1) just leave 10 min early every day 2) adjust your bloody carburetor 3) add a spacer in between the carburetor and the engine (cheap and easy to install); make sure your coolant is full; and make sure clean cold air goes through the air intake 4) ANY CAR will become unreliable after 50 years! 5) Just wear your seatbelt. I am more scared of the airbag than crashing. Classics are the best daily drivers.
You dont have a 65 cobra. You have a kit car. Also, if they overheat, its because you are a crappy Mechanic and don't know how to install a better cooling system. Pathetic video!
Even on cold days I don’t have to wait 10 minutes for my car to warm up and I’ve never had overheating problems. Old engines are reliable in the long run. If you take care of your car anything that breaks is pretty simple to fix considering the lack of electronics and sensors in classic cars.
Yeah, I don't know where he got that 10 minute warmup thing from. Even on the coldest day, the engine will be up to temp well under 10 minutes. Seems like there may be more money than brains going on here.
@@feero9680 I got a 4 cylinder so it’s not as bad as a v8. Plus if you have the carb adjusted to the temperature/time of year you can get decent gas mileage
I'm not gonna hate on him for being new to classics, but I definitely feel like he should give it a lot more time before he tries to go and make an opinion that people could bias to.
Definitely, he needs more time owning one. But I agree they’re probably not great first cars and they do tend to break down alot even with constant maintenance.
Classic cars are not dangerous. PEOPLE ARE! We just live in an age where everybody's protected by airbags, lane correction systems, accident avoidance systems. There's so much going on in our cars and in our lives now that people have become the danger to themselves. A car wouldn't kill somebody just like a gun wouldn't kill somebody if there wasn't someone behind it.
All those things vary by how classic you go, and wich car it is. My buddy daily drives his Golf Mk1 Convertible, even in winter and with snowfall. No issue there. On the reliability: it's a golf, hit it with a hammer, and it runs again. Fuel: about 10-12L/100km is still afordable (Around 19-23 mpg) My brother has an Audi 80 convertible, 5cyl. Perfect for daily use, no winter use though for conserving it, has ABS, Proconten, Servosteering and powerbrakes, no airbags, no AC. Uses about 9L/100Km Heats up in 5min of normal driving, and you can floor it after 15min/ when the oil is up to temp. I got myself an Audi 80 Avant Quattro, with AC, cruise controll, ABS, driver airbag. Uses about 8L/100km, pretty good for a 30 year old car
I have an '83 truck I'm swapping a 12 valve Cummins and a 5spd manual into. I dream all the time about the first drive I'll take in it once it's done. It's hard to be patient but we gotta put in the work first.
This isn't always true. I daily a 66 mustang with a cammed 302, no power brakes or power steering and have none of these issues except for it being more dangerous in an accident. My temp gauge stays below half even when im cruising 60 mph at 2500 rpms, i get between 13-16 mpg, it only takes about 2 minutes maximum to warm it up from a cold start and ive never been broken down in it.
I don't even consider it more dangerous, because new cars fold easier anyway, I just consider it a tragedy because their insurance probably can't afford to pay
My dad daily a 1970 Volvo P1800 for a few months and it did really good. Never overheated, it was fuel injected so cold start was not a problem. Overall a great car.
I get 57 MPG in my 1992 Volkswagen Polo, a carburated car and I dont warm it up, MPG may varry on every car, its the most reliable car out of everyone in the family tree and its by far the oldest, it never once overheated on me aswell
1. Wait 10min for a carb vehicle to warm up? Other than a few pumps and maybe a few cranks when it's been sitting to start there is no required warm up. Like any other vehicle don't drive it hard when cold. Warm up time is determined by aluminum vs steel. 2. Cooling issues. You have to go much further back to get to vehicles that have issues with sitting at a light and overheating. Air-cooled motors in cars have been gone for a very very long time. If your classic is overheating you have an issue.
I’ve had my Chevelle for 22 years. It’s got a 600 HP small block, and 3:73 gears. Drag radials and skinnies on front. Yes, it’s terrible on gas. It’s never overheated and it’s been driven in the hot humid summers of the Midwest and most recently, in the middle of southern Arizona summers. You don’t need to warm it up for 10 minutes. While I agree it’s impractical to daily drive, you’ve literally got no idea what you’re talking about.
Literally had a real cobra 427, daily it for 2 months in the summer of 2018 … i one a built 289 manual 4 speed 65 mustang , daily that all year round !! Also had a 1972 mercury cougar 302 … daily that form 2017-2020
If you drive around locally they are great, it’s true, you gotta warm them up, and the miles per gallon is a big burden, but it’s worth it to me because It stands out, I feel like I’m actually driving a car, the car isn’t driving me, and the stories these cars could tell is amazing, I wanna continue their stories.
