Will,
I expect to put 100k on my T&C over the next 5 or 6 years. I have a need's/want's list to make that possible. I am in the fortunate position of being able to use the car for business purposes and maintenance ( upgrades) and operation, is a business expense. This makes the T&C particularly attractive because it meshes well with a marketing campaign I have had in mind for a year or so. On the other hand I would be much more satisfied if the car was much more of a Lux - Cruiser. I think I can meet all my goals :
1) Meeting the criteria for the marketing campaign.
2). Having an awesome old Chrysler.
3). Driving a sort of Q ship
4). Fulfilling my desire for the Lux Cruiser
5). Having a old car that handles, rides and drives like something that is more modern than the look implies.
6). My wife wont mind going on long trips in it. She likes old cars but if I told her we were going on a 4 or 5 k mile 2 or 3 week vacation in one she would refuse. I don't think she would refuse this T&C when its done.
There are some cars in which I would take more of the purist position. But honestly given Chryslers money woes and the penny's pinched and corners cut to keep the ship a float I think most of them could stand a dose of new/old technology that the accountants could not allow when they were built.
Glenn
