Board:   [WWIVnet] General Chat
Subject: Re: Vacation spots
From:    Bob Worm #81 @137
To:      Weatherman #1 @1 (Mark)
Date:    Mon Nov 17, 2025 06:01

Hi, Mark.

M> I don't recall the details, but I know someone that bought a 1960s
M> vehicle touse as a daily driver.  Put a new engine in it, and is exempt
M> from everything.No emissions, no seatbelts, no nothing.  That was 100%
M> the reason why he didit.  Another reason I would buy a boat from the
M> 70s.

This is not confrontation, I am genuinely confused...

I imagine keeping a 60s car going wouldn't be cheap. It's going to burn more
fuel than a newer model and, having seen the crash tests on cars for that era,
it definitely won't be safer, particularly if it never gets inspected. So if
it's more expensive to keep and more dangerous to drive where's the win? Is it
just nostalgia / love of the older cars?

I'd still be driving my 2002 car if it hadn't failed its MOT (our equivalent
of inspection) quite catastrophically - granted one of the big points was that
the cat had rusted through which would not be an issue on a 60s car :)
However, it was quick, reasonably fuel efficient and had a Euro NCAP safety
rating so the wife would allow me to take our son out in it.

BobW


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