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[MAGS1]

Old cars are rarely a good daily driver. Nostalgia blurs you memory and omits context. My 70-year-old Dad drove his highly optioned '76 Fastback as a daily driver for a few years, but eventually gave in and bought a new GT in '05 when they came out. He kept both for a few years but the '67 eventually was sold to a guy in Norway.

Beautiful cars! Yeah the classics just don’t drive well unless you really upgrade everything to today’s standards. And that can be really time consuming (and expensive). But I do think a lot of the cars from the 60’s and early 70’s have a design and character to them that is special and honestly tough to match these days when so many cars look the same.

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[SEAICE]

Beautiful cars! Yeah the classics just don’t drive well unless you really upgrade everything to today’s standards. And that can be really time consuming (and expensive). But I do think a lot of the cars from the 60’s and early 70’s have a design and character to them that is special and honestly tough to match these days when so many cars look the same.

Spot on!

 

[Aks550]

Why cant ford bolt 5.0 and manual transmission into bronco, explorer or ranger, i would buy one!

 

[CorvZ061]

As much as I love our '72, I agree...if/when I get rid of it, I wont' have another. They're a real mixed bag for me. In some ways they're awesome - they create conversations, they have a nostalgia associated with them, they have more style than some and less than others. In some ways they're not-so-great - fit and finish, handling, parts availability, and since ours has the original engine and transmission I'll say reliability is in this category too. And it's cold natured, takes a good bit to warm up.

Love them or hate them, they're an experience worth having to own, drive, and maintain.

The best thing I've done to my car was swap it to a Holley Terminator X, with a dual sync distributor. It starts up cold no problem now, performs better, drive so much better, and doesn't smell like gas when you park it in the garage anymore. That is closely followed by the TKX 5 speed, can keep the fun rear gear and still do ok on the open road.

 

[BombZombie]

On the fence about selling the SS next Spring. If I do, I'm probably going to look for a C6

 

[Balr14]

Beautiful cars! Yeah the classics just don’t drive well unless you really upgrade everything to today’s standards. And that can be really time consuming (and expensive). But I do think a lot of the cars from the 60’s and early 70’s have a design and character to them that is special and honestly tough to match these days when so many cars look the same.

I felt the same about the cars from the 30s and 40s. I used to build a lot of them, but it got too expensive, especially cars from the 40s. I just couldn't afford to replace all of the chrome trim and they didn't look right without it.

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