Spring Cleaning Springs Swinger

Although it's difficult to imagine storing away your muscle car for the winter like a squirrel storing his prized nuts, residents of virtually any northern state above the sunshine state reach a time of year when they must put away their toys until the first green leaf of spring.

Well, spring has sprung and so are muscle cars in the snowy region!
This article, which appeared in the Worchester Telegram & Gazette in Massachusetts, profiles that coveted time of year.

For owners of classic, antique and exotic cars, this time of year is when their prized vehicles get back on the road. New England winters, marked by icy, snowy and sandy roads, are no place for fancy cars. Wise owners, at least those with the means to have seasonal vehicles, put their prized possessions in hibernation each fall. About this time of year, when the weather clears, the nice wheels reappear.

Many owners struggle with storing a car over the winter and getting it started back up again in the spring, seeing it as a complicated, product-laden affair. There are many techniques used to keep the car fresh and running, just short of freezing them in time, that northerners like to utilize.

George DiGregorio of Milford, president of the Bay State Corvette Club, in Massachusetts said he puts out mothballs in the engine bay to deter mice, which can make quick work tearing up a $5,000 wiring harness, but said he does'nt get too fussy. He said the 1998 Corvette is too new and too common to be considered an investment.

Southboro’s Bruce Ledoux said one piece of advice he would give to car owners who store their vehicles over the winter is to have the brake fluid changed at the start of the season, because letting it sit all winter allows moisture to build up in the braking system.