Re: putting D in Museum - advice?

["basfe25" <dmcman73@xxxx>]

If you are going to put it in a museum then I know that the 
following will be done (if they follow OSHA standards). All of the 
fuel and the battery will be removed and maybe the oil. I don't know 
what effect removing all of the fuel from the tank and fuel system 
and having it sit for a year will do to the fuel system (IE: Rot out 
the rubber in the tank, form rust, etc.), you might want to look 
into that. I would recomend that you do draw up a contract stating 
that if anything is damaged or stolen (like someone climbing into 
the car and swiping the shift knob or something) that the Museum is 
to take full responsibility for it. Take LOADS of pictures of the 
car before releasing it but take it in the presence of them. Don't 
have them display the car with the doors open (put extra strain on 
the torsion bar and strut) or you could find yourself replacing the 
struts when you return if they do so. If they want to display it 
with the doors open then tell them to have someone open the doors of 
the car when the place opens and to close the doors when the place 
closes. I can't think of anything else but I'm sure others on the 
list will come up with other good ideas. 

IMHO, I would store it properly by filling the gas tank up and 
adding gas stabilizer, change the motor oil, spray Fogging oil into 
each of the cylinders (will prevent rust from formng inside the 
cylinders), storing it in a cliamate controlled place (if you don't 
have a place to store it in), put the battery on a battery minder 
(or remove it), put a box or two of baking soda inside the car (keep 
it moist free and smelling nice) and cover it. If it was going to be 
more then a year then I would suggest to remove the tires and 
install some cheap tires on aftermarket rims that would fit the 
Delorean (this will prevent the good tires from "egging", become out 
of round).

Steve


--- In dmcnews@xxxx, "dmcjohn" <john.dore@xxxx> wrote:
> Hi guys,
> Unfortunately I have to go back to Ireland in October for about 8 
> months or so,..... Anyway, instead of putting my DeLorean in storage, I've decided to put it in a museum for a year.