I would suggest a pickup because they're easier to work on. There's more room to work under the hood. Engine + tranny goes in and out much easier. Body-on-frame design is much easier to repair than unibody.

If you really want an older car as a daily driver you'll want to buy one that doesn't need the engine or transmission rebuilt and has already been gone through for reliable operation, maybe even resto-modded with some modern components.

Why would you want to willingly buy something that’ll cost you big $$$ to fix?

Get something relatively newer, which will be reliable & never leave you stranded. 

A project car cannot be a daily driver & vice versa.  

I am more of an old school mechanic. I want something that I can work on and I also enjoy working on older cars. I am just looking for something that parts will be easy to find and not cost an arm and a leg.