he basically got the car acclimated(sp) to a nothern climate (it had been in FL for 25 years) and got the car up to snuff in the ways of compression adjustment, drag link replacement, glow plug replacement, fuel injector replacement, and the installation of a glowplug heater, among other (minor) things. hope this helps. i may add, however, that the car had a run-in with a snowbank in early march, in which the chassis was resting on the snow, and no wheels were touching the ground. it hasn't been a problem and there has been no noticable repercussions other than a noisy tick when the accelerator is pressed to the floor.