73 Duster or 66 Coronet vert for new driver?

Yeah, this is really tough.

After talking to my wife, she indicated an open car causes her long, pretty hair to whip her face "raw" (interesting considering she almost bought a Z3 and then almost bought a saturn Sky). She's not "telling me no", but would be less likely to ride with.

I'd be happy with either one, even though they have radically different attributes.

My past 318 cars have all gotten in the 20 MPG range, so I figured a wash on mileage.

I have lost the Duster guy's #, and can't seem to get a email returned.
The Coronet, OTOH, is a lady, and she returns correspondance promptly.

One of my plans for the Coronet, was to put a for sale $8500 sign in the window, and let it attract customers to my business. If someone wanted it for 85, they could have it.

I hate drum brakes, too. Greasy, and potential to lose part of a knuckle or finger...but dammit, I'm GOOD at working on them. An F/M/J body disk conversion is not that big of a deal, either. If it turns out I love the car, I'd even consider modern, aftermarket a/c.

Had the Duster guy returned my email this past week, I'd be driving it and posting pics :) :( :)

As it stands, I want to go over that Coronet with a magnet, to see if I missed any serious dough while I was wearing my rose colored glasses.

What I was really looking for (I know, keep dreaming), was a 68 manual trans, a/c, Barracuda, or a T top F or J body. A fold down seat Duster was also on the list.