>>Classics were built to be dependable and last sometimes three generations.
Detroit built cars in the 50s and 60s to last 3 years or 30,000 miles, after which you were expected to trade it in for a new car.
There’s a reason why classics are rare. Late ‘50s Chrysler products, for example, turned into a pile of rust.
“Detroit built cars in the 50s and 60s to last 3 years or 30,000 miles, after which you were expected to trade it in for a new car.”
Well they were wrong and anyone who was fool enough to believe this is a total idiot. I have put 350k on those old engines. And with a bore and rebuild put another 350k on them. I have put a million miles on standard transmissions and gone through three engines with the same trans.
Preventative maintenance actually works when it was built well in the first place...
“Detroit built cars in the 50s and 60s to last 3 years or 30,000 miles, after which you were expected to trade it in for a new car.”
70’s weren’t any better ... shoddy american cars and carter’s gas crisis are what gave the japs entry into the U.S. market; japs cars quickly far exceeded american car reliability and nothing has ever been the same since ... after owning crap american cars, i vowed to never buy another american car, and never have ...