Pro-Touring daily drivers

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All my life I've been a car guy (50's now) and drove the cool cars to work, school or special occasions routinely but not daily. Bought, sold, swapped traded many cars and kept one about every 5 years that I really liked. I have several old cars and a couple trucks.

A couple years ago I decided it was silly to keep the cool cars in storage and drive a "beater". Why not just drive the cool cars I thought? I rotate around driving one car regularly on the nice days and a truck if it's rainy. Then I switch to a different car and do a project on the car I just stopped driving. The past couple months I've been driving The 14 Car (took all the numbers off) and the 84 Suburban. Lots of people love the old cars so it's like being a celebrity, being waved at, getting thumbs up, and compliments everywhere you go. Although, with a full cage, 6 point harnesses and Kirkey race seats The 14 Car's kind of a pain jumping in and out of around town, so I'm ready to switch. I'm going to take The 14 Car apart for brake/wheel/tire upgrade soon and switch to driving the 67 Camaro or 86 911.

At this point in my life I figure the cars will be here when I'm gone so I might as well enjoy them, get my moneys worth out of the parts I installed by driving them instead of letting them sit while the tires and other parts dry rot, paint deteriorates, etc. I don't do shows, cruises etc. so it's not like I need to keep them in a perfect show ready state of appearance. As soon as a car is "done" it starts to go downhill anyway. The cool parts become "old school" within a few years, the amazing grip of those super sticky tires is gone in 3-4 years, speakers dry out and rip and on and on. If you're building a car with trendy parts right now your car will probably look dated in 10 years. Hell, look at all the 5-10 Y/O parts in the for sale sections because the builder changed plans to newer products and the car hasn't even hit the streets yet!

I guess what I think it comes down to is that life is short, you should drive something that puts a smile on your face when you turn the key. Tomorrow you might not be here and you could have driven your cool car today.

This is the kind of view I like out a windshield!

where in fla are you??