To daily drive, or not....

Mr. crj1968, I certainly don't want to discourage you from daily driving your older Mopar because I daily drive 4 of them and I enjoy them a lot. But you do need to remember that corollary to Murphy's Law which applies to older daily drivers: "anything that CAN break WILL break". I found that I needed to drive each of my older Mopes for several years and replace lots and lots of parts before the corollary had exhausted itself, and in the meantime I found it necessary to buy good towing insurance. It also helps to have a boss who is sympathetic to your endeavor, and who won't get too upset if you are late to work a few times while you get your car sorted out.

Yep I totally get it. And I've certainly been there before, but it's been a good 15 years since I daily drove an old car. Well I daily drove a Cherokee Xj for quite a while...and not really that old, but certainly not without it's quirks and issues. (injectors, sensors, cooling issues) Also not without it's road noise and bad handling...Still have it.

Daily driving a BMW 335D right now. A sleeper of a car (6cyl twin turbo diesel). In two years I've had it laid up for a few times in my garage. Waste gate actuators, EGR cooler, Water pump, glow plug module. More issues loom no doubt as it is DEF injected.

Been at the same job for 25 years now...my boss doesn't worry about me too much.

I'm honestly not too worried about the reliability of the car. Make sure the wiring is solid and a spare coil, ECU, ballast/ even a distributor in the trunk could go a long way.