Classic Car Ownership Notes
Storage checklist
Updated October 2026

Questions drawn from Canadian Conservation Institute Notes 1/1
and the CCI metal-objects page, both read on 15 October 2026.
Those pages describe museum collections. A private garage is not a museum.
Answer from the building you have. Do not invent a reading.

Location
[ ] Storage is away from public rooms.
[ ] Storage is away from exterior walls where that is possible.
[ ] The room is not a basement or an attic, or the leak and swing risk is written down.
[ ] Cars and parts sit off the floor.
[ ] Pipes are away from the store, or they are inspected.

Access and separation
[ ] The room locks.
[ ] Entry and movement are limited to named people.
[ ] Food and drink stay out.
[ ] Flammable liquids stay out of the collection room.
[ ] Incoming objects can wait apart from the rest.

Light, read from CCI Notes 1/1
[ ] Light on the store is at or below 150 lux, or the actual reading is written here: ____
[ ] Ultraviolet is at or below 75 microwatts per lumen, or the actual reading is written here: ____
[ ] Lights are off when nobody is working.

Humidity, read from the CCI metal-objects page
[ ] You have a written target. This site does not invent one.
[ ] You know CCI's published lines: above 65 percent RH, metal corrosion speeds up;
    40 to 55 percent is the moderate band CCI gives for many composite objects;
    30 percent or lower is the dry band CCI calls ideal for metals.
[ ] Temperature and RH are recorded on a daily look.

Cadence from Notes 1/1
[ ] Daily: leaks, condensation, temperature, RH.
[ ] Weekly: insects, dust, covers, supports.
[ ] Quarterly: metals checked for active corrosion; monitors checked.