1. You don’t have to wait 10 minutes after start to drive your car, that’s a myth. Oil is already circulating and none of the internals are really encountering much friction before the oil reaches them, unless your an idiot and floor it when you just turned it on, it’s not going to hurt anything. 2. They can get good gas mileage pretty easily in fact depending on the vehicle. My 86 ram charger got about 18 mpg and it was 4x4, that’s pretty close to the same as a newer truck. The reason you think it gets less mileage is because it’s much more fun to drive faster. 3. I’ve never had an older car overheat unless something was wrong, you should probably have that looked at. They are in fact designed for use in traffic… because they are cars… 4. You got me on safety, newer model cars are much safer than older models. One could argue that’s part of the fun though Long story short fix your cars lmao that Shelby deserves better
Short answer is no if it's a stock classic car knew it would not be good as a daily driver as the parts aren't as really available as it used to be and remember if you haven't ripped every little part off of it and replaced it with something new you'll have problems
Your overheating issue is due to lack of design on your end. Put an actual fan with a shroud in there. Set up a proper t-stat and fan relay / resistor pack.
They are just cars from another era, old technology makes them impractical for today's needs, unlike a Toyota Yaris which may not be glamorous but it works
I daily drive an 86 mercedes 190e 2.3 cosworth, it's awsome, everyone looks at it and loves it, it sounds great, has a dog leg manual and it's more practical than I need, only thing is it has semislick tires so in the rain it's... interesting
1. Not true, you just can’t redline it immediately and that true with every car also sounds like you’re not tuned right, 2. MPG just don’t hammer your foot down and know how to economy drive, 3. If you’re overheating you can’t build a car or motor right, 4. Reliability isn’t a problem if you know how to do simple upkeep on the car and don’t cheap out on Chinese parts.
The time it takes to warm up varies on some cars and carbureted engines need to be warmed up to operating temp because you have to wait for the choke to open since it will run rich while it's below operating temp
I daily a hummer h3. It’s a well rounded vehicle and it has an inline 5 cylinder. Full time 4x4 kills gas but makes driving safe anytime of the year so it’s well worth the mpg
Okay so obviously you shouldn't have to idle an engine 10 minutes to get it working. But out of curiosity, what carb-related issue could be linked to needing 10 minutes of idling to even pull out? Just trying to learn something
Yeah I've had classics my whole life man. Im 32 btw. You'd be getting your shit checked by someone who knows what they're doing if you got overheating issues on a classic. Those damn things were designed to breathe. The old 460 me and my pops built, could sit in the middle of traffic while hauling a boat on a hot summer day and be fine. In a full-size pickup. And she was cranking 500 horse no problem.
The guy who owns these for one year is telling you older folk how to do what you’ve been doing since you were 30. Also for anyone watching that doesn’t know much about that carb - they will not overheat if you care for your cooling system, remembering that the vehicle is 30-70 years old; and the carb does not need to warm up for 10 f*cking minutes, maybe in the arctic, but not anywhere in the United States.
We have many cars such as some from the 30s and we have no break down or heating problems so you might need to get that checked and also with the carb just don't go over 50 for about 20 mins
I bought a 1975 jeep dj5 that I wanted to try to daily, don't do what I did. It's a super cool car but it does take a while to warm up. Another thing is that it averaged 8mpg, had no power steering, no safety features whatsoever, and the transmission ( a borg warner 3 speed automatic I believe) only let the car reach speeds of up to around 60 miles per hour. Do I regret buying it? Definitely not. Do I regret trying to use it as a daily driver? Every single day of my life.
Sounds like all your cars need tuned/fixed. Cold starts and overheating are issues that can be fixed. So fix them. When these cars were new they were daily driven and there is no reason they can’t be today.
Well how did people drive them when they were new, my father in law daily drove his 70 SS Chevelle because it was the only car he had at the time, and drove it in the winter on bias ply tires. He still has the car with 40k miles on it and it has no issues and still runs and drives like new, I wouldn't be scared to drive it anywhere, he is unable to care and store it , he's 78, so me and the wife store and take care of it and put about a thousand miles a year on it. Very reliable car.
1). Your mustang is a restomod with what looks to be a modern mustang motor 2). Your mustang is incomplete 3). Your cobra is a REPLICA of a niche race car from the day, not entirely made to be road driven 4). If you need to let your car warm up for 10 whole minutes there’s something wrong with your a/f mixture, you should just be able to give it a little choke and be well on your way (that is if your car is fussy). You’d even make your car a bit more efficient 😉
I'm daily driving an old 1979 Lancia for 3 years now. It goes 19 mpg and it's pretty reliable. But you really have to take care of the car. So if you don't maintain the car you'll probably have plenty of issues. Safety ? Meh, at least I'll have a good looking coffin lol
Yes you can daily, don't have something you invest money in and just let it sit in a garage, just to say you have it, cars are meant to be driven. You don't build these kind of cars to worry about gas! You shouldn't have them if you do.
