Hear, hear! Older cars that were made to be maintained can be kept going for quite some time with ingenuity and careful maintenance.
I also heard a story once of someone who'd been traveling through... Afghanistan maybe? by car, some time ago. The roads were not in good repair and something happened to their suspension. This was apparently enough of an expected thing that they were able to find a couple guys with welding gear who served them tea and then sorted out the car while they were drinking it.
Re: Well ...
Date: 2020-09-27 06:31 pm (UTC)I also heard a story once of someone who'd been traveling through... Afghanistan maybe? by car, some time ago. The roads were not in good repair and something happened to their suspension. This was apparently enough of an expected thing that they were able to find a couple guys with welding gear who served them tea and then sorted out the car while they were drinking it.