I'd buy virtually any 1940s or early to mid 1950s American tin for the right price and then install my freshly built non turbo OM617. I was planning to do this this summer but I have to spend money on getting divorced instead...

Stock? Probably early 70s and up if it was my only car, disc brakes are really kinda needed to drive on the freeway safely anymore, because all the other cars on the road stop too much faster now.

Porsche 911. There's nothing wrong with the older ones all the way back to 1964, but of the ones I've driven, I like the 911 SC best, and those were made from '78 to '83.

I had a '77 240D as a daily driver from '06-'10 until I used it as the tranny donor for my 300D. If one could be had in new condition, I don't think I would have any problems using a '68 200D as a daily. A fintail would most likely be fine as well, but the oddball vertical speedometer turns me off. About four years ago I worked with a guy who used a '59 Ford Galaxy as his daily driver.

hell yeah.............:)

Say what you will about old cars, but I was very glad to have a modern (81) bike with electronic ignition (goodby points condensor) as my DD for a while. Terribly uncomfortable in Rochester winters though.

1949 Ford custom coupe.

Basic exterior style would remain classic, elegant and original, up to including white walls and baby moons. Brakes, drivetrain, safety, seating, all upgraded to modern standards. And of course, it would have to be diesel, but seeing as its a ford, It might have to get a 7.3 pre powerstroke turbo.

No upgrades! Bias-belted tires and all!;)

what!?

ok, well with no upgrades put me down for a 1968 Skylark GS with the drop rear fender and aggressive side panel swoop like pic one (which for some reason I absolutely love), and with the 1972 GS hood and trunk spoiler like in pics 2 and 3, maybe the seats from 72 also with the head rests. Then it would have to be a two tone with no vinyl top

Surely you won't deny me a composition of factory parts from different years and a little custom paint? Maybe better brakes *might* find there way on there over time, but only if thats what was available when it came time for a brake job.

In the summer and when I can get away with it in the winter, my 91 Vette goes out. That said, if I didn't rebuild it myself, the oldest car is the 99 E300 only because the wife has some strange fantasy of making a million miles on it or driving it into the ground. Also there is the 01 Ford Excursion.

If all were blown up, I would like to drive the newest thing I could afford and that WILL NOT be a brand new car. I don't like the depreciation. Won't be a GM since I don't trust Government Motors after their meltdown. Probably a car that just came off a 3 year lease provided it isn't the first year of that system. Prefer a more tried and true model.

My current DD is a 1983 300CD
 

I am pleased and fully confident in it. I would go older depending on the manufacturer and model. The following are non-negotiable:

Four wheel disc brakes
Ball joint front end. No kingpins.
No piston-type compressor if air conditioned. No ac at all is acceptable.
Power steering

Without any doubt, a Volvo P1800E (1970-3), although the original design goes back to 1961. Timeless classic, 3-point seatbelts, SRS, disc brakes, easy as pie to work on, and infinitely customizable with slightly more modern goodies –power steering, oil pressure gauge, fog lights–.

My first car was a 1970 model that had been rolled twice. The car was fully intact and drove just fine... except for the fact that it had a crack in the block. Despite the rust, the engine trouble, and the Smiths gauges, I did not lose a single penny in its purchase!

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It is not my daily driver, but my favorite story of a daily driver is of a 1932 Duesenberg Model J (J-476) with a top torpedo convertible coupe body by Murphy. This Duesenberg was last owned by a man named Don Carr who was an electrical engineer at Wright Patterson. Don Carr purchased this Duesenberg in 1954. Its condition was not pretty as it had been severely side swiped on the driver's side. Don repaired the car and drove it 106,000 miles as a daily driver until 1981 when he donated it to the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum. When Don donated the car it was with the instruction that the car was to have current registration kept on it and that it is driven at least 100 miles a year. Today it has 265,000 on it.

my current dd is my 87 mitsubishi montero. Reliable as an anvil.;)

I'd go with any 123 diesel too if up to snuff.

My 05 truck which is going to be a 14 next year.