I really don't have *a* favorite car, it's like having a favorite dish. Changes from time to time. If I had an unlimited budget, my dream garage would probably be 200-300 cars, with emphasis on Fords and 1930s cars, very few over $100k.
Other than daily drivers, I have literally zero interest in any car post 1972
I guess my current flavor-of-the-day is probably a 1937 Lincoln Model K touring coupe, but will probably be different tomorrow 
In terms of performance and reliability, we're currently living in a Golden Age of cars. In terms of style and soul I love 1932-40 and 1955-65.
If you go in a time machine and tell Teenage Dave that in the future you will be able to buy an 840 horsepower car with factory LineLock and sub 10 second ET off the showroom floor, beware of boner explosion
I've gone over this before; people retrofit old cars with modern drive trains and features all the time. It would basically be illegal to do this for a new showroom car (with 2020 VIN and title) because it wouldn't meet crash safety, etc.
If you want, say, a 1957 Thunderbird with modern reliable drive train, comfort and safety features, etc there are hundreds of shops that can do that for you with an actual 1957 TBird. If you want to buy it from the Ford dealer, you get that sad looking 2002-5 "retro" TBird.
Here's an example: 55 TBird getting full upgrade at my friend's shop in California. Out with old, in with new, but body (and title & registration) remains a 55.
When finished it will drive & handle like a new car, which is very cool and nice. But there is a point at which too much of an update really detracts from a vintage car's soul. Part of the charm of an old car is in its flaws and quirks.
I'm a centrist on this issue; I have a couple of box stock old cars, but love vintage style hot rods rather than "resto mods." Basically, cars made in 1920s-30s, but hopped up just as they were in the 40s-60s. Example, a 1931 Ford Model A upgraded with period equipment of the 50s
Nah. People have been hot rodding cars forever, and period style hop ups sometimes preferable to stock. A '70 Chevelle with vintage headers, traction bars, fat Mickeys on Cragars, and glasspacks is cooler IMO than one anally restored to showroom
