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I'm so glad I found your site! This is going to be a little longish...
I'm in the market for a "new" car and went to a classic car place to look around. I fell in love with the 1960 black hardtop w black/white vinyl interior, power windows, AC/Heat, all mirrors, power steering/brakes, and odometer reads 2543. The dealer knows the history of the car and says the engine only had 5000 miles put on it in the past 5 years. This elderly couple restored the car as their retirement project. When the wife passed away he sold it. This dream car has had two owners in between. I drove it and had a couple of issues. As it's been awhile since I drove an older car, the brakes seemed like I had to really press down to stop, steering a little loose, window got stuck while trying to roll up, heater got stuck on and I noticed a coolant leak. He had already told me about the exhaust leak in the manifold and that it needed a new compressor. He said that he would fix all of these problems and include it in the price because he had to fix them anyway. All of the problems I found, he said were minor. Were they? I plan to use this car as my daily driver. I realise that fuel efficiency is out the door, but are these cars easy to work on and get parts for? There's is nothing out there that comes close to the beauty of this car, at least in my price range. I'm thinking that the trade off for possible malfunctions is that the insurance/repairs are going to be cheap....I've had many people tell me that it's too much maintenance but the car is calling my name!
All of you lucky owners out there plz give me your two bits!
CG
PS I'll be bringing a mechanic with me when it comes back from the shop...
I'm in the market for a "new" car and went to a classic car place to look around. I fell in love with the 1960 black hardtop w black/white vinyl interior, power windows, AC/Heat, all mirrors, power steering/brakes, and odometer reads 2543. The dealer knows the history of the car and says the engine only had 5000 miles put on it in the past 5 years. This elderly couple restored the car as their retirement project. When the wife passed away he sold it. This dream car has had two owners in between. I drove it and had a couple of issues. As it's been awhile since I drove an older car, the brakes seemed like I had to really press down to stop, steering a little loose, window got stuck while trying to roll up, heater got stuck on and I noticed a coolant leak. He had already told me about the exhaust leak in the manifold and that it needed a new compressor. He said that he would fix all of these problems and include it in the price because he had to fix them anyway. All of the problems I found, he said were minor. Were they? I plan to use this car as my daily driver. I realise that fuel efficiency is out the door, but are these cars easy to work on and get parts for? There's is nothing out there that comes close to the beauty of this car, at least in my price range. I'm thinking that the trade off for possible malfunctions is that the insurance/repairs are going to be cheap....I've had many people tell me that it's too much maintenance but the car is calling my name!
All of you lucky owners out there plz give me your two bits!
CG
PS I'll be bringing a mechanic with me when it comes back from the shop...
I was hoping to hear something from ya'll before I go out there again. It was good timing too. I got all four of my wisdom teeth removed today and was feeling a little blue or as Audrey Hepburn said, " I have the mean reds." What a great pick me up-almost better than the painkillers.8-) An older friend of mine put in me in the reds when I told him about the car and he hit the roof. He's like my dad and thinks I should get a car with airbags. I told him that I would get the optional 1960 seatbelts added. He then said that it would crumple...but they are made of steal. I told hime that I felt pretty safe in it. Jeez practical people can be a pain the rear...
But I'm glad you put my mind at ease about the parts. I originally wanted the convertible version, but that would be even more parts...too bad I'll miss all of thebeautiful weather we get here... I'll just have to use my other cars on those days. (It's an art car that is just going to be used for parades because I'm tired of shelling out alot money on a mechanically inferior car...different story....
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