Back in the Pleistocene, and apparently unable to learn from experience, I owned (consecutively .. lol) an MGB and a Spitfire.
Chicks loved 'em to death, when they weren't mechanically and/or electrically fubar.
Hence, the adage 'making hay while the sun shines' wasn't just good farming advice.
deargod, that seems like a dozen lifetimes ago . . .