Computerized cars are BS!! I drove an older car with a straight six, carbureted, with electronic ignition.

My hubby put a 350 in a jeep Rubicon build he did. Lift kit, 4x4, external light bar. Its a monster and those giant tires have yet to get stuck out at the farm

Mine is a 6, and it chokes a little when I hit it. I always used to have a V8 because I wanted to be able to boot out of the way really fast.

Love old cars - Anyone else watch the Roadkill shows.

Well, you can't complain about <30mpg if you choose to buy such "gas-guzzlers"! :-)

I tend to agree with your point about the potential age of cars, but you don't say how much maintenance and overhauls were necessary to achieve such high mileages.

Not to mention no corrosion, which is the biggest killer of cars. Perhaps you live in a rather arid area a long way from the sea! Mechanical and electrical parts are replaceable but a vehicle so weakened by corrosion that it is dangerous, has "had it" .

They made of plastic and fiberglass