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Originally Posted by Air&Road
I am old enough to remember the really easy to work on cars of the forties and fifties. Problem is, you had to do it a LOT.
Most everything today has its challenges, but generally speaking everything lasts forever by comparison, these days if properly cared for.
The C4 vettes would be at the top of the list.
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So true.
I used to have to change plugs every 10K on my 1962 MB 190c.
If I used champions or autolite 5K. Also points every 10K, and oil every 3K.
Tires were lucky to last 20K.
Nuts and bolts used to vibrate loose on the Benz too and things would fall off the engine if you did not keep looking for them.
I can't remember the last time I found a random loose bolt on a modern vehicle (and by modern I mean from the eighties or newer
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The 190c also needed a valve job every 50K and a water pump every 40k or less.
But that 190c was by far the best car I had owned up til then. Reasonably spunky, great brakes, great handling and ride and would get 24 mpg hi-way if driven 60.
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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.
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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.