So you think you’ve owned your car too long?

Mr. Allen Swift of  Springfield , MA. received this 1928 Rolls-Royce Picadilly P1 Roadster from his father, brand new – as a high school graduation gift in 1928.

He drove it up until his death last year…..at the age of 102 !

Allen and the Rolls were the oldest living combination of how long an owner had owned and driven a new car.

It was donated it to the Springfield museum after his death. It has 170,000 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 2000 miles per year…

Still runs  like a Swiss watch. (Remember them? We used them before we had cell phones to tell time.Car looks  like a million bucks..which is pretty close to its value.  It was built when people could afford to take real pride in their work. (Got paid less but worked more hours. It was made with REAL heavy gauge steel too…didn’t need to worry about mileage because gas was 15 cents a gallon!)

Doesn’t get any better than that.