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Does anyone regularly drive their classic Mopar?

Started by ec_co, March 16, 2025, 01:16:47 PM

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ec_co

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'70 Barracuda B5/B5 225 /6 3spd ... about as bare bones as they came .... now in 4spd flavor

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cuda hunter

I don't have a daily or even weekly e body.
Just a race car Ebody.

But,
I have multiple regular daily's.
67 barracuda
73 imperial
73 sport satellite custom
71 newport
69 pontiac grand prix
77 ramcharger

I drive the cars at least once a week around town. 10 miles or so each.
Truck does get neglected (beast)  as well as the 73 Imperial (parasitic battery drain).

I really really want a daily E body. 
There may be one in my future. 
"All riches begin as a state of mind and you have complete control of your mind"  -- B. Lee

dodj

Quote from: ec_co on March 16, 2025, 01:16:47 PMif so, what and roughly how much?
I drive mine regularly after the snow goes. If the forecast is rain I generally leave it in the garage.
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70vert

Yes! I drive mine at least 3 times a week, weather permitting. I live in Houston so it is mostly summer that keeps it garaged, black top & black interior gets pretty hot. Been driving it every day this past week, awesome weather so had the top down  :D

jimynick

I've put on about 5-6000 miles on my Challenger in 3 years or so. What's the sense of having such a car and spending that much money on it, to push it on the trailer to the next stationary car show? I asked a guy at Moparfest with a nice 70 Challenger if his car didn't run, as I watched he and his helper push it off the trailer and into it's spot and he informed me that, yes, it would run, BUT if you did that, :unbelievable:  then the overspray on the exhaust manifolds, that duplicated the factory paint scheme, would burn off!! Jesus Christ!  :unbelievable:
In the immortal words of Jimmy Scott- "pace yourself!"

tparker

Mine should be on the road this spring or early summer. The idea is to drive as much as I can. Probably limited during the rain though. These cars are too cool to leave in a garage.

JH27N0B

One of my greatest pleasures in life is driving my convertible top down or my Magnum T tops off on a nice warm day!  During cruise season both cars get out at least once a week, I really try to alternate the cars to split their usage as close to 50% each as I can.
My T/A almost never goes out and I can't say I'm proud of that, but between the manual steering, the stiff clutch, and it being pristine so I get nervous about leaving it unattended at a cruise or show, I don't get motivated.  Just not fun like the vert and Magnum.
I did drive the V code Challenger often when I had garage space at home for it.  Even though it's a stick car, the power steering makes it a lot more user friendly for my driving pleasure.  Until it came to longer trips that is.  That 4:10 rear makes highway driving a little cringeworthy!


Racer57

I'll drive my 70 Cuda 2-3 times a month. Each time 25-30 miles including 10mile stretch of Interstate.

1973Cuda

I drive my '71 RT at least once a week (weather permitting) and put roughly 1200 miles on it annually.

RJChallenger

I'm hopeing to actually drive my car for the first time this year, since taking it off the road in 83. I do try however to start the motor every couple of years

b5cuda

I drive my '73 cuda 2-3 times a week, unless there's snow/salt on the roads or I have someting apart to work on. The 5.7 engine makes a great daily driver.


headejm

I drove my 1970 RT SE about 200 miles last year. Started with a full tank of gas and never refilled it until I parked it for the winter.

GoMangoBoys

I drive ALL of my classic cars as much as possible, including the 70 Challenger.  Every trip to the grocery store, hardware store etc.  Before I retired, I drove an old car to work every day that I could.  Last summer was our first year with the Challenger on the road after a 4 year restoration.  All spring and early summer I drove the car a little further each time until I was confident to drive it 5 hours each way from Akron Ohio to the Chrysler Nationals at Carlisle.  It was quite a "victory lap" after spending 4 years working on it.  Every August I drive the 57 Chevy to Bowling Green Ky (7 hrs each way) for a car show and drove it once to Mississippi for Cruisin the Coast (2000 miles round trip).  Then this past fall, we drove the 57 Chevy on all of Rt 66 and back.  5 week trip, 7700+ miles.  I am neck deep now in a 1932 Plymouth restoration and cannot wait to hit the road in it.  Maybe another Route 66 trip.  Some people like to have a spotless car that they trailer and  wipe with a diaper.  That is what makes THEM happy.  Not me.  I want to DRIVE them.  With that said, I recently made friends with a 78 year old man in Chico California that restored a 1933 Plymouth in the 1980's.  Since that restoration, he has driven it over 280,000 miles.  I want to be him!

chargerdon

I have a 66 Charger and my 74 Challenger..   Each gets about 10 MPG on plus and premium.  During the spring thru fall seasons i take one or the other to car cruise-ins and classic shows weekly.   Probably only put about 1,000-2,000 miles each year.

So i consider them both occasional drivers and at the age of 77 i dont care about their resale value.  SO i enjoy them.   

At one of the car cruises i go to once a month, there is a guy there with a 59 Vet convt.  Its condition i would say is about a 7 out of 10.  Yet, he leaves the car sit there at the cruise in with the key left in the ignition.   I asked him if wanted it to get stolen and he told me "no i dont want to wear the key and switch worm out"  Geesh..