Classic Fiat Panda: wtf is a gallon? I don't use that. Also, my classic 63 Mercedes diesel: "Dude you left me alone yesterday, I'm not going to move!" Both don't know what breaking down means 🤣
??? what are you talking about, i dont believe you even know, lol! I have driven classic cars since i was a teenager, drum brakes can fade, but they do NOT need to warm for 10 minutes. if your classic is an inline six cylinder car, you can expect @ 20mpg, so not too bad on fuel, and for the first 85 years of auto manufacturing antilock brakes, traction control, airbags, etc. did not exist, yet all mankind did not die. They are NOT impractical. they are simpler, easier to maintain on your own, easier to diagnose and repair on your own. my cars had adequate cooling systems from the factory, NEVER had overheating issues. Maybe your car has the wrong radiator for the engine size? I declare B.S.
Virtually positive he doesn't have a real Cobra. If he does, his priorities are all wrong. Nobody keeps a million plus dollar car in a garage like that.
So the problem is you dont know how to maintain an older engine, and they have outdated tech? If your car is overheating in daily traffic you probably have a bad thermostat, a clogged/poorly sized radiator, bad cooling fans, or just the wrong mix of coolant
Constantly overheat? 10 minutes to warm up? My truck takes 30 seconds to warm up enough to close the choke and drive. And it has never overheated, on the hottest days pulling heavy trailers. It does get crap mileage though not gonna lie. But it's reliable as anything I've ever owned in my life. Oh and parts are almost always in stock. It's a Chevy truck though that's probably why.
Almost all you said at this video is wrong 1. You can drive it after it stats you just need to adjust the choke when the car heats you just push the choke down 2. They are more reliable than new cars because these are simple engines there is not much to go wrong usually there are small problems like spark plugs and so on
If you really appreciate the classic cars then you wouldn't be complaining about them. They r and will always b better then this new plastic s××t they have out today on the streets
Alright…I’m gonna tell it like it is. Y’all know why this dude has 2 sweet classics in his garage? Because he gets paid to piss people off (like us) so that we comment and get his videos shown and thus, ad revenue. I don’t agree with his assessments except safety, but here I am commenting. Good on you dude…
My guy if it takes that long for your car to warm up, and it’s always overheating. You got some problems that need looked at. I have a c3 that I’ve been in stop and go traffic for thirty+ minutes and it didn’t even crack 200°. And that’s with a built 400. Just sayin, might wanna get the car looked at, or do more research into the problem.
Yeah and if something breaks, you could fix just about anything with a little bit of knowledge and a small tool kit, at the very least enough to be able to limp it home where you had an actual garage and parts to properly fix the problem.
They are pieces of shit, unless you have time and money to maintain the car, there's no point of a driving it. Parts are hard to find and gas aight cheap no more, and people driving 110-120kmh on highways, good luck driving yours on constant 80kmh, probably would overheat.
Yea I wouldn’t take advice from someone who’s only owned a classic car for about a year. Because if it takes 10 minutes for you to warm up your car and your car is always over heating then you might need to have your car looked at by someone who knows what they are doing.
Exactly what i was thinking 💀 ive been driving a classic for 4 years and before that i rode with my dad in his i have had no issues he mentioned except the no air bags cause i changed the steering wheel this guy has zero clue about classics and it shows😂
Exactly, I drove a 75 Chevy with 7.4L v8 for 6 years as a daily... Had no issues, but then, I grew up tuning these things lol... I've had motors apart in my living room in my 20s
Right my 57 Studebaker pickup hasn't overheated in the 10 years I owned it nor did I have to let it warm up for 10 minutes and unreliability pfft basic maintenance and new belt is all I had to do to that truck before a 22 trx didn't know what color was green also unsafe my arse besides a wee bit of whiplash I was fine the trx was totalled and all I have to do is straighten the cab buy all new windows except the drivers side and need a passengers right wheel hub but that was slowly going anyway
In my lifetime I've owned multiple carbureted engines. 318, 340, 360, 383, 400, 440 in Plymouth, Dodge, Chrysler. 305, 350, 389, 427, 442, in Chevy, Pontiac, Olds. Also had a 302 Ford, just to piss my father off. At no point did any of these vehicles require a 5 minute warm up, let alone 10. Engines were warmed up when it was winter time, but that was so it would throw heat when you started driving.
@@HashMaster1776 yeah. Shouldn't be a problem for me either since it's a 30 year old Honda CRX... Emphasis on should cause where I live even that is a very exotic car (I know exactly four within a 50 mile radius and two of them are/were mine)
Um i dont have to let my engine warm up my carburetor starts and runs like fuel injection its a 1978 k10 with a 350 small block Chevy with a rochester quadrajet carburetor
Safety is it!! Doesn't take 10min. They have the same cooling system as new cars. Post a new short when you talk to an old school mechanic and own muscle cars for 30 years.
i give my e46 m3 that much time to warm up there’s a yellow indicator on the tachometer to let you know when it’s done warming up so it does take mad long time for the oil to lube up the engine man ;-;
@@oni5909 I don't think you should be needing 10 minutes for an E46, that's a modern car. Should be a minute at most in idle, and then light driving for 5 mins or so and you should be good. The light driving helps get some heat into the transmission and driveline as well.
