Quote Originally Posted by geezer69 View Post
i like new cars and old ones. the thing i dont like about the new stuff is, its dang hard to fix somethin if you cant find it. hahaha.ive had to keep our old wore out 97 mazda runnin cause i cant afford another car. what a pita!!!my 63 nova 1-6 i could lean over the dang fender and do any dang thing i want to and i can see everything.had to change the water pump on the mazda, it took a long time just to find it.heater hose broke. i had a pile of parts on the ground before i could even see that hose.give me 60's and older any time.
I couldn't have said it any better myself.
Other then changing brakes, air filter & the oil which is still a PITA I won't work on them. Someone asked me once why I buy & drive old stuff, my reply was "Because I can still work on them". Hell w/the new stuff you need 1000's of dollars worth of special tools to do most of the stuff.
I have said for a long time we have CRACK HEADS designing these new cars. Who else would build a car/truck that it takes 4-8hrs to change just the plugs???....joe