What's the Oldest Car You'd Drive Regularly?

[masraum]

Originally Posted by vonsmog

I drive my Mercedes W123's just about every day (just not in the winter) one is an 84' other an 85' Took the wagon across country last summer, put 4k miles on it in 2 weeks.

As long as stuff is really well maintained it shouldn't be a big deal to drive it.

Clearly, you maintain your stuff well.

[onewhippedpuppy]

I would want EFI, working A/C, and decent power. After that I’m good.

[Bill Douglas]

I drive the '79SC as much as I drive the Corolla. The dogs don't mind it as it goes to more fun places than the Corolla does.

[RWebb]

small beater SUV for a DD - SUV 'cuz I need it for bad roads & winter use; otherwise don't need AWD, tho the eye ht. is a help

needs A/T & A/C

need some agility and braking power to dodge stoners & phoners (in cars, on bikes, skateboards and afoot)

mine happens to be a 2010 Sube Forester but Subarancid has pissed me off with head gasket failures, so... next one will be a different brand

[Seahawk]

I am looking at a 1996 LC with less than 115k to DD.

Owned by a very good friend of mine. OWPuppy thinks I should, so I will

[piscator]

Thanks for all the comments, gentlemen! Some interesting choices and thoughts. I know very little about early autos, but I love the art deco design of this one!

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/buick/special/2241861.html

And there's plenty of room in the back for... whatever!

[SoCal911T]

1984 323i. I would have no qualms about driving it across the country tomorrow if I had to.

[regency]

1992 Dodge gen 1 Cummins, when i need to haul stuff of putt around with the wiener dogs.
1970 FJ 40, 4wd needs and putting around with the wiener dogs.
1973 911T, early morning weekend coffee blasts.

Steve

[A930Rocket]

Drove my ‘90 BMW 318is daily for three years until a few years ago. Great car that got 30 mpg.

[Rodsrsr]

Whats the main reason to not daily drive a car from the 60' or 70's? (assuming its been gone through) Is it the lack of creature comforts, reliability? Those cars had decent tech, a/c, pwr windows, cruise control, leather interiors, ect, After all these cars were the daily drivers of their time. Were the cars of the 60's and 70's reliable in their heyday? I would think they may have been over-engineered if anything but I honestly don't know, I was a kid back then lol. I will say that nowadays I rarely see a car broken down on the side of the road but I'm guessing its due to all of the sensors that give the owner a warning something is about to go wrong.

[Scott Douglas]

I'll admit to becoming spoiled in my old age. I want my car to have good power for the freeways, most of the creature comforts like pwr windows, A/C, steering, brakes and it has to get decent mileage too.
Everytime I see an old '60's or '70's car that hits a nerve with me I think to myself, that would be so cool to tool around in that. But then I immediately think, nah, it'd be like driving an old car, even it were restored to like new condition.
Every time I think about getting rid of my '11 Accord I think, What am I going to get that gives me all it does?
Yes, the '60's and '70's cars were daily driver's during their time. An interesting point is when was the last time you had to replace an exhaust system on a newer car? I can remember doing that numerous times on the cars our family had during that era. I've only ever had to touch an exhaust system on a Porsche the last 25 yrs or so.

[Jandrews]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

I am looking at a 1996 LC with less than 115k to DD.

Owned by a very good friend of mine. OWPuppy thinks I should, so I will

Hey Paul,

If you end up passing on the LC, and it is "generally" available to the open market, I would be interested. I am looking for a clean, low mileage '96 or '97 FJ80 (or LX450) myself, and plan on keeping it for a LONG time.

If you get it, post it up!

Best wishes,

JA

[Mark Henry]

I've daily driven my '67 bug for the last several years May till the end of October.
But it has a 2.6 t4 engine and a 901 tranny, so power isn't an issue.

[drcoastline]

I am looking forward to having a new master cylinder put in this in the next week or so I can use it as a daily driver this summer. I have contemplated replacing the original drive line with something more modern. But that would be down the road some.

[herr_oberst]

My DD is a '92 Toyota P/U, but to be fair, I usually cycle to work or around town.

Having said that, the gist of the OP, that some fella is driving a bone stock "T" from sea to shining sea, strikes me as being about as much fun as a root-canal - either as the driver, a passenger, or the hapless fools stuck behind him as he inches his way up towards the continental divide.

[BlueWing]

The 1985 Grumman Kubvan and 78SC are my usual rides. My owned from new 2008 VW Rabbit has just turned 45,XXX miles so not used too often and that is my newest.

The Kubvan just got a set of NOS bumpers uncovered in Ohio and is powered by a 1.6 VW Diesel engine with a 2 tank 3 heat exchanger straight veggie oil set up.






Terry

[VincentVega]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

I am looking at a 1996 LC with less than 115k to DD.

Owned by a very good friend of mine. OWPuppy thinks I should, so I will

Score. I've been looking too but 200k and dust scare me away. Good luck.

[JackDidley]

If it has hydraulic brakes I think I could drive it. In the 30s hydraulics were not the the norm so I'd say 40s and newer. I daily drive a 25 year old truck and my Cayman depending on my mood. The Cayman is sort of primitive since its a 6 speed manual. I can live without power window, locks, traction control, stereo, and power, heated seats. It does need safe brakes and acceleration.

[Tobra]

I would drive a pretty old car as a daily, but pretty much anything I would like, it would break my heart when someone in a minivan killed it while they were not paying attention.

[JackDidley]

Originally Posted by tcar

Not quite true... by the early 30's, most cars (not all) had hydraulic brakes. Even the 32 Ford had hydraulic brakes.

Drove a 29 Ford Model A daily in HS and part of college... with a friend. (Mechanical Brakes).

According to Google and Wiki Ford got hydraulic brakes in 1939. Anyway I just cant see myself driveng a car without them. I am primitive compared to my friends. They need all the bells and whistles.