[Cowman]

I just saw a vid where the Hot Rod Roadkill guys took a Helcat engine and decided they would drop it into a clapped out 68 Charger they had built on a shoestring with a 440 out of a junk mobile home. In order to do the swap to the Hellcat they had to take absolutely EVERYTHING out of the donor car — Right down to the headlights, taillights and touch screen. Not to mention the estimated 3 miles of wiring.

And the result looked stupid, Could be considered an obscene act and wasn't nearly as much fun as the original.

I say to all the car makers out there “MAKE A VERSION OF THE 1971 DUSTER, Nova, or whatever with modern materials but the old, mechanical systems and without all the nonsense you put in the new stuff — and let us modify them according to our tastes. You'll sell them by the thousands

[Jack Hammer]

Yes, they’d sell like hot cakes, but... guess what... that’s right, the effing government wouldn’t allow it.

[Rodamala]

I say to all the car makers out there “MAKE A VERSION OF THE 1971 DUSTER, Nova, or whatever with modern materials but the old, mechanical systems and without all the nonsense you put in the new stuff — and let us modify them according to our tastes. You'll sell them by the thousands.

I would pay $40k if VW retooled and offered the naturally aspirated 1.6L Diesel in a Mk. 2 Jetta body, 1991 vintage. Duplicate that car. Identical... no power heated seats, no power windows or airbags... just make the basic car the way it was made in 1990... and I will put 315,000 miles on that car and still be getting 38 MPG, and be able to work on it with a simple compliment of metric tools... just like the one I have.

[ThanhPhero]

I could go for that.

[central_va]

My biggest complaint about cars from the 50’s and 60’s was the rust factor. You spent hours cleaning, tuning and babying and then the rust sets in. Hell, those cars were starting to rust in the showroom.

[PLMerite]

1971 Duster:

I'm cool with that. Of course, the CAFE, emissions, and safety requirements would make it look a little different.

If they'd change the laws to make it possible (which they won't), it'd be even better.

[Nuc 1.1]

The government will not let car companies make the great old cars. They force the car companies to build fewer desirable cars using CAFE standards and soon we will be forced into econoboxes then self driving econo boxes. We can have the fun the democrats like but not the fun we like. Soon we will not be allowed to have cars at all. Cars represent freedom. Getting rid of cars gets rid of a great deal of freedom. This is what the dim’s have been after since the late sixties when we told them to stuff their mass transit ideas. Of course we can still build our own at least at present. Not that hard but I am getting too old build em... Maybe one more... Maybe.