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Originally Posted by ClawSS
Just a question...How is an older car harder to maintain? I can see and get to just about everything on my 67 GTO...once she is clean she is parked....awaiting her debut at the next show or cruise.
The Camaro drove me to work today and took the hits from numerous bugs into the radiator and grille area that I can't really get to.
Most of the GTO parts are original, but what aren't came from any one of 6 different OE production houses that all I need to do is write a check and they deliver...just like the Camaro.
Once you get an old car clean and it is relegated to show duty...it's a cinch to keep clean...you try and put a daily driver into a show with a desire to win and you have a real job on your hands, not to mention the care you take on a day to day basis.
I'm afraid you are misplacing your "old cars are harder to maintain" idea. With the hidden/hard to access engine, plastics, thin paint, cheap vinyl/leather...new cars are just as hard.
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It's obvious you have never owned an "antique car". Your '67 GTO is an old car, not always considered an antique. You need upholstery for your Camaro- easy, need a starter, easy, try that for a '56 DeSoto, "56 Packard, etc.. not so easy. Generalizations are so east to spew out. Oh, and when the rust starts popping out on your GTO or the cars I've mentioned, then what ? I haven't seen rust popping out on one of these new 5th gen Camaros yet.