What options are REQUIRED for your daily driver?

[dodgetkboy78]

An A body that runs would be a start.......... My collection is kinda dead at the moment......

Studded tires would be a plus tho.

 

[MOBodyman]

I put thousands of miles on my old cars every year. I do keep them tuned and maintained so all they have to do is -start, move, and stop- safely and I'm good. Heat, a/c, and some sort of music box are nice but not a necessity.
Dallas

 

[ramenth]

Correction:
If you were going to drive an A body on a daily basis, what options would you consider essential, and what would be "nice to have".

Have we driven you nutty yet? :toothy10:

Seriously, back when dodgepower's Duster was my family's daily driver the mild 360 2bbl with the 727 and one legger 7 1/4 was a beast in the snow. I remember my father walking past a four wheel drive pick up on the hill we lived on. While the 4x4 was spinning, the Duster was digging and climbing. Like all Mopars the heat was enough to roast you out of the car. The old manual drums worked pretty good. And that car had lived a hard life between when my sister had it and when Pop got it. Proves those cars were decent right out of the box.

Now though, with increased traffic, cell phones, and the general attitude of people on the road when driving: the car should be able to stop on a dime, turn on the head of pin, and have enough power to get the hell out of Dodge if the situation called for it. So, let's go with a nice 340 or 360, fuel injected for driveability and ease of cold start and durability and an A518 for the fourth gear. Also because I live in the Northeast, the auto is just a little easier to live with in heavy snow.
Let's give it disk brakes up front, good drums in the rear. Yeah, I know, I'm optioning the car, but really, for street use, drums are just as good as disks out back and cheaper to work with, so call it 11" drum out back.
Let's put a SureGrip unit in the rear so when the time comes I can throw snows on it and get the extra grip.
Good suspension so I can get a few extra degrees of adjustment in it for quick, emergency manuveuring.
16 inch wheels just because the availability of tires is better than the 15 inch.
A decent sound system. Usually I have the radio on (when I actually have one that works) just as background noise. I'm usually too busy concentrating on the road ahead, the cars around me, and the car itself to pay attention to the radio anyway. But it would keep the wife happy.
A/C would be a must. Afterall, it's now my daily driver.

 

[Backtobasics]

Have we driven you nutty yet? :toothy10:

Seriously, back when dodgepower's Duster was my family's daily driver the mild 360 2bbl with the 727 and one legger 7 1/4 was a beast in the snow. I remember my father walking past a four wheel drive pick up on the hill we lived on. While the 4x4 was spinning, the Duster was digging and climbing. Like all Mopars the heat was enough to roast you out of the car. The old manual drums worked pretty good. And that car had lived a hard life between when my sister had it and when Pop got it. Proves those cars were decent right out of the box.

Now though, with increased traffic, cell phones, and the general attitude of people on the road when driving: the car should be able to stop on a dime, turn on the head of pin, and have enough power to get the hell out of Dodge if the situation called for it. So, let's go with a nice 340 or 360, fuel injected for driveability and ease of cold start and durability and an A518 for the fourth gear. Also because I live in the Northeast, the auto is just a little easier to live with in heavy snow.
Let's give it disk brakes up front, good drums in the rear. Yeah, I know, I'm optioning the car, but really, for street use, drums are just as good as disks out back and cheaper to work with, so call it 11" drum out back.
Let's put a SureGrip unit in the rear so when the time comes I can throw snows on it and get the extra grip.
Good suspension so I can get a few extra degrees of adjustment in it for quick, emergency manuveuring.
16 inch wheels just because the availability of tires is better than the 15 inch.
A decent sound system. Usually I have the radio on (when I actually have one that works) just as background noise. I'm usually too busy concentrating on the road ahead, the cars around me, and the car itself to pay attention to the radio anyway. But it would keep the wife happy.
A/C would be a must. Afterall, it's now my daily driver.

Outstanding.

 

[waggin]

WoW!!! just think I was satisfied with a gas gauge that work's loL!!!can I borrow yours when it's done???

Have we driven you nutty yet? :toothy10:

Seriously, back when dodgepower's Duster was my family's daily driver the mild 360 2bbl with the 727 and one legger 7 1/4 was a beast in the snow. I remember my father walking past a four wheel drive pick up on the hill we lived on. While the 4x4 was spinning, the Duster was digging and climbing. Like all Mopars the heat was enough to roast you out of the car. The old manual drums worked pretty good. And that car had lived a hard life between when my sister had it and when Pop got it. Proves those cars were decent right out of the box.

Now though, with increased traffic, cell phones, and the general attitude of people on the road when driving: the car should be able to stop on a dime, turn on the head of pin, and have enough power to get the hell out of Dodge if the situation called for it. So, let's go with a nice 340 or 360, fuel injected for driveability and ease of cold start and durability and an A518 for the fourth gear. Also because I live in the Northeast, the auto is just a little easier to live with in heavy snow.
Let's give it disk brakes up front, good drums in the rear. Yeah, I know, I'm optioning the car, but really, for street use, drums are just as good as disks out back and cheaper to work with, so call it 11" drum out back.
Let's put a SureGrip unit in the rear so when the time comes I can throw snows on it and get the extra grip.
Good suspension so I can get a few extra degrees of adjustment in it for quick, emergency manuveuring.
16 inch wheels just because the availability of tires is better than the 15 inch.
A decent sound system. Usually I have the radio on (when I actually have one that works) just as background noise. I'm usually too busy concentrating on the road ahead, the cars around me, and the car itself to pay attention to the radio anyway. But it would keep the wife happy.
A/C would be a must. Afterall, it's now my daily driver.

 

[SSVDP]

Interesting question. For an A-body I require front disc brakes, new radial tires, AM/FM, auto or 4-speed manual trans (no three on a trees for me) and a V8.