@@oni5909 It's not gonna hurt it, but it's just a waste of time. Unless you're in very cold weather, a minute or so is good enough before you can set off. If it's that orange oil can light, car has some issue. Google says it's probably the oil sensor that's going, apparently a common issue on E46's but I'd check it out yourself I were you.
@@PURENT alright thanks my cousin has an e39 m5 and he said that’s just how they were back in the day and that it usually takes that long and he’s had the car for about 6 years now
I drove my 68 for 20 years, never waited 10 mins to start driving, have your shit adjusted correctly and you will have not a problem, your only valid point is the mpg, i have a 331 with a tremec 5 speed, averaged 15 mpg on the hwy. Mid 2000's trucks get about the same.
Lol my pops has a 61 F250 with a 352 and it gives 10 miles per gallon regardless. It could be empty or hauling three cubic yards of whatever and it doesn't make a difference.
My 1983 Chevy K30 only gets about 7mpg. But it's a 3 spd with 4:10's. Only it's now getting a Cummins 12 valve and NV4500 swap, so it'll probably go up to around 17mpg maybe 20mpg.
@@DoctorDipshits Well it's pretty hard to get in a wreck when the only time the car spends while on is sitting in a driveway, and the only time it's moving is on the back of a flatbed truck.
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1) just leave 10 min early every day
2) adjust your bloody carburetor
3) add a spacer in between the carburetor and the engine (cheap and easy to install); make sure your coolant is full; and make sure clean cold air goes through the air intake
4) ANY CAR will become unreliable after 50 years!
5) Just wear your seatbelt. I am more scared of the airbag than crashing.
Classics are the best daily drivers.
Depends on the classic, if your driving something like an omni
You dont have a 65 cobra. You have a kit car. Also, if they overheat, its because you are a crappy Mechanic and don't know how to install a better cooling system. Pathetic video!
@Phuck You who you talking to D BAG?
Even on cold days I don’t have to wait 10 minutes for my car to warm up and I’ve never had overheating problems. Old engines are reliable in the long run. If you take care of your car anything that breaks is pretty simple to fix considering the lack of electronics and sensors in classic cars.
Yeah, I don't know where he got that 10 minute warmup thing from. Even on the coldest day, the engine will be up to temp well under 10 minutes. Seems like there may be more money than brains going on here.
That mpg tho. Im not taking that
@@feero9680 I got a 4 cylinder so it’s not as bad as a v8. Plus if you have the carb adjusted to the temperature/time of year you can get decent gas mileage
So basically use the Sherman tank tactics for long reliability?
I drive a square body with a 350 in it and only think I wait to warm up is the heater in the winter😂
“I’ve been owning classic cars for about a year or so” skip
I'm not gonna hate on him for being new to classics, but I definitely feel like he should give it a lot more time before he tries to go and make an opinion that people could bias to.
Definitely, he needs more time owning one. But I agree they’re probably not great first cars and they do tend to break down alot even with constant maintenance.
His reasoning made sense though...
@@offbeat-barnacle He's right
At least he's being honest! 😄
Classic cars are not dangerous. PEOPLE ARE! We just live in an age where everybody's protected by airbags, lane correction systems, accident avoidance systems. There's so much going on in our cars and in our lives now that people have become the danger to themselves. A car wouldn't kill somebody just like a gun wouldn't kill somebody if there wasn't someone behind it.
The big difference here: A lot of us grew up driving these classic cars everyday, before this guy was even born.😎
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All those things vary by how classic you go, and wich car it is.
My buddy daily drives his Golf Mk1 Convertible, even in winter and with snowfall. No issue there.
On the reliability: it's a golf, hit it with a hammer, and it runs again.
Fuel: about 10-12L/100km is still afordable
(Around 19-23 mpg)
My brother has an Audi 80 convertible, 5cyl.
Perfect for daily use, no winter use though for conserving it, has ABS, Proconten, Servosteering and powerbrakes, no airbags, no AC.
Uses about 9L/100Km
Heats up in 5min of normal driving, and you can floor it after 15min/ when the oil is up to temp.
I got myself an Audi 80 Avant Quattro, with AC, cruise controll, ABS, driver airbag.
Uses about 8L/100km, pretty good for a 30 year old car
I have a 78 Camaro and it’s my first car but I’m still building it but it’s been my dream car and I can’t wait to drive it
I have an '83 truck I'm swapping a 12 valve Cummins and a 5spd manual into. I dream all the time about the first drive I'll take in it once it's done. It's hard to be patient but we gotta put in the work first.
This isn't always true. I daily a 66 mustang with a cammed 302, no power brakes or power steering and have none of these issues except for it being more dangerous in an accident. My temp gauge stays below half even when im cruising 60 mph at 2500 rpms, i get between 13-16 mpg, it only takes about 2 minutes maximum to warm it up from a cold start and ive never been broken down in it.
