Best car I ever had from the modern era was my '75 Oldsmobile Starfire. Basically, a Vega with a V/6 I kept it running for 20 years and gave up the ghost when my body man, who had rebuilt it twice, said it was rotted out with rust, he couldn't fix it.

Simple tools and a few "special" parts (oil filter and spark plugs) still sit in my garage.