That something be like say the BMW Classic Center.
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/08/bmw-opens-up-classic-center-to-customer-cars-establishes-dedica/
I know this is not entirely new news, but this BMW Classic Center has already completed the restoration of a 3.0 Csi which is a bit more recent.
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/25/bmw-classic-center-completes-3-0-csi-restoration-for-lucky-owner/
I personally wouldn't have chosen to convert it to an automatic since I doubt a 70s automatic drove well, but that car looks as close as brand new as can be. Just the idea that BMW wants to preserve as many of its older cars is already a sign of a company that cares about its current owners regardless of how old their cars are and some may have never bought a car at a BMW dealer.
As someone with a Toyota that's quite old, because I like my car so much I decided to keep it stock despite the advantages of modifying it. This means becoming friendly with a Toyota dealer to get as many stock parts as possible, this can be expensive. However even this isn't enough, quite a lot of the parts on my car are..."obsolete" on a Toyota parts catalog. This means using used parts, since my car has a bad habit of killing aftermarket stuff(latest being a power steering pump).
Remember how during the recall early this year, Toyota was actually calling upon the 20+ year old cars and happily claimed how many of these cars are still alive in ads. If Toyota doesn't support these cars I doubt many of them will be alive in the near future. I don't know how anybody can support running a 70s Toyota even if they didn't rust to death. This kept me from even considering buying a 1982 Corona I saw for sale(great price for something impossible to find), for a car even older than mine and nearly extinct on the roads that it may be impossible to run it as that car has even fewer parts sources than mine.
Re-manufacturing parts is probably the most useful thing that Toyota can do to ensure long life even in the aging cars. It would piss me off to have to stuff my Cressida in the garage because its no longer drivable because Toyota no longer makes some part and there's no availability of used or aftermarket parts.
I'd love to see a Toyota version of the BMW Classic Center, even if its just relegated to parts manufacturing since I intend to keep my car for a very long time. Any of you feel the same?
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/08/bmw-opens-up-classic-center-to-customer-cars-establishes-dedica/
I know this is not entirely new news, but this BMW Classic Center has already completed the restoration of a 3.0 Csi which is a bit more recent.
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/25/bmw-classic-center-completes-3-0-csi-restoration-for-lucky-owner/
I personally wouldn't have chosen to convert it to an automatic since I doubt a 70s automatic drove well, but that car looks as close as brand new as can be. Just the idea that BMW wants to preserve as many of its older cars is already a sign of a company that cares about its current owners regardless of how old their cars are and some may have never bought a car at a BMW dealer.
As someone with a Toyota that's quite old, because I like my car so much I decided to keep it stock despite the advantages of modifying it. This means becoming friendly with a Toyota dealer to get as many stock parts as possible, this can be expensive. However even this isn't enough, quite a lot of the parts on my car are..."obsolete" on a Toyota parts catalog. This means using used parts, since my car has a bad habit of killing aftermarket stuff(latest being a power steering pump).
Remember how during the recall early this year, Toyota was actually calling upon the 20+ year old cars and happily claimed how many of these cars are still alive in ads. If Toyota doesn't support these cars I doubt many of them will be alive in the near future. I don't know how anybody can support running a 70s Toyota even if they didn't rust to death. This kept me from even considering buying a 1982 Corona I saw for sale(great price for something impossible to find), for a car even older than mine and nearly extinct on the roads that it may be impossible to run it as that car has even fewer parts sources than mine.
Re-manufacturing parts is probably the most useful thing that Toyota can do to ensure long life even in the aging cars. It would piss me off to have to stuff my Cressida in the garage because its no longer drivable because Toyota no longer makes some part and there's no availability of used or aftermarket parts.
I'd love to see a Toyota version of the BMW Classic Center, even if its just relegated to parts manufacturing since I intend to keep my car for a very long time. Any of you feel the same?