Re: [DML] Older cars as daily transportation

["Mike Aninger" <mike@xxxx>]

You have yourself some nice cars there! I love the camaros too. ;-) I
used to have a red '89 5 speed T-top RS myself and I hated to part with it.
However, Korea called me for a year tour. Oh well! I remember reading
about the window bit a while back for the D. Is it compleeted? You didn't
have any good pics of the window there. When will it be done? I look
forward to seeing it.

-Mike A.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Brandys" <BobB@xxxx>
To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: [DML] Older cars as daily transportation


> Bill
>
> You are right on the money about using older cars for regular
> transportation.
>
> I have been doing it all my life. In fact, my newest car is a 81
Delorean.
>
> My family regularly drives cars from the 70s as daily drivers. ( I have
> even be accused by my neighbors as being fixated on the 70s!)
>
> I install or retrofit all my old cars with all the power accessories of
> newer cars, including ps,pdb, pw, pwdl, pseats, ac, etc. With all this
> power, newer cars have offer no improvement in creature comforts.
>
> Another positive point about these cars is that they are easy and cheap
> to fix. No computer diagnosis. Restoring these cars also means you are
> recycling and saving the environment.
>
> As for mileage, you can retro fit a 4 speed automatic for under $2000.
> I did this in one car already.
>
> Each of these cars has been debugged and restored as necessary. I can
> spend $2000/year on each car and still be ahead. This is far cheaper
> than buying a new car. You can see these at
> www.geocities.com/bobandgailscars/
>
> Here is a short list
>
> 74 olds 98 455 dual stage air bag equipped
> 75 olds 88 350 dual stage air bag equipped
> 76 olds 88 455 dual stage air bag equipped
> 78 Pacer wagon 5.0 v8
> 79 pacer wagon 4.0
>
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