Now, this is not starry-eyed romanticism speaking, but actual experience.

The most reliable car, in point of starting in all conditions and actual driveability has to be my 1927 Buick 27-20....Standard Six 2 door sedan.

Being the oddball that I am I had to have a unique vehicle. Since from a wee lad I always cultivated elderly guys I always had the opportunity to ferret around in their attics and garages, and thus I acquired my Buick. New fuel and a carb cleaning soon set it to rights, the vacuum tank needed rebuilding but that was almost intuitive.
Tires were no problem as Coker Tire made-and makes many sizes popular in the '20's.
I drove that car for 12 years, from 1985 to 1997 as my daily driver when I was running a machine shop and as God as my witness it would always start in all weathers, even temps of 8 fahrenheit. To this I attribute first, a good battery, second a flawless fuel and spark system.
No. I did not really spend every afternoon making sure everything worked...my usual maintenance was only twice a year.

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