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2 cars buddy, its the only way to fly.
My 383 powered 68 NovaSS knocks down 18mpg in town with 3.31 gears and a non-OD 4 speed. Even moves out pretty well too, 12.6@110 on street tires is my best. I had a '73 350 in the car before the 383. It was tired but not dead, could never get more than 14mpg out of it though. My 68 Nova w/ a 402BB barely gets 10mpg consistently and only runs high 15's(guessing). My cousin has a 66 Mustang 6 banger that averages 24mpg in town, another 66 289 Mustang that gets 20 in town. I built a 72 Nova for my g/f with a nearly stock 350 in it that is getting about 15mpg in town with a TH350 and 3.08 rear gear. Its probably the best of them for daily driving, its fast enough to be fun, will do a decent burnout, and looks and sounds the part.
All can be driven everyday, but its a lot of upkeep. Crazy work to keep them all up for those number of miles. The calipers for my 68 SS are $500 a pop, so you don't want to be driving it a million miles delivering pizzas. I drive an '86 Olds Cutlass everyday, bought for $1800(the engine for the SS cost $3200) in great shape with only 72,000 miles on it. It gets 20mpg and never complains about sitting in traffic or going to the grocery store instead of the track. Not a lot better mileage than the older cars, but it uses 87 octane instead of 92 like the SS. Buying a newer good mileage beater and an old classic makes a lot of sense.
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