I too firmly believe today’s cars are far more reliable than those of yesteryear.
The long list of repairs and maintenance we had to do back then to keep cars running was far greater than it is today. You can argue otherwise all you want, but those who lived through it know otherwise.
To paraphrase an old saying, you’re entitled to your own opinions, but you’re not entitled to your own facts.
Not at all similar. Unless you consider 7psi similar to 3000psi.
And that modern mechanical fuel pump is a piston pump, not a diaphragm design.
And all DI cars with the modern high pressure pump also have a low pressure electric pump.
I drove a 1981 E150 with the 4.9l engine 390k miles and neither the fuel pump or carburetor were ever replaced.
Would it be correct to say it wasn’t the engine that caused you to stop driving this? Those 4.9s seem to run nearly forever!
Can confirm. I had a 1988 Toyota Corolla base model, and we had constant problems with the carburetor. It required frequent adjustment by a professional mechanic to avoid difficulty starting, etc.
Unlikely, early 80’s 305’s were known for poor metallurgy on the camshafts. The lobes would be smoothed out to the point the engine wouldn’t run well before 400k miles.
I’ll bet you never replaced a timing chain on that one either! 
Buy an Audi for TC fun.
I sold that truck and I was honest about everything then one day I stopped at a RR crossing and recognized it. The driver bought it from my customer who told him the mileage was 112k.
My reason for selling it was I quit my contract driving job
