Maintenance Tips and Caring for your Classic
Have you dreamed about owning a particular classic car for years but never considered making it a reality because you have no experience in maintaining an older vehicle? Dream no longer! Here you'll find many detailed and easy to use tips to help you have that love affair with a classic without it heading for heartbreak.
Prevent Your Classic From Overheating
Keeping your older car from overheating and leaving you stranded can be easy if you follow our preventative maintenance tips on a regular basis.
Keeping your older car from overheating and leaving you stranded can be easy if you follow our preventative maintenance tips on a regular basis.
Your Favorite Classic Car Maintenance Tip
Classic Car Maintenance Tip
Classic Car Maintenance Tip
How to Start a Car That’s Been in Storage
Cars that have been resting peacefully for a long period of time don't take kindly to an abrupt wake up call. They will be as nasty as a grizzly bear prematurely jolted out of hibernation and you will pay the price of their wrath. So just curb your excitement of getting behind the wheel of your sleeping beauty and follow these steps to get a happy ending.
Cars that have been resting peacefully for a long period of time don't take kindly to an abrupt wake up call. They will be as nasty as a grizzly bear prematurely jolted out of hibernation and you will pay the price of their wrath. So just curb your excitement of getting behind the wheel of your sleeping beauty and follow these steps to get a happy ending.
Take Care Of Your Car's Paint
It is amazing the number of people that don’t know how to properly clean or polish and wax their cars. You can extend the life of your paint job with these simple steps.
It is amazing the number of people that don’t know how to properly clean or polish and wax their cars. You can extend the life of your paint job with these simple steps.
Classic Car Care Tip - Removing Bird Droppings
There is only one thing more devastating than to see bird poo come splattering down onto your car's lovely paint job - the damage it creates when you remove it incorrectly.
There is only one thing more devastating than to see bird poo come splattering down onto your car's lovely paint job - the damage it creates when you remove it incorrectly.
Replacing a Warped or Worn Brake Disc
If your car has got a shimmy when you press the brake pedal, it could be a warped brake disc. A brake disc can warp due to heat buildup or wear, and a warped brake disc can be a real teeth-shaker. Luckily, they are easy to replace.
If your car has got a shimmy when you press the brake pedal, it could be a warped brake disc. A brake disc can warp due to heat buildup or wear, and a warped brake disc can be a real teeth-shaker. Luckily, they are easy to replace.
How to Tow Your Classic
Hopefully your classic will never have to be towed. Let's just say this will be helpful advice the day your fellow classic car owner fails to start their engine.
Hopefully your classic will never have to be towed. Let's just say this will be helpful advice the day your fellow classic car owner fails to start their engine.
Replace Your Fuel Tank Sending Unit
If your gas gauge is not working properly, or not at all, it could be a faulty fuel tank sending unit. Replacing the sending unit isn't difficult and in most cars, it's in an accessible location for you to repair yourself.
If your gas gauge is not working properly, or not at all, it could be a faulty fuel tank sending unit. Replacing the sending unit isn't difficult and in most cars, it's in an accessible location for you to repair yourself.
Storing Your Classic Car
Classic cars owners would love to store their cars in a specially sealed, dust free room with dehumidified air. But if you can't afford such extreme measures, there are less expensive methods to prevent the deterioration of your car when kept inside while avoiding harsh winter weather.
Classic cars owners would love to store their cars in a specially sealed, dust free room with dehumidified air. But if you can't afford such extreme measures, there are less expensive methods to prevent the deterioration of your car when kept inside while avoiding harsh winter weather.