Nice (but long) story. A good read for your lunch break.
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Simply fabulous. My fave quote so far is this. its SO true... (IMHO)
Making a muscle car run today when it is 36 years old is considerably more work than it was when the car was 12 years old. In the early 80s, you bought a good solid but used musclecar for a couple of grand, fixed whatever engine/transmission/brake/clutch issue had sidelined it most recently and were doing donuts in the school parking lot a few weeks later. Today, however, everything has failed from age. If your car was outside, UV has destroyed everything it could. Wiring has become brittle and cracks. Mice ate everything else soft. That tiny surface rust in the trunk ate the whole trunk. The brakes are junk. The seals in everything have failed. It goes on and on and on.
Making a muscle car run today when it is 36 years old is considerably more work than it was when the car was 12 years old. In the early 80s, you bought a good solid but used musclecar for a couple of grand, fixed whatever engine/transmission/brake/clutch issue had sidelined it most recently and were doing donuts in the school parking lot a few weeks later. Today, however, everything has failed from age. If your car was outside, UV has destroyed everything it could. Wiring has become brittle and cracks. Mice ate everything else soft. That tiny surface rust in the trunk ate the whole trunk. The brakes are junk. The seals in everything have failed. It goes on and on and on.