AAXD,
I know what you mean by having a project turn out too nice to use the way you initially intended. I feel that my series truck is like that sometimes, even with the driveway paint job etc.
What I've done, in the interest of saving money, is to use my 10 year old Civic as my daily driver. Repair/maintenance wise, it costs me about $400 a year to keep on the road, and it averages 40mpg.
I drive the series truck when it's nice out, or when I have to carry things that won't fit in the Civic. She sees the occasional trail jaunt, but nothing strenuous.
An overdrive would certainly be a good thing. I don't have one yet and I could really see myself using the truck more if it had one. I also put a Pertronix in the other year and I'm quite happy with it. I'm in the middle of swapping out the Zenith for a Rochester. I'm not looking for more power or fuel economy (well, maybe the latter), but the main reason is that I ran a used oil analysis and found 2.5% fuel contamination in the oil.
Bogatyr
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Current Rover Fleet:
1996 D1 120k (finally on the road)
1970 IIa 88" (the running one)
1970 IIa 88" (parts truck - need any parts?)
1966 IIa 109" (next project...)
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