How reliable are our classics?
#11
RE: How reliable are our classics?
ive used my previous stangs for drivers never a problem except got the balancer that exploded on me once[:@] but it still ran and was an easy fix
#12
RE: How reliable are our classics?
ORIGINAL: Aussie66Fastback
mine refuses to come out of the shed in the rain but, other than that, i'd drive it anywhere. Always ironing out the bugs on some part of it though
mine refuses to come out of the shed in the rain but, other than that, i'd drive it anywhere. Always ironing out the bugs on some part of it though
#13
RE: How reliable are our classics?
ORIGINAL: Galactusz
Hey, do you get a lot of stares driving a stang in Oz?
ORIGINAL: Aussie66Fastback
mine refuses to come out of the shed in the rain but, other than that, i'd drive it anywhere. Always ironing out the bugs on some part of it though
mine refuses to come out of the shed in the rain but, other than that, i'd drive it anywhere. Always ironing out the bugs on some part of it though
there are quite a few out here. they were real cheap 10-15 years ago, before a lot of people in the US realised the collectibility/ cool factor.
#15
RE: How reliable are our classics?
If I have rebuild the engine, transmission, rear end, brakes, and have the cooling issues worked out so it will idle in 110F in a traffic jam all day, then yeah I will drive it anywhere. If I havent been inside it, I wont just hop in and drive it if its older.. and surely not if I just picked it up. you never know what some moron who owned it years ago has done to it.
The 70 GTO was driven in 2000, from Hastings Nebraska, to Charleston South Carolina with a 455 and an overdrive trans. It got 19-25mpg on the trip, and only one thing broke. A muffler hanger came lose in Kentucky so I wired it up and kept on drivin.. It was my daily driver there untill last august when I moved. Doesnt matter how old it is if its built right.
My 67 Cougar is going to be my driver/cruiser when its done this spring, it was my daily driver back in 84-86 and I put about 30,000 miles on it in 86. It only left me stranded away from home once, timing chain slipped at the parts store.
The 70 GTO was driven in 2000, from Hastings Nebraska, to Charleston South Carolina with a 455 and an overdrive trans. It got 19-25mpg on the trip, and only one thing broke. A muffler hanger came lose in Kentucky so I wired it up and kept on drivin.. It was my daily driver there untill last august when I moved. Doesnt matter how old it is if its built right.
My 67 Cougar is going to be my driver/cruiser when its done this spring, it was my daily driver back in 84-86 and I put about 30,000 miles on it in 86. It only left me stranded away from home once, timing chain slipped at the parts store.
#17
RE: How reliable are our classics?
It is not often folks buy a car that is already 30 years old, then drive it another 10 and it is still ticking. Ol' Yeller has been from Texas to Maine and back, and to Kentucky and back several times as well as numerous other 300 + miles trips in those 10 years, plus is my main grocery getter, and it has never left me stranded. Along with that though, comes almost weekly maintenance of some kind. I have been through several starters, a carb and a brake job, but that is still a ton cheaper than owning a new car that you have to make payments on. It is simple to work on, and it has never been to a shop for any mechanical problems. They are built "Ford Tough."
#18
RE: How reliable are our classics?
i drive this 69 atleast twice a week, going 50 to 100 miles each time. its been on several 4 to 5 hour 65 mph trips. as long as i treat it like a 37 year old car and keep a eye on it, it runs fine. all i can every remember giving me trouble was a loose battery cable. which took 5 minutes to fix.
#19
RE: How reliable are our classics?
I drive the 65 a good bit. I have a country house that is about 95 miles away from my city house so she gets a good but of miles on her and only left me stranded once. I had an alt belt break at night time with about 60 miles to go. So I had to have someone bring me a belt and I put it on at a gas station. Same thing could have happened in anycar.