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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