“I’m just jealous”
And you should be. I’m not saying my old cars are perfect, but I can actually repair them myself (and upgrade the things that aren’t up to snuff, like brakes). A lot of satisfaction turning a wrench on your own car.
I know. I grew up in the desert in California, and we spent all our time building cars in the night auto shop program. We used to pick up all sorts of clean 50-70s cars for a few hundred. We’d fix them up and flip them to keep our main rides running. If I had half the cars I worked on, I could have retired years ago.
It’s funny —had all the time and contacts back then, but no money. Now I have the money, but no time or contacts. Such is life. I still appreciate fine engineering and craftsmanship.