> > But what I'd really like to have is an update of one of those classic old cars that still looks exactly like the original, but has modern mechanical parts. The cars I dream about would look like a 1939 to 1948 Ford coupe, or 1941 Lincoln, or a '39 Plymouth, or a '48 Chrysler, but with a modern, fuel injected engine with electronic ignition system and an alternator.
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> Best. Idea. Ever.
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> Looking at that linked page in your other post, I've decided I'd love a '40s Ford coupe if it was as easy to maintain as one of your reliable Toyotas. I would get a black one and drive around in a fedora.
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> I'm all for restoring the styles of just about everything to the '30s and '40s.
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> Ste "And I would have a silver hip flask and cigarette case" phen

Lordy does that '40 Ford Coupe bring back memories. My then boyfriend was in the Navy and bought one from his buddy who was going overseas. I was proposed to in that car and we went on our honeymoon in that car. We sold the car to a teenager and the last I saw of it, it was a stripped down hotrod on the race track circuit.