An early Chevy would be a good choice. Plus if you get a full sized one
, like an Impala, the back seat will be roomy enough to fool around in!


Tim

poncho62 wrote:
> My sugestions...
> If looking for a 50s,60s or 70s car, get a Chevy.....parts are cheap and plentiful
> If something newer, try a Mustang or Camaro....same as above....parts are cheap.
> Harry
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> in the 70s....."G.R. Patterson III" > wrote in message >...
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>>Eric Martin wrote:
>>
>>>Hi, I'd be interested in opinions from this newsgroup on what a good first
>>>collector car for a beginner with limited mechanical skills and tools would
>>>be, given these parameters:
>>>
>>>1) Price ceiling of low teens.
>>>2) Desire a daily driver.
>>>3) Chiefly interested in early to mid 1960s styling.
>>>4) Convertible is preferable, but not essential.
>>>
>>>I'm presuming that to use the car as a daily driver, I'll need to upgrade
>>>the brakes and tires, so that has to figure in the price (and possible
>>>makes) as well. Thanks for any ideas!
>>
>>I see a fair number of Impalas still on the road. That implies to me that parts
>>and repair service are still readily available. The '63 model year is the most
>>popular. A quick check of ebay shows that a perfect one tends to sell in the
>>high teens, so you should be able to get a runner for the low teens. The '65
>>Mustang is another car that's pretty easy to keep running. The smaller the
>>engine, the cheaper those will be.
>>
>>Having driven vehicles from that era for decades, I don't see a problem with
>>keeping the original braking system, as long as you stay out of deep puddles.
>>Take a drum brake through water over about a foot deep, and you won't have much
>>in the way of brakes.
>>
>>I would also recommend staying with the type of tire for which the car was
>>designed. Putting radials on a car from the early 60s is likely to produce an
>>uncomfortable leaning tendency in turns. These cars really need the stiffer
>>sidewalls of the bias-ply or fiberglass belted tires.
>>
>>George Patterson
>> God grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the
>> good fortune to run into the ones I like, and the eyesight to tell the
>> difference.