> However, many older cars were small, light, simple, and raw - characteristics that have largely disappeared from modern cars.
I feel parent's point still stands.
Sure, you won't be able to go to a random Ford dealership and go home with a small light and simple car, but there are plenty of modern car accessible through a modicum of effort. Even buying something new abroad and bring it back home will probably be less hassle than restoring an old car.
I wonder if buying a kit car would still be simpler, for still better results.
I feel parent's point still stands.
Sure, you won't be able to go to a random Ford dealership and go home with a small light and simple car, but there are plenty of modern car accessible through a modicum of effort. Even buying something new abroad and bring it back home will probably be less hassle than restoring an old car.
I wonder if buying a kit car would still be simpler, for still better results.