People who love money own and drive classic cars

I have not found that to be true. Cost vs driven per mile= sky high. Even though mine has been "apart" I did not want to be limited by "collector plates" of some type. I have what Idaho calls "year of manufacture" plates, and I pay full price normal registration PLUS a premium to have the YOM plates. My liability is certainly not less, and the volume and cost of parts and maintenance is astronomical. You have to, in some way, factor in the much greater time spent just FINDING parts. Searching C/L, Marketplace, Ebay whatever. Often there is shipping costs.