As a FE owner I back this post
As a 66 owner I can confirm, mine is a cammed 289, I ran open headers for a while and got a solid 10-11mpg lol
In California is worth driving a classic car because it's not required getting smog
I don't even consider it more dangerous, because new cars fold easier anyway, I just consider it a tragedy because their insurance probably can't afford to pay
Just means you ain't fix it right if it overheated constantly
My dad daily a 1970 Volvo P1800 for a few months and it did really good. Never overheated, it was fuel injected so cold start was not a problem. Overall a great car.
I get 57 MPG in my 1992 Volkswagen Polo, a carburated car and I dont warm it up, MPG may varry on every car, its the most reliable car out of everyone in the family tree and its by far the oldest, it never once overheated on me aswell
1. Wait 10min for a carb vehicle to warm up? Other than a few pumps and maybe a few cranks when it's been sitting to start there is no required warm up. Like any other vehicle don't drive it hard when cold. Warm up time is determined by aluminum vs steel. 2. Cooling issues. You have to go much further back to get to vehicles that have issues with sitting at a light and overheating. Air-cooled motors in cars have been gone for a very very long time. If your classic is overheating you have an issue.
I’ve had my Chevelle for 22 years. It’s got a 600 HP small block, and 3:73 gears. Drag radials and skinnies on front. Yes, it’s terrible on gas. It’s never overheated and it’s been driven in the hot humid summers of the Midwest and most recently, in the middle of southern Arizona summers. You don’t need to warm it up for 10 minutes. While I agree it’s impractical to daily drive, you’ve literally got no idea what you’re talking about.
I drove a 65 mustang daily for about 15 years, had very little trouble. What trouble I did have was cheap and easy to fix.
Literally had a real cobra 427, daily it for 2 months in the summer of 2018 … i one a built 289 manual 4 speed 65 mustang , daily that all year round !! Also had a 1972 mercury cougar 302 … daily that form 2017-2020
I bet u had a real cobra...and then daily drove it. Lol wow
If you drive around locally they are great, it’s true, you gotta warm them up, and the miles per gallon is a big burden, but it’s worth it to me because It stands out, I feel like I’m actually driving a car, the car isn’t driving me, and the stories these cars could tell is amazing, I wanna continue their stories.
You have been one of my inspirations I’m in the process of ls3 swapping a 350z
1. You don’t have to wait 10 minutes after start to drive your car, that’s a myth. Oil is already circulating and none of the internals are really encountering much friction before the oil reaches them, unless your an idiot and floor it when you just turned it on, it’s not going to hurt anything.
2. They can get good gas mileage pretty easily in fact depending on the vehicle. My 86 ram charger got about 18 mpg and it was 4x4, that’s pretty close to the same as a newer truck. The reason you think it gets less mileage is because it’s much more fun to drive faster.
3. I’ve never had an older car overheat unless something was wrong, you should probably have that looked at. They are in fact designed for use in traffic… because they are cars…
4. You got me on safety, newer model cars are much safer than older models. One could argue that’s part of the fun though
Long story short fix your cars lmao that Shelby deserves better
Lol hearing a gen z'er say u need to let a carbureted motor warm up for TEN MINUTES is freakin HILARIOUS
Bet he can't even point out the location of the carburetor on the engine.
Short answer is no if it's a stock classic car knew it would not be good as a daily driver as the parts aren't as really available as it used to be and remember if you haven't ripped every little part off of it and replaced it with something new you'll have problems
Some of these are accurate, but only for those specific cars tbh… not all classic cars have the same needs and issues
Your overheating issue is due to lack of design on your end. Put an actual fan with a shroud in there. Set up a proper t-stat and fan relay / resistor pack.
They are just cars from another era, old technology makes them impractical for today's needs, unlike a Toyota Yaris which may not be glamorous but it works
I daily drive an 86 mercedes 190e 2.3 cosworth, it's awsome, everyone looks at it and loves it, it sounds great, has a dog leg manual and it's more practical than I need, only thing is it has semislick tires so in the rain it's... interesting
1. Not true, you just can’t redline it immediately and that true with every car also sounds like you’re not tuned right, 2. MPG just don’t hammer your foot down and know how to economy drive, 3. If you’re overheating you can’t build a car or motor right, 4. Reliability isn’t a problem if you know how to do simple upkeep on the car and don’t cheap out on Chinese parts.
I assure you I don’t wait 10 minutes to warm up my 76 first gen bronco, I wait like 2 min
The time it takes to warm up varies on some cars and carbureted engines need to be warmed up to operating temp because you have to wait for the choke to open since it will run rich while it's below operating temp
@@shanefritts5465 lol you don’t have to wait for the choke to open up it’s a Manuel choke which I don’t use in the summer
You do not need to warm up a carbureted car in most situations and properly functioning classic cars dont overheat. Those are facts.
