Mercedes et al Menagerie!
June 3rd 2008 09:17
As has been described previously, the search within my good friends multi level 'climate controlled' personal museum is a search with no end.
As I have encouraged him, to let me help him, ensure that most if not all of these Gems should have their turn in the sun, checked, serviced, put aside for parts arrival if required, we unearth some which he had forgotten about!
None of his cars carry batteries, there is a rack of batteries on each level which are kept on a trickle charge with modern diagnostics to ensure the batteries are maintained in top order.
This equipment cares for 10 batteries concurrently which is a wide enough range to cater for all types and makes of machines on each level.
All vehicles are kept on a lift similar to the type 'Tyre shops' use which lifts only the chassis high enough to relieve the weight from the wheels (but can lift higher), therefore keeps the tyres from suffering 'flat' spots.
Every branch of the bays has it's own power/lube/air and fuel centre. With the added feature of removing 'stale' fuel and oil with a suction system which disposes the oil to a recycling drum and the stale fuel retained for cleaning purposes in the workshop.
He keeps quite an inventory of servicing consumables and tools. Any cars that are rare enough to be impossible to obtain filters for he has the existing units from the vehicle duplicated x25 and with the build patterns retained for future reference.
Almost all types of tyres are retained in racks in their own storeroom, standing and climate controlled.
The control of these parts and associated tools etc is simplified by being kept at the bay of each car, along with its books (if any) and history, which incredibly includes clothing in some cases and pit equipment in the case of ex-racing machinery.
Some machinery, such as the aforementioned racing machinery, has specific instructions on maintenance and operating procedures, which are gladly followed to the letter!
Keep an eye out for the next instalment where when we have completed preparing two very special ex-racing machines for a day on the course! You can share in the exhileration of these past 'works' machines getting back to operating temperature for the first time in a long time!
RKW
As I have encouraged him, to let me help him, ensure that most if not all of these Gems should have their turn in the sun, checked, serviced, put aside for parts arrival if required, we unearth some which he had forgotten about!
None of his cars carry batteries, there is a rack of batteries on each level which are kept on a trickle charge with modern diagnostics to ensure the batteries are maintained in top order.
This equipment cares for 10 batteries concurrently which is a wide enough range to cater for all types and makes of machines on each level.
Every branch of the bays has it's own power/lube/air and fuel centre. With the added feature of removing 'stale' fuel and oil with a suction system which disposes the oil to a recycling drum and the stale fuel retained for cleaning purposes in the workshop.
He keeps quite an inventory of servicing consumables and tools. Any cars that are rare enough to be impossible to obtain filters for he has the existing units from the vehicle duplicated x25 and with the build patterns retained for future reference.
Almost all types of tyres are retained in racks in their own storeroom, standing and climate controlled.
The control of these parts and associated tools etc is simplified by being kept at the bay of each car, along with its books (if any) and history, which incredibly includes clothing in some cases and pit equipment in the case of ex-racing machinery.
Keep an eye out for the next instalment where when we have completed preparing two very special ex-racing machines for a day on the course! You can share in the exhileration of these past 'works' machines getting back to operating temperature for the first time in a long time!
RKW
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