FobzyCaring for a vintage car
July 30th 2008 00:15
Based on an article from AutoTimeMachine
Modern cars have already gone through careful innovations and upgrades, and are easy to maintain.
Compared with a vintage car, it is far easier to take care of current vehicles.
Vintage cars need pampering.
They need quality restoration of parts, be they leather, rubber or metal parts.
That is to keep them from wearing out and cracking in age, sunlight damage and critical weather conditions.
Tips for caring for vintage cars
Storage - Most damage is from freezing temperatures and sunlight.
In a garage, storage helps keep it covered.
During cold weather, you could connect it to an engine warmer if you intend to start it up, keeping the battery alive.
Leather Care and Rubber – Old cars’ leather interior needs special care and cleaning. Hoses and other rubber parts need lubricants and moisturizers. That is to keep them supple, strong and in tact.
Finding the Right Parts – Knowing that you have an old model car, it is a bit harder to find compatible parts.
Protect Your Engine – New levels of ethanol in gasoline have adverse effects on metal parts of the car’s antique engine. Older model engines are usually made to run on straight gasoline. If you use ethanol without protection, it may cause corrosion of some metals of the engine. It might as well damage natural rubber and cork parts.
Things You Can Do:
* Run a non-alcohol based fuel stabilizer
* Install a water separation filter and fuel filter – make sure you keep spare filters
* Replace fuel lines and gaskets or o-rings with new ethanol resistant materials
* Repair or replace the fuel tank if it has been damaged
Despite some efforts to keep mileage low, this won’t be good for the engine.
It has to be regularly used or keep its rpm running high so as to cleanse out the carburetor, valves, circulate the oil around and help the engine run better and longer.
So, if you're aiming to become a collector as I am, it would do you well to bear in mind these requirements.
You'll have an investment but one which must be looked after.
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