My daily driver is a 1955 and I'm exempt from safety inspections at this point. I also have a one-time(!) $175 registration fee in my state. If you can keep up

My daily driver is a 1955 and I'm exempt from safety inspections at this point. I also have a one-time(!) $175 registration fee in my state. If you can keep up with the basic maintenance (grease certain joints every couple thousand miles, etc)the lack of regulatory oversight on these older vehicles can sometimes push them back into being more affordable than driving a 10-15 year old car. Just don't get in a wreck in them, crumple zones weren't really invented until the 90s.