I live adjacent to a well-off area in suburban Washington...the winter "beaters" are spectacular...mid-'60s Benzes, Buicks, Oldsmobiles, Caddilacs...ALL big rear wheel drive tanks.

In the "old money" Baltimore neighborhood I grew up in during the '50s and '60s, there were still tons of prewar cars in daily use. One old lady kept a '38 Buick Roadmaster up on blocks in her garage, the tire chains on permanently.