I daily a hummer h3. It’s a well rounded vehicle and it has an inline 5 cylinder. Full time 4x4 kills gas but makes driving safe anytime of the year so it’s well worth the mpg
also getting rear ended is very sketchy in older cars
Okay so obviously you shouldn't have to idle an engine 10 minutes to get it working. But out of curiosity, what carb-related issue could be linked to needing 10 minutes of idling to even pull out? Just trying to learn something
I had a 1999 VW beetle and loved it but I had to give it up they get too expensive after the small things you must buy…
Yeah I've had classics my whole life man. Im 32 btw. You'd be getting your shit checked by someone who knows what they're doing if you got overheating issues on a classic. Those damn things were designed to breathe. The old 460 me and my pops built, could sit in the middle of traffic while hauling a boat on a hot summer day and be fine. In a full-size pickup. And she was cranking 500 horse no problem.
The guy who owns these for one year is telling you older folk how to do what you’ve been doing since you were 30. Also for anyone watching that doesn’t know much about that carb - they will not overheat if you care for your cooling system, remembering that the vehicle is 30-70 years old; and the carb does not need to warm up for 10 f*cking minutes, maybe in the arctic, but not anywhere in the United States.
We have many cars such as some from the 30s and we have no break down or heating problems so you might need to get that checked and also with the carb just don't go over 50 for about 20 mins
You probably want to check your thermostat since it sounds like it isn't circulating water
I bought a 1975 jeep dj5 that I wanted to try to daily, don't do what I did. It's a super cool car but it does take a while to warm up. Another thing is that it averaged 8mpg, had no power steering, no safety features whatsoever, and the transmission ( a borg warner 3 speed automatic I believe) only let the car reach speeds of up to around 60 miles per hour. Do I regret buying it? Definitely not. Do I regret trying to use it as a daily driver? Every single day of my life.
Sounds like all your cars need tuned/fixed. Cold starts and overheating are issues that can be fixed. So fix them. When these cars were new they were daily driven and there is no reason they can’t be today.
"Can you daily drive a classic car"
More like "can you daily drive a muscle car"
More like “can you daily a classic that’s not built right in the first place”
Well how did people drive them when they were new, my father in law daily drove his 70 SS Chevelle because it was the only car he had at the time, and drove it in the winter on bias ply tires. He still has the car with 40k miles on it and it has no issues and still runs and drives like new, I wouldn't be scared to drive it anywhere, he is unable to care and store it , he's 78, so me and the wife store and take care of it and put about a thousand miles a year on it. Very reliable car.
1). Your mustang is a restomod with what looks to be a modern mustang motor
2). Your mustang is incomplete
3). Your cobra is a REPLICA of a niche race car from the day, not entirely made to be road driven
4). If you need to let your car warm up for 10 whole minutes there’s something wrong with your a/f mixture, you should just be able to give it a little choke and be well on your way (that is if your car is fussy). You’d even make your car a bit more efficient 😉
My 95 skyline runs and drives just fine. Only about 150k km on it and not major problems
If they overheat, maybe you need to fix that... Lmao
We need a 5.0 10 speed cobra swap
I'm daily driving an old 1979 Lancia for 3 years now. It goes 19 mpg and it's pretty reliable. But you really have to take care of the car. So if you don't maintain the car you'll probably have plenty of issues.
Safety ? Meh, at least I'll have a good looking coffin lol
Yes you can daily, don't have something you invest money in and just let it sit in a garage, just to say you have it, cars are meant to be driven. You don't build these kind of cars to worry about gas! You shouldn't have them if you do.
Classic Fiat Panda: wtf is a gallon? I don't use that.
Also, my classic 63 Mercedes diesel: "Dude you left me alone yesterday, I'm not going to move!"
Both don't know what breaking down means 🤣
If your cobra is overheating it's something mechanical, not a general issue bro
??? what are you talking about, i dont believe you even know, lol! I have driven classic cars since i was a teenager, drum brakes can fade, but they do NOT need to warm for 10 minutes. if your classic is an inline six cylinder car, you can expect @ 20mpg, so not too bad on fuel, and for the first 85 years of auto manufacturing antilock brakes, traction control, airbags, etc. did not exist, yet all mankind did not die. They are NOT impractical. they are simpler, easier to maintain on your own, easier to diagnose and repair on your own. my cars had adequate cooling systems from the factory, NEVER had overheating issues. Maybe your car has the wrong radiator for the engine size? I declare B.S.
Virtually positive he doesn't have a real Cobra.
If he does, his priorities are all wrong.
Nobody keeps a million plus dollar car in a garage like that.
No Airbags we die like men
For all you guys that have a classic car and have been swayed into getting rid of it you can give them to me.
It won’t break down if you take care of it
a classic car that is made for speed is ment to be cooler longer so say overheating is a bit slower (BTW you can just remove the hood)
I got a 89 chevy silverado sport with lots of upgrades and stuff i reccomend if you are gonna daily drive it keep it local
So the problem is you dont know how to maintain an older engine, and they have outdated tech? If your car is overheating in daily traffic you probably have a bad thermostat, a clogged/poorly sized radiator, bad cooling fans, or just the wrong mix of coolant
It doesn’t take 10 minutes. Pull the choke, fire it up, let it idle with choke while you smoke a cig, and that’s that. 3-5 minutes
all except the last reason is just engine and cooling
Overheat,,, might be a reason!
