desoto1939 Posted October 24, 2020 Report Share Posted October 24, 2020 11 hours ago, Sniper said: Nope. It is registered and insured as a normal car. I did that because I plan to drive as a normal car. In fact, it is my only car though I do have the company truck if need be I just hate driving that monstrosity in town much less parking it. I do have a 65 Cuda as well, but it's not driveable and hasn't been for 20+ years. Sniper: Thanks for the update. I just wanted tomake sure that you did not get into any insurance issues if you are driving the antique on a daily basis. I know people have and then it s to late to make a change. Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booger Posted October 24, 2020 Report Share Posted October 24, 2020 17 hours ago, desoto1939 said: Yes the sticker might say 8000 mile filter change but back then these cars were being driven almost everyday and the acid's and the water condensation was getting burned off as much as possible becasue the engines coming up to temp practically every day and the oil would also get filtered according to the bypass filtering system. BUT Now since we are now into our modern cars and this older cars are lsited as antiques we do not drive them everyday and might only put on 2000 miles per year and even less. So there is more down time and if you only start the car and run it for a few minutes to check that the battery is still charge and test the lights and brake lights and move the car in and out of the garage then the engine oil and temp of the water are not coming upto full temperature to burn off any mositure in the engine block and oil pan and these contaminents are not getting heated upto so that they have the possiblity of going throught the oil filter and the exhust system burns off the water vapors. So think about this situatin and not what the book states becsue we are using them less. Yes a modern car can get 10k miles on a filter and has safety items inthe filter if it stops cleaning the oil but the modern cars come up to temp very fast and you are driving them almost everyday so do not compare your old car with your modern car. So my thought is that spending 25-30 yearly on oil and filter is a whole lot cheaper than a new engine rebuild and the time and money for an exhaust system even if stainless steel. Jus the amount of time you spend on the oil chnage is money in the bank The old Ben Franklin say A stick in time saves Nine. Rich Hartung Desoto1939@aol.com thats really good advice Rich, many of us keep our oldies locked up in the winter : ( 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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