Geezers with a wrench

[jcslocum]

Dude, all DIY guys are somewhat project addicted. I have just gotten to driving my Turbo Esprit after 1 year of work and have 3 cars in line; '72 GTV, '67 Mini Cooper and a '76 911 and I'm trolling CL for stuff that is "interesting". It's much cheaper than a divorce and keeps me out of trouble....

[flouese]

62 YO and I am in the beginning stages of a top-to-bottom rebuild on my 66 912.

[bwdz]

The simplicity of wrenching on older cars is something that is unfamiliar to many. My brother recently got rid of his 66 Corvair, it was funny to work on car that you literally could take apart most of with a 1/2inch and 9/16ths wrench and there was not one metric bolt on the whole thing. I recently replaced the heads on my 94 Mustang GT convertible. Forgot that back in the day I used to think that some things on that car had tight access, now that I am used to all the newer stuff I kept laughing how easy it was to take it apart and how much room I had on that old V8. Funny thing is that car is part metric and part standard bolts, most of the engine stuff was still standard sockets as the engine design dates back to the 60s while everything else attached to it was mostly metric. Kind of a transitional era car for the domestics where some standard sockets are still used.

[Oldcarguy]

61 yo and I've been wrenching since I started working in my dad's motorcycle shop in the late 60s. The 550 Anniversary 986 I bought in February is the first car or motorcycle I've ever bought that I don't plan to modify because I want to keep it the way it came from the factory (except for unseen upgrades like the 987 front motor mount, brake vents, muffler, etc).

Regarding cars, I much prefer to work on the mid 60s - early 70s muscle cars. So much room and straightforward everything.

My current project (there's always a project) is a complete front to rear rebuild of a 2013 DR650 dual purpose motorcycle. It only has 513 miles on it, but I'm taking it down to the frame and rebuilding it as my vision of a (relatively) light weight adventure bike. The DR is as simple as a rock and it is a pleasure to work on. Many of today's bikes are as complex as today's cars. I could have bought a ready to go KTM off the showroom floor, but what fun would that have been?