Contact Malcolm Collum, Automotive Conservator at The Henry Ford (museum), Dearborn, Michigan, www.thehenryford.org. Malcolm gave a presentation entitled "Caring for your Antique Car" on May 6 at the museum and he has given extensive multi-day workshops on vehicle preservation for the National Park Service and other historical groups. He has developed some written materials on this topic for his workshops. In general, simply draining all of the fluids, especially the lubricants, is not necessarily a good idea unless it is done systematically with steps taken to protect the internal parts in another way during long term static storage. Todd Stockwell Curator of Agriculture, Industry & Technology Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites 650 W. Washington Street Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-2725 (317) 232-8270, fax (317)233-8268 [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Maeve Gaynor Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 2:46 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Car storage Hello, please excuse the cross-posting on listserves. Does anyone have experience purchasing/storing cars for their museums? My organization has recently purchased one (a lovely 1948 Sheriff's car) and, as this is our first car, we'd appreciate any tips or suggestions. Do we need to register the car as well as transfer the title even though we won't be driving it? Also, we are planning on draining the car of all of its fluids - is this something that most garages can do or do we need to find a specialized company? Thank you for all of your help! Maeve Maeve Gaynor Registrar/Collections Manager National Law Enforcement Museum National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund 605 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 p:202.737.7718 f: 202.737.7740 [log in to unmask] It's A Matter of Honor... Support the Campaign for the National Law Enforcement Museum Take the Virtual Tour at: <http://www.nleomf.com/> www.nleomf.com ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).