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Originally Posted by Ed in Maine
Some of us buy and sell cars moving on to the next motoring adventure. The following picture is of someone who never let go of his first car. Now in the auto gallery of the Springfield, MA Museum is a 1928 Rolls Royce Roadster donated by the original owner, M. Allen Swift who passed away in 2010 at the age of 102. He received this car as a graduation gift from his father and drove the car up to his death. The car has an incredible 1,070,000 miles and still is in good operating condition. He is considered to be the oldest living owner of a car since the car was new.
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Ed, thanks for sharing that beautiful pic! Hey, where's the golf bag door
Yeah.."moving on" , indeed! Now with everlasting regret for some of the auto love affairs that a guy has to let go for various reasons,i.e.- purchase home, kids, family, school and on/on!
Now have one I built, not Ford built. Gathering every nut/bolt from across the country...since 2001. Can not seem to let go of this one. Runs like a singer and looks ugly, to some
BTW
Decades ago, when a young man, I went onto a property that was tucked into the foothills/secluded. After traveling for some time on a seemingly cow path dirt road, I came onto what, at first glance...a junkyard/house,etc.
There, parked near this old home was a car like the one you pictured. With this model were several other such cars even larger. The old timer said they were 'duseys' (?). Often wish I'd had a camera back when.