I loved the prices! I loved the lines! I loved the fact that I could actually FIX them if they broke!
I think they were even made in this country putting actual Americans to work!
I love the fact that the insurance companies did not dictate design! (and thereby price)
I love that they were made of METAL and some wood!
I know…dream on… 
I love that you can sit in the engine compartment to fix them instead of all the computer components…
I would not love getting six miles per gallon. 
Like this? ;D (wish it was mine…)
Hell some of those cars were more like gallons per mile…Not saying they weren’t awesome, just would be stupid expensive to drive these days.
I would prefer the old 50s and 60s gas prices … hell, energy costs. That said, my Toyota Tacoma 6 cyl has more hp that my old Pontiac LaMans 350 8 cyl. And better gas mileage.
That said, I’d love a classic GTO.
For general convenience I love new cars.
For sheer driving pleasure though my heart is with British roadsters. Closest I came was owning a very nice 6 speed 2001 Miata, and my father owning a Triumph Spitfire (sadly selling before I approached driving age).
I’m an old Mustang guy myself. The closest I’ve ever come to grand theft auto was a few years back when I was teaching a brewing lesson and realized the car detailer and stereo/alarm installer next door had a beautifully restored 68 GT500 sitting in their fenced backlot. Oh just to be able to drive the beast for a while.
Having said that as mentioned, ouch the fuel, wow the performance of modern cars and as a much as it makes me feel like I’m losing my recklessness of youth - yikes the relative safety of those cars versus today’s cars. Sure the old car might have more of a chance of walking away successfully from a bad crash, but you don’t.
+1. My dad still had a 1971 Boss Mustang when I was a kid, man I loved that car. He’s still pissed at my Mom for talking him into selling it as it was slightly impractical with a family. My uncle had a '67 GTO, I grew up a HUGE fan of 60’s and early 70’s muscle cars.
I own a very stock 1968 Bronco. No power anything and three on the tree. Man is it fun to drive- V8 power and rumble, lookin out over that classic hood with the raised fenders, heads turning. Driving through the mountains with the top off is so grand. Yeah, it only gets 12-13 MPG but it’s just so damn cool.
i had a 67 mustang gt. miss it terribly
brother had a chevelle like in the pic above, ss, put big 454 talk about sucking gas
now i have two 26 year old jeep cj-7s. owned one from 0.2 miles on the showroom floor. cant let it go.
I learned to drive in a yellow 68 Mustang. I bought myself a 68 Bronco as a high school graduation present. Of course, they weren’t vintage cars at that point! The Mustang was new and the Bronco was 2 years old.
New engines are no picnic for sure but they are far more reliable and produce more horsepower/cubic inch.
Of course the older cars were sexier but is that because they are older and our memories swayed a bit?
2010 (pretty damn sexy)
as is this '68
Of course for me
My put a gun to my head this is the car I want Hot Rod
Nice segway…
A friend drives a big work truck , a 2010 and the diesel in it blew up.
You know how they’re getting the engine out?
They took the cab off the truck and are doing it that way, the engine cant be removed with the cab in place.
:o
Absolutely!
Guy up the road has a Bronc from that era, done beautifully. Those things are awesome.
I was always a '70s guy myself: '72 El Camino, '79 Camaro Z28, '72 Cutlass Supreme
I miss 'em all.
I had a '53 Willys in HS, loved that thing… could out four wheel anyone around at the time… sigh…
I would love to have the jeep version (like in MASH)… be a great hunting vehicle. or a CJ5 or 7…
I cry a little when I think of what I’ve let go over the years
1968 Ford Torino, 302 automatic
1968 Chevelle, 327 4 speed
1967 Camaro RS w/hide away headlights, 327 4 speed
1964 Willis 3/4 ton truck
1965 Chevy long bed truck, 235 six w/3-on-the-tree
1969 VW Beetle
1971 VW Beetle
1972 Jeep CJ5, Six Cylinder
1968 Ford F150, 390 automatic
Don’t have any of these now. Not even a picture of any I don’t think. All bought and sold in the '70s and 80’s; none over $1500.00
I’m stupid.
But, back then any of these could be found on any used car lot for lees than $2000.00
As far as the mileage is concerned, if money were no object, it seems that some of todays engines
can run the chasis of yesteryear. Anyone watch Overhaulin?
Nope give me a 2011 Nissan GT-R anyday thank you very much.
Not many cars race or street can do a 7.29-minute lap of the Nürburgring
Back to reality, I’ll pay top dollar for a 2010 Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion Diesel >71 mpg, if its ever allowed into the states.
I remember our '58 Chevy BelAir. My Mom drove it into a drainage ditch on my 7th birthday (12/29/65). (With me and our family friend in his Air Force uniform in the backseat.) The ditch had a slight ice covering that made it look like a road. They pulled it out, changed the oil, and off we went.
Then they bought a '68 Barracuda. Their first new car. Red with the big back window. Worked like a charm at the drive-in!