This is HILARIOUS😂😂😂 never woulda thought lolol
$90 every other day? Is that as a daily or just casual driving? How big are the tanks on these things? I know my 91 pickup has about a 15 gallon
Ahem…smiles per gallon..
Bro, i saw a RUclipsr put a loan mowers' carburetor on his muscle car and it returned 40 mpg!!! (or at least he said).
A lot of old cars are not modified so they don’t really have that problem.
Do NOT listen to any of this. Do what you want with your life. Don’t listen to this dude.
Yoo broski got a cobra!!!! Very nice my guy
your cars overheat? sheesh get that shit dialed in
As someone who used to daily a jdm classic, no
That's why I like them
DUDE SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON A COBRA🐍. I usually play for a and their prices on cars are as much as they are in real life
In norway the cost is 9$ a gallon
Must be the cars you own. Yes gas mileage sucks but so much fun to drive!
Constantly overheat? 10 minutes to warm up? My truck takes 30 seconds to warm up enough to close the choke and drive. And it has never overheated, on the hottest days pulling heavy trailers. It does get crap mileage though not gonna lie. But it's reliable as anything I've ever owned in my life.
Oh and parts are almost always in stock. It's a Chevy truck though that's probably why.
I have Subaru Brumby/brat and it has no airbags but it's from 1988.
Yes you can daily a classic car. They were once modern daily drivers. If you car overheats a lot and breaks down. Find the issues
yes but theyre fun to drive and they sound great
So you’re saying, a coyote engine is at operating temperature before you hit the ignition?
Almost all you said at this video is wrong
1. You can drive it after it stats you just need to adjust the choke when the car heats you just push the choke down
2. They are more reliable than new cars because these are simple engines there is not much to go wrong usually there are small problems like spark plugs and so on
Wonder what the mpg would be like with an efi conversion kit
Welp I’m still buying myself a 1940 Chevy so I can stick a 350 or an ls engine in it .
If you really appreciate the classic cars then you wouldn't be complaining about them. They r and will always b better then this new plastic s××t they have out today on the streets
Alright…I’m gonna tell it like it is. Y’all know why this dude has 2 sweet classics in his garage? Because he gets paid to piss people off (like us) so that we comment and get his videos shown and thus, ad revenue. I don’t agree with his assessments except safety, but here I am commenting. Good on you dude…
Basicaly all problems you have can be solved with an LS swap
Wtf warms up for 10mins !
How about reason number one.....
Maintenance and parts
He really doesn’t know anything abt classics or cars in general, and as a kid who is way younger than him, that’s saying something. Smh 🤦♂️
My guy if it takes that long for your car to warm up, and it’s always overheating. You got some problems that need looked at. I have a c3 that I’ve been in stop and go traffic for thirty+ minutes and it didn’t even crack 200°. And that’s with a built 400. Just sayin, might wanna get the car looked at, or do more research into the problem.
If they overheat on u that's because u can't drive them
You don't need safety
Everyone always acts like that classics are total pieces of shit, yet back in the day when those were everyone's daily, they ran fine
Yeah and if something breaks, you could fix just about anything with a little bit of knowledge and a small tool kit, at the very least enough to be able to limp it home where you had an actual garage and parts to properly fix the problem.
Right. My 98 olds was a tank. Safety? Please....
They don't take the time to learn exactly how they work and dismiss the technology as junk.
They are pieces of shit, unless you have time and money to maintain the car, there's no point of a driving it. Parts are hard to find and gas aight cheap no more, and people driving 110-120kmh on highways, good luck driving yours on constant 80kmh, probably would overheat.
@@spbfce why does everyone say overheat? Idiots
Yea I wouldn’t take advice from someone who’s only owned a classic car for about a year. Because if it takes 10 minutes for you to warm up your car and your car is always over heating then you might need to have your car looked at by someone who knows what they are doing.
Exactly what i was thinking 💀 ive been driving a classic for 4 years and before that i rode with my dad in his i have had no issues he mentioned except the no air bags cause i changed the steering wheel this guy has zero clue about classics and it shows😂
He's a yuppy kid. Clueless about classics
Exactly, I drove a 75 Chevy with 7.4L v8 for 6 years as a daily... Had no issues, but then, I grew up tuning these things lol... I've had motors apart in my living room in my 20s
Totally right, of your class is keeps overheating there is probably something wrong with it.
Right my 57 Studebaker pickup hasn't overheated in the 10 years I owned it nor did I have to let it warm up for 10 minutes and unreliability pfft basic maintenance and new belt is all I had to do to that truck before a 22 trx didn't know what color was green also unsafe my arse besides a wee bit of whiplash I was fine the trx was totalled and all I have to do is straighten the cab buy all new windows except the drivers side and need a passengers right wheel hub but that was slowly going anyway
65 cobra? You forgot to add replica to it
the engine is from 1965 tho
@@dinhospring doesn’t look like the original
@@Romizzler it’s most likely not the original
Why are you guys bitches no lie do you guys have a fucken cobra 🐍 I don’t fucken think 💭 so 🙃🤔
There's only 2 in the world and I saw multiple so it is a replica
In my lifetime I've owned multiple carbureted engines. 318, 340, 360, 383, 400, 440 in Plymouth, Dodge, Chrysler. 305, 350, 389, 427, 442, in Chevy, Pontiac, Olds. Also had a 302 Ford, just to piss my father off.
