365 Days Of A

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Some of you fellas might have seen this already, but I hadn't... and thought I would post. Essentially, it's a blog from a young man that has decided to park his late model cars for...
 
That is very neat indeed! His grandpa will be proud. What city is he in? I read a lot of the blog and all I saw was a road trip through Chicago. I was also having trouble with the videos. It should be one hell of an adventure for sure. Best of luck!
 
Sounds like fun to me! I wonder where in Northern Michigan he is. I grew up in Mackinaw City.
 
I started following it soon after I saw it posted,,I'm pulling for him to complete his mission but I am sure there will be problems all his chosen path but that's what will make the adventure interesting. HRP
 
Tommy Gun said:
That is very neat indeed! His grandpa will be proud. What city is he in? I read a lot of the blog and all I saw was a road trip through Chicago. I was also having trouble with the videos. It should be one hell of an adventure for sure. Best of luck!
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Hey Guys, he is from Traverse City. I work with Jonathan at Hagerty and saw this thread. As for the videos not playing well we are working on changing the way he uploads them, so hopefully it will work better. Sorry for the trouble.
 
i drive mine 365 for 6 yrs now . it takes regular maintainance unlike the new cars . also a good ear for rattles .............. steve
 
I've driven classics exclusively for much of my life (now in my 30's). The last modern car I owned was several years ago, and I sold it because it was incredibly boring. I've owned only three cars in my lifetime that were newer than the 1960's, and I'm glad they are gone! Everything I own now is between 20's and 60's and they do daily duty from errands to commuting to multi-thousand-mile road trips.

No radio? Easy! I haven't had one for many years and I don't miss it either! If you can't drive without a radio playing then you're driving the wrong car. ;)

It's safe to say that I will never buy another new vehicle (anything after the 70's is new to me) so long as I live.
 
I agree that new cars are boring and not as fun to ride in as cars fron the 20's to 60's. I'm waiting for my modern cars to wear out so I can get back to my old Studebakers for daily driving. For many years I only drove my 1950 and 1952 Studebakers. The only problem is all the road salt that gets dumped in the northern states.
 
I don't drive my '40 everyday, but close. It gets as good or better gas mileage than my late model truck and is way more fun to drive. I put almost 6K miles on it this year (basically early spring til now). I know that is not a huge number of miles compared to some guys, but does show that I am not afraid to drive it. In a way, I wish I would have left it stock height. It didn't look as cool (in my opinion) but it was far easier to drive.
Even trying to be careful, I always feel like my cars go downhill fast driving them regularly. It's just something I have to get over. Cars were meant to be driven and not just sit and gather dust in the garage.

I give this guy credit for going all out 365/7 days a week in a Model A. Inspires me to not only drive more, but keep some sort of journal about experiences. One day someone will care. ...well, hopefully anyway...
 
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