just took over ownership in May of my fathers 1986 911. Spent the past few months rejuvenating it after sitting in a garage undriven for almost 10 years. she has a current odometer reading of about 48,800 miles. the car was maintained prior by a well known NJ Porsche mechanic and had a fresh oil change, filter, tires put on before storage. the Toyo Versado LX II tires consistently ran flat in the garage for months on end while stored. date coded 2013, they had under 1000 miles.
the car is now driven 2-3 times a week, up to operating temp and enjoyed. all regular maintenance has been done on it, except a valve clearance job which ill decide to tackle myself over the winter or outsource to a Porsche mechanic. new fuel (93 octane only), new fuel filter, oil change with VR1 and filter, fresh Swepco 201 gear oil, new Continental Extreme ContactSport 02's because the Toyos permanently flat spotted, and all new Textar pads, Zimmermann rotors and reman PMB Ate sourced calipers from our host and new Motul 600 brake fluid. from small to large, the car has been brought back.
my question is what to do for winter storage.
I don't plan on driving it when it's 20 degrees and snowing, or when there's been salt or brine spread on the roads. but im not against reasonable light winter driving (around the neighborhood conservatively) with the summer only compound tires.
debating on the following:
1.) keeping it on jack stands for the entire winter in the unheated garage, running the engine periodically at idle to operating temp while keeping it on a battery tender and monitoring tire pressure and dumping some fuel conditioner in the tank or;
2.) keeping it on the cold concrete floor and rolling it back and forth a foot in either direction every week so it won't flat spot the tires, so it can be ready to be used depending on the temp and conditions of the winter weather. im sure ill be tempted to drive it on mild days with no snow or salt.
my dad, since 1987 when he got the car, never did anything special for it over the winter in our NJ garage. however he never drove it in the rain or snow. now that I have it ive taken it over, im trying to not let long term storage be detrimental to the car over the winter months.