At no point did any of these vehicles require a 5 minute warm up, let alone 10. Engines were warmed up when it was winter time, but that was so it would throw heat when you started driving.
Right same here and I live in Alaska I head 300 more miles north of me and turn off the engine overnight oil will freeze in the engine
@@ev0luti0arygaming89holy crap. How cold does it need to be for oil to freeze? 😂 switch to full synthetic.
I drive an oldie as a daily myself and it's nice to drive but a pain to get parts for it. And the old lady had more reliable days...
Yeah thats why I sold the wife and bought that part car 🚗 🙃
That’s why you buy all the parts you can and stack em up. Luckily I don’t have any problems finding any parts on my Chevy 😆😉
@@HashMaster1776 yeah. Shouldn't be a problem for me either since it's a 30 year old Honda CRX...
Emphasis on should cause where I live even that is a very exotic car (I know exactly four within a 50 mile radius and two of them are/were mine)
My car isn't even a classic an I can relate to that lol
@@snowballthecat7542 I got a buddy with an 88 and a 89
Um i dont have to let my engine warm up my carburetor starts and runs like fuel injection its a 1978 k10 with a 350 small block Chevy with a rochester quadrajet carburetor
Cut him some slack. He’s a Ford guy
@@paulschiska7638 even us ford guys know it don't take 10 mins to warm a engine
@@Coronet_shop 😂 at least someone has a sense of humor
Safety is it!! Doesn't take 10min. They have the same cooling system as new cars. Post a new short when you talk to an old school mechanic and own muscle cars for 30 years.
Not sure about the cooling system there bud
Yeah facts he needs to redo half this shi is completely false
Safety is not an issue for me I drive a classic and the steel is way more safer than the shit they have out today
If it has to warm up for 10 minutes something is wrong
@@kevinadams7997 yes if I'm not mistaken it would be a thermostat stuck open
10 mins to warm up your car?! I get in and go in my Camaro. I daily my Camaro in Southern California traffic and it runs extremely cool.
i give my e46 m3 that much time to warm up there’s a yellow indicator on the tachometer to let you know when it’s done warming up so it does take mad long time for the oil to lube up the engine man ;-;
@@oni5909 I don't think you should be needing 10 minutes for an E46, that's a modern car. Should be a minute at most in idle, and then light driving for 5 mins or so and you should be good. The light driving helps get some heat into the transmission and driveline as well.
@@PURENT :o i mean is it bad to keep it idling that long? i mean why else would that indicator be there then tho?
@@oni5909 It's not gonna hurt it, but it's just a waste of time. Unless you're in very cold weather, a minute or so is good enough before you can set off.
If it's that orange oil can light, car has some issue. Google says it's probably the oil sensor that's going, apparently a common issue on E46's but I'd check it out yourself I were you.
@@PURENT alright thanks my cousin has an e39 m5 and he said that’s just how they were back in the day and that it usually takes that long and he’s had the car for about 6 years now
I drove my 68 for 20 years, never waited 10 mins to start driving, have your shit adjusted correctly and you will have not a problem, your only valid point is the mpg, i have a 331 with a tremec 5 speed, averaged 15 mpg on the hwy. Mid 2000's trucks get about the same.
Hell even a brand new V8 3/4 ton gets about 15 average.
@@Bloodbain88 But keep in mind that the one has about fifty years on the other.
Lol my pops has a 61 F250 with a 352 and it gives 10 miles per gallon regardless. It could be empty or hauling three cubic yards of whatever and it doesn't make a difference.
My 1983 Chevy K30 only gets about 7mpg. But it's a 3 spd with 4:10's.
Only it's now getting a Cummins 12 valve and NV4500 swap, so it'll probably go up to around 17mpg maybe 20mpg.
at one time most these cars was a daily.
I think all the issues you listed (except safety) are specific to your cars.
I daily 2 classics and I have none of those issues
I can tell you for a fact that people who own classic cars don't give a shit about them not having airbags
They will when they end up a quadriplegic.
@@DoctorDipshits Well it's pretty hard to get in a wreck when the only time the car spends while on is sitting in a driveway, and the only time it's moving is on the back of a flatbed truck.
True, why let the car sit in the yard all day making it rusty again?
No wonder this man is filling every mother day. Man let’s the engine idle for 10min
Shoot I usually give it 2-3 mins to warm up. And in the winter I’ll wait til the heater starts blowing warm air haha
@@mach1mustangguy992 in my Z 2min is all I give it.
Imo better to drive to warm it up.
“No wonder this man is filling every mother” 🧐📸
@@LittleVictorMinecraft deadass just noticed that.
Those old carb engines took look to warm up and run right