If you were to buy an oldie just to drive all the time for around $10K what would you buy? Just a running, driving, stopping car. No regard for it's value in 5 years, if it's scrap it's scrap.
68-70 Dodge Coronet or Plymouth Satellite 4 door sedan with a slant six and any trans; would not mind 3 on the tree! Those engines go forever😁
318 A body. Great everyday car when new and they still would work well.
A Magnum or Córdoba.
70 challenger T/A clone with a gen 3 Hemi with a 4 spd OD
Warlock or a Lil Red Express
Quote from: Chryco Psycho on August 14, 2020, 09:10:13 PM
70 challenger T/A clone with a gen 3 Hemi with a 4 spd OD
I think that be just a tad over 10k. :smile:
For me, I'd like a nice 67 or 68 Fury III, preferably with a 383.
Plymouth Trail Duster
I`ve never owned a C body but always wanted one, a `71 Gran Coupe would be an awesome cruiser to drive anywhere in comfort.
I must have missed the 10 k part :Thud:
I did drive an older Ram 2500 Cummins 5 spd for years , it had 650,000 miles on it when I sold it still running well
I miss driving the 65 Fury III had as daily driver in the 1990's.
Had been in family since new ,was second driver.
Damn , why did I sell it.
Quote from: JH27N0B on August 14, 2020, 08:16:06 PM
A Magnum or Córdoba.
I had a 76 Córdoba in the early eighties. It had a 360. I loved the car but gas mileage sucked.
1973-74 B-body or C-body.
Terry
CP's 12V is the most practical choice alright. I see decent 12V trucks for sale regularly around here for under $10k and they run forever if fed a dose of frontend parts once in awhile. The age does bring them into classic territory now too.
Most fun cheap driver I had was a 1969 D100 with 318, NP435 and 154,000 miles. I paid $800 for it, changed the brakes, fluids, frontend parts etc. and drove it a ton, had more fun and got more interest in that truck than the musclecars for some reason.
83-88 Oldsmobile Cutlass.
I used to have both an 83 and 84 Hurst Olds.
If it needs to be Mopar, then a Ramcharger.
I drove my '70 Challenger from 1972-2005 as a daily driver to and from work and down to the market and K-Mart. Putting a half million miles on it before retiring it. It helped that it was a Slant6 Challenger (still is). So, a really cool E-body with a gas sipper under the hood. In that period of its life of daily thrashing and abuse not once was it involved in any type of traffic altercation. So all the assy. line sheet metal is still in place. I'm proud that I can claim this. Would I do this again not with the price of putting one back together again, once is enough. Al
A '66 Coronet 440, small block or, an F body Volare RR.
Quote from: JH27N0B on August 14, 2020, 08:16:06 PM
A Magnum or Córdoba.
Buddy had a `78 Magnum, former Chrysler exec car he bought in `79, 318 loaded with options, ice cold a/c, was a nice cruiser. I got it off him years later as payment for some money he borrowed but it was just a crappy beater by then, always liked them though.
1963 Impala maybe? :dunno:
Not gonna get any classic Mopars for 10k so gotta think outside the box....
This looks nice.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-Dodge-Dart-Includes-all-GT-level-trim/174387292151?hash=item289a4ae7f7:g:oAMAAOSw6EJfJ0FR
87-88 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe
Has to be a 5 speed.
Had a few back in the day.
Nice interiors.
Not the fastest thing on the road but fun to drive, they rode and handled great.
2nd pick would be a loaded 70-81 or 98-02 stick shift Trans Am.
There are a few clean Cordobas around in the $3k-$5k range including one with a 400 I was thinking about for a driver. They were a pretty well styled car for the era and certainly had acceptible interiors.
Quote from: GrandpaKevin on August 15, 2020, 04:37:09 PM
87-88 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe
Has to be a 5 speed.
Had a few back in the day.
Nice interiors.
Not the fastest thing on the road but fun to drive, they rode and handled great.
2nd pick would be a loaded 70-81 or 98-02 stick shift Trans Am.
I had a '90 Tbird SC 5 speed that I bought in the early 90s with a bit over 20,000 miles, drove for around 10 years and sold with almost 200,000 miles. Fit me like a glove, tons of low end torque with the supercharger, and even got decent mileage. I loved just about everything about that car, except it was a bear to work on.
I'd be wary of buying one now just due to maintenance.
Getting back to Cordobas and Magnums, my dream one would have T tops and I would either update the engine with EFI or transplant a later engine in it for better performance and mpg. Then I'd have an unusual car I could do long hauls in to events far away and travel in comfort!
68-75 C-body sedan or wagon, Always liked those cars!
Quote from: JH27N0B on August 15, 2020, 06:11:03 PM
Quote from: GrandpaKevin on August 15, 2020, 04:37:09 PM
87-88 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe
Has to be a 5 speed.
Had a few back in the day.
Nice interiors.
Not the fastest thing on the road but fun to drive, they rode and handled great.
2nd pick would be a loaded 70-81 or 98-02 stick shift Trans Am.
I had a '90 Tbird SC 5 speed that I bought in the early 90s with a bit over 20,000 miles, drove for around 10 years and sold with almost 200,000 miles. Fit me like a glove, tons of low end torque with the supercharger, and even got decent mileage. I loved just about everything about that car, except it was a bear to work on.
I'd be wary of buying one now just due to maintenance.
Getting back to Cordobas and Magnums, my dream one would have T tops and I would either update the engine with EFI or transplant a later engine in it for better performance and mpg. Then I'd have an unusual car I could do long hauls in to events far away and travel in comfort!
I bought my wife a beautiful 1990 Thunderbird Super Coupe back in 1995.
She previously drove a 88 GT Mustang 5 speed.
The Bird rode like a dream with it's independent rear suspension compared to the Mustang.
We did a number of road trips with the Bird and it ran flawlessly.
We sold it when we had our second child to get a Grand Caravan :-[
I would buy a nice low mile SC as a daily driver, the wife would probably steal it.
X3 on the thunderbird sc, my wife had a red 93 5-speed that was a sweet car! Not much in the snow though, that I was the reason she got rid of it.
I have a thing for Corvairs...66 ish
You can buy one for under 10 grand and they would be a ton of fun.
Jason
1968 Caprice ... That was my first car. I really liked the six way power front bench seat. :banana: