Friday, July 18, 2014

This man owned and drove the same car for 82 years ... Thx Dr. H!


Subject: THIS MAN OWNED AND DROVE THE SAME CAR FOR 82 YEARS

Mr.  Allen Swift:  Born:  1908 ˜ Died  2010

    This  man owned & drove the same car for 82 YEARS.

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

Mr. Allen Swift ( Springfield ,  Massachusetts) 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)...

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1,070,000  that's miles not kilometres!!
  
That's  British engineering of a bygone era. I don't think they make  them like this anymore.



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