How do i make my mopar a daily driver??
Would it be the same if i wanted it in my 84 pickup? same engine n'all, they drove the cars daily before why can't we?
Long story short: it's a different world today.
There's a few problems driving old cars:
- Oils have changed.
- Gas has changed.
- Drivers have changed.
The last one is the most important, IMO. People take for granted just how quickly new cars accelerate, turn and brake. Which often turns careless drivers into obstacles that are very hard to avoid on the open road in an old car. Back when everything handled like crap, most people drove more carefully and more slowly, by necessity, which resulted in fewer close calls.
New gasoline is a pain in the ***. It evaporates quickly, gums things up when it does, and generally makes it frustrating to operate an old car. It reduces the reliability and generally makes it a job to operate the vehicle. This was my main reason for switching to EFI. Having my battery die while trying to crank some fuel into a hot carb on a summer day (112F that day) was the last straw.
New oils don't like our old cars which forces us into special treatment and require oil changes more often. We used to do frequent changes back in the day, but every corner gas station also had oil we could use and lube shops had quality workers (more frequently than today, at least). Not so, anymore. Which means ordering the right stuff, stock piling it, and dealing with all the roadblocks that exist to handling it ourselves (oil recycling for those in some states, for example).