Bottom line, you cannot build an old car to the capability of a new car for the same cash. Sad as it is to say, it is true.

That said, respect your elders. The styling of old Mopars cannot be beat. Roll up on a new mustang at a stop light with the old steel and see who gets the nod. Cruise the highway in the old steel get thumbs up, grins, and the like.

New cars are like butt-holes, everybody has one.

I very much respect the capabilities, engineering, refinement and the *owners* (not wanna be "posers" barely making their monthly payments) of the newer cars, but there is just something about the feeling of doing something special with 40+ year old steel no matter how much time or money it takes.