Sometimes ignorance is bliss. 4 years ago I helped a long time female GTO owner put her freshly restored car together and get it running for the first time in 15 years. Her dad rebuilt the motor and trans before he passed. Shop did a great job on the body and paint but dropped the ball on the assembly.
In the fall she had the interior and convertible top done and had it back in her garage before the first snow. The following spring she jumped in it and drove 250 miles to the beach Memorial day weekend with no more than 2 miles on the car. No problems whatsover to this day other than a dead battery from lack of use. I am super envious of her because I know what CAN happen and she did not.
I usually follow the practices as most of the posters have stated but maybe a little more conservatively. I wasn't that way when I was younger, just didn't think about it but then again these cars were just another car which you could replace in a week or two.
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