Allen Swift 1908-2010
This man owned and drove the same car for 82 years. Mr. Swift of Springfield, MA, received this 1928 Rolls-Royce Piccadilly-P 1 Roadster from his father, brand new, as a graduation gift in 1928. He drove it up until his death in 2010 at the age of 102. He was the oldest, living owner of a car purchased new. Donated to a Springfield museum, the car has 1,070,000 miles on it, still runs like a Swiss watch, dead silent at any speed, in perfect cosmetic condition at 82 years. That’s approximately 13,048 miles per year, or 1,087 miles per month. That’s British engineering for you from a bygone era. Courtesy of Rohit Singh, Quora
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