AlamoPA Mailing List: Fw: Fwd: The Same Car for 82 Years

[Sallie Carlson (wacsc11945]

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Subject: Fw: Fwd: The Same Car for 82 Years

 

 

Mr. Allen Swift:  Born - 1908 - Died  2010
This man owned and 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. 

 

 

 

                                                                                                 Rolls Royce Phantom I 1928

 

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 not kilometres.
 
That's British engineering of a bygone era.

I don't think they make them like this anymore.