fluids were checked and topped on arrival and the condition was photographed, so there is a record of exactly how the car went in.
Cars that get used are cars that need attention. Detailing, decontamination, paint protection and bodywork are handled by our own people in our own workshop, so a car can be made ready without being passed between specialists.
Our client dedicated transporter can take the car to the event and bring it home again afterwards, which matters more than it sounds. A car that is driven to an event arrives having done the miles. A car that is delivered arrives as it left us.
A garage that is not dehumidified follows the outside temperature but lags behind it. Warmer, damper air arrives and meets metal that is still cold, and moisture condenses onto it, including on the parts you never see. Through a wet winter near the coast that cycle repeats constantly. Dehumidified storage removes the moisture before it has anything to condense onto, which is the difference between a car that is kept and a car that is merely parked.
Our client dedicated transporter covers West Sussex and the wider south east, travels UK-wide where needed, and can be arranged for movements to and from Europe.
We are a Collecting Cars managed partner, which means we can handle the inspection, the detailing, professional photography, storage through the auction, enquiries while it is live, and the handover at the end.
Can you transport the car to and from events?
Yes, our client dedicated transporter handles UK-wide movements and we can arrange European transport.
What sort of cars do you store?
Everything from pre-war cars through to current hypercars, including cars that are actively campaigned.
