"Liability risk". If they blow the engine up trying to start it, insurance wont cover it since they caused it so they just...never start it. Especially with high octane racecars that have specific starting procedures and finicky engines. Most museums just throw cookie sheets under the engine to catch the oil from the rotting seals and gaskets and call it a day. I've seen racing museums where the cars were fully restored but yet have not been started for 20+ years of sitting on the floor, and then they need to have a total engine rebuild because the parts rotted and the engine locked up from sitting dry. Also you can't store a car long term with fluids in it. The fuel goes stale within 1-2 weeks and can rot out the parts from just stewing in the fuel.
Fantastic
Don! Where’s your helmet? 😂 Great video. Gotta be over 50 to know about that engine. Or even what a carburetor IS.
If it's so hard to start these, why don't they start them every day or week so they don't have to prep them so much?
"Liability risk". If they blow the engine up trying to start it, insurance wont cover it since they caused it so they just...never start it. Especially with high octane racecars that have specific starting procedures and finicky engines. Most museums just throw cookie sheets under the engine to catch the oil from the rotting seals and gaskets and call it a day. I've seen racing museums where the cars were fully restored but yet have not been started for 20+ years of sitting on the floor, and then they need to have a total engine rebuild because the parts rotted and the engine locked up from sitting dry.
Also you can't store a car long term with fluids in it. The fuel goes stale within 1-2 weeks and can rot out the parts from just stewing in the fuel.