The latest edition of Classic Auto Restorer magazine just arrived today. To my sheer joy and elation, the featured car was the `60~`62 Chryslers (I have been dreaming of owning a reddish-pinkish 1960 Saratoga for no fewer than nine years, but I can't find one to save my soul). But as I read the article, I got the impression more and more that the cars are more trouble than pleasure--persistant rust zones that degrade the very frame of the car, noisome brakes, on-again-off-again luminescent dash lights... So I have to know: Am I wasting my time searching for a dream car that will turn out to be a nightmare? Is that the reason I can't find a `60 Saratoga because they were crap from the start? Or are the early `60s Chryslers simply well-kept secrets that run like dream cars with no problems at all?
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