You need a beater car! By that I don't really mean a junk pile but something that ticks the other boxes for you. I understand exactly what your'e saying about a lot of the fun is had during the "chase" or quest to build a nice car in any build style. A lot of the fun comes from the parts hunting, research, and history learned along the way. I have had more than a couple of "Where does our sickness come from" conversations with my car guy buddies. That's probably a whole conversation onto itself. A have a friend of mine that has a real nice hot rod and a well worn Falcon that he drives the wheels off of. He feels the same way about his 32' that you do. He drives the Falcon alot and deals with the small rust spots, rattles, seemingly excessive maintenance needs because it somehow keeps him, as he says , "In the hot rod fold" and reminds him of his younger days. When he opens the garage door and sees his 32' he falls in love all over again every time. He needs two cars.
