Prepping your classic for winter

Originally Posted by FEandGoingBroke

I think it does NOT matter one IOTA...

Look at it this way. Grocery getter granny, goes to store every 2 weeks for 35 years, goes to get oil change every 3 months.
Granny's engine is PRISTINE, nothing untoward is going to happen if you start it every 2 weeks or every 4 months. (Proof in a 352 out of my dad's 59 T-bird, owned by uncle's mother forever)

It will mean nothing to the bearing surfaces as they are a lead tin alloy, and the rest of the engine has a nice thin coat of oil on it...

Take care of the fuel and all will be well.

Even driving to the store is putting some load on the engine and will help to burn out the condensation...This is different than just sitting and idleing..Also most people storing a car have some performance type stuff on the engine..An aluminium intake,4 barrel and headers for example..It's probably going to be running rich most of the time that it is idleing with the choke on...That in turn is going to contaminate the oil with gas..Have you ever tore down an engine that did nothing but lots of idleing or was driven very short trips in cold weather?...They are full of sludge..