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yup , past week or so was still good weather , close to 60 F , so now its the 1st week of Nov. and now time to put up, as most of us will, unless your Rdog in sunny cali . Don't forget your gas treatment in the tank, and that 1 time a month , if you can to start her up . That gives us time to save up money for that next step for the car, there is always something . D.Wilder
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BirdJunkie
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Erie,Pa...Go Otters!!
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Mine has been put away for About 2 weeks, and already miss it. I did put on 7,000 miles this year though. WOOHOO! Just makes you enjoy it that much more when it comes back out in the spring. The GTO only went 1,005 miles this year and most of that was going to Carlisle for GM Nationals. Got some things I want to get done to the bird so it is nice to have the winter for it to be down, NOW if I can only find the time to get to work on it.
88 TC 5SPD BLACK MY BABY ORIG.OWNER(garage queen)/06 GTO 6SPD RED WIFES CAR(cop magnet...lol)/2011 TAHOE WHITE (wifes daily driver a.k.a Fifty Cent)/2016 SUPER DUTY RED(my daily driver a.k.a BIG red)/06 HAYABUSA (SEXY BITCH)..STATEFARM LUVS ME. ----N.A.T.O Bad Boy Division President----
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RC Martin
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Joined:
Mar 2006
Colorado
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Is it true that storing with less than a full tank of gas can allow condensation in the tank? Read that on the bottle of Sta-Bil red stuff and hadn't heard that before.
Thunderbird Turbo Coupe, Bright Canyon Red TuTone, Desert Tan Interior; 1 of 7 in this combo in 1984 according to Marti. 1 of 13,361 TCs in 84.
Rebuilt, 3-Angle Valve Job, SYB37 "OE/Small" Slider Cam
Full 3" Stinger Exhaust to Flowmaster 40, Gnari FMIC/Recirc/BPV, MBC @ 18psi, RF-E6 Manifold, Remote-Mount TFI, PC1 and Flowed 35# Injectors, Inline Walboro 255HP, Kirban AFPR
Rebuilt Suspension -- KYB & Energy Suspension
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Jeff K
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Milwaukee, WI
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This is always a sad time of the year for me... I am still driving my Tbirds on a semi regular basis, but it isnt the same driving around with a heavy coat on and the heater cranked as it is cruzin the backroads in the summer with the windows down and the tunes cranked up. As soon as our first snow is predicted, the Birds will go into storage until spring, and the salt is gone from the roads.
The wife and I took a 2 day 600 mile trip around the state 2 weekends ago to look at the fall colors in the 86. When we got back and I parked it, I looked back at it and thought "goodbye old friend, thats your last roadtrip for 6+ months".
Jeff Korn
88 Turbo Coupe: Intake and exhaust mods, T3 turbo at 24 psi, forced air IC, water injection, BPV, Ranger cam, subframes, etc., etc.
86 Tbird 5.0 (original owner): intake, exhaust, valvetrain mods, 100 HP N2O, ignition, gears, suspension, etc., etc.
11 Crown Vic Interceptor
14 Toyota Camry (wifes car)
95 Taurus GL Vulcan winter beater
67 Honda 450 Super Sport - completely customized
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Pete D
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Apr 2001
Northern OH
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11-07-2013, 02:59 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-07-2013, 03:07 PM by Pete D.)
RC, I believe in keeping a full tank of gas during storage. It doesn't hurt anything. I just topped mine off yesterday although I hope to get a couple more drives in. I'm always sad to put it away for the winter.
Pete Dunham
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Not B Anymore
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Joined:
Apr 2001
Nokesville, VA, USA
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I just drive mine all year :dunno:
Brian Leavitt
'86 TC 5-Speed -- MS2x w/COP | 83 lb. injectors | T3/T4 50 Trim Stage 3 .63AR | Full 3" Exhaust - No Cat | Motorsport FMIC | Ranger Roller | Ported E6 | Walbro 255HP | Kirban | 20psi | 120-amp 3G | 8.8" 3.55 rear | '03 Cobra Wheels
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turbird77
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Apr 2013
Monroe, NC
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I drive mine year round as well. No reason to put them away here, it never snows, and even when it does they don't salt the roads. Main reason why all our cars are so rust-free here. +1 Good Southern Living!
88 TC - Work in Progress.
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Gary S
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Apr 2001
Burlington, KY
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Mine went in storage in the garage today. Filled the tank and put in some Stabil and put on the car cover. I'll start her over the winter a few times just to keep things lubricated but now it's just looking forward to next year.
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