Wednesday, August 7, 2013

From the Internet



This man Owned and Drove the same car for 82 YEARS.

Can you imagine even  having the same car for 82 years!

"How Long Have You Owned  a Car?"

Mr. Allen Swift ( Springfield , MA.) received this  1928 Rolls-Royce Piccadilly-P1 Roadster from his father,
brand new  - as a graduation gift in 1928.

He drove it up until his  death last year.....at the age of 102 !!!

He was the oldest  living owner of a car that was purchased new.

Just thought  you'd like to see it.

It was donated to a Springfield  museum after his death.

It has 1,070,000 miles on it, still  runs like a Swiss watch, dead silent at any speed and is in  perfect
cosmetic condition. (82 years). That's approximately  13,048 miles per year (1087 per  month)...


 




1,070,000  that's miles !

That's Best British engineering of a bygone era.
I don't think they make them  like that any more. 


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