[DeTomaso] Preparing a car for long term storage

[Jeff Cobb]

Hi Charles,
Put car on frame jacks to keep tires round and it away from lives problems, 
lower tires to less than normal pressures to keep plies from separating,
have tank and carb as low on fuel as possible and do add fuel stabilizer,
try to run carb dry,
place a large desiccant sock bag in a pail in car/trunk to keep moisture/fungus low,
attach bags of mice/rodent dehydration food to jack stand/body points to keep Mickey away,
spray bolt/nut heads and metals that may rust with oil or vaseline to deter corrosion,
cover exhaust outlets with plastic after placing rolled up paper towels into exhaust bores,
best would be a pressurized storage bag with all above.

I always thought that I would connect a large cylinder of nitrogen to the fuel tank vent hose and cabin. Then leave the valve open slightly so nitrogen would flood the fuel tank to keep air and static fuel from becoming unhomogenized olefins and causing fuel tank damage and also the cabin would stay fresh.

Take care, 
Jeff Cobb

On Jun 13, 2018, at 12:12 AM, Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com> wrote:

>   Hi all and greetings from Chennai, India. After our trip to Le Mans
>   Classic in a few weeks, I will be putting the Pantera (and probably the
>   Benelli Sei and Suzuki as well - last chance to buy the Benelli!!!)
>   into storage. It's entirely possible that the next time the engine will
>   be started is in 2 years' time. It may be less, but I'd prefer to plan
>   for the worst-case scenario. In any case, the car won't be seeing
>   regular use in the medium term future.A
>   Suggestions on what should be done? Battery tender is obvious, but what
>   else? Is it really necessary to put the car on jack stands? Will modern
>   tires really get flat spots, and won't those go away after a few
>   miles?A  Add fuel stabilizer to the tank is a good idea I imagine. Am I
>   better off disconnecting the fuel line and letting the carb run dry, or
>   it doesn't really matter? Not sure how I'd do that anyway without
>   having the fuel pump pump gas all over the floor. Any other
>   suggestions?A
>   Thank you!
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