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Originally Posted by Cajundaddy
SoCal may be an outlier but I see cars from the 40s and 50s on the road nearly every nice day. Folks here love these cars and drive them for fun. Several friends own cars dating back to early 1900 and come out for holidays and special occasions.
US cars from 1974-1989 were almost universally terrible in build quality, style, and performance. I doubt many will become valued collectibles. Honda, Toyota, Porsche, BMW were exceptions.
As a daily driver in the texting era I prefer modern safety features like door bars, 3 pt belts, airbags, hardened passenger compartment, and energy absorbing crumple zones. That means a car built after 1995 or so. I also appreciate modern A/C that works even across the desert in 110F heat.
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The 100% factory stock AC system in my El Camino will make you cold in 15 minutes on a 100 degree day. I used to have to park in in full sun at work, and get into a car that was 130 degrees and drive home on a 100+ degree day. My drive was 12 minutes. I had to turn it down or get cold before I got home. 38 degree air and massive amounts of it is wonderful on a hot day.
Lots of cars from the era are collectible. Likely a higher percentage of the cars made back then than now. No one will be collecting Kia, Hyundai, or Fiat 500s. Almost nothing made now can be rebuilt in the home garage. With all the computers and custom parts no one but a dealer can work on many of them. Imagine working on a 918. Most cars will be hybrids like that in the near future.