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06-02-2011, 10:01 AM
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Mr. Allen Swift ( Springfield , MA.) received this 1928 Rolls-Royce Picadilly 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 from new. Just thought you'd like to see it. He donated it to a 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... My comment..they don't make them like this anymore..
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06-02-2011, 10:06 AM
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The Vengeful One
 
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Here's to Mr Swift!!
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nice!
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06-02-2011, 10:19 AM
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From Answers.com
That particular car set his folks back $10,900 (141,700 in 2010 dollars). It's hard difficult to speculate what it would sell for today at auction. A P1 was up for auction recently for $77K with no reserve. I don't know what it sold for. If I would venture to guess though, this car would fetch over $200k.
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06-02-2011, 10:33 AM
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Mr Impulsive
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Now if my EL XR8 lasted that or at least until I'm dead I'd be a happy man.
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Owned Fords 85 Telstar (man), 96 EF GLi (auto), 95 EF XR6 (man), 97 EL Fairmont Ghia (auto), 98 EL XR8 (man), 06 BF wagon (auto), 06 BF XR6 (ZF auto), 08 FG G6E (ZF auto), '10 SY MKII TS Territory (4spd) |
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06-02-2011, 10:41 AM
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Awesome story but something tells me it didn't run silently!
 Fuggin this is huuuuuge as well! |
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06-02-2011, 11:10 AM
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You can tell that it was made in the era of cars where designers thought
"Lets not worry about the size, we'll have flying cars in 20 odd years anyways"
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Mr Swift Dies at 102. Owned Same Car for 82 Years.
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