I plan to keep my Valks forever,

[Jess from VA]

and this is the main reason I got a 2d one..... to split my riding between them, and to have a backup if one fails to go for some reason.  They are beginning to get old, and some parts are harder to find, but good maintenance and attention to detail on a reliable machine should have no problem keeping them going.  

But how about 82 years?   ('99 IS + 82 = 2081)


Can you imagine having the same car for 82 years!
I guess it was no longer under warranty...

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 brand 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...  

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.


I can't remember what I got for graduation, if anything, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't a Rolls.

[Tropic traveler]

Jess, I guess we think alike!
Three Valks, two riders.


Not quite in the same catagory as the fellow with his Rolls but I did buy this Mustang new in 1988.


Still have it but it has been off the road for a couple years now. Wrecked it back in 2002 {my fault, sort of} but couldn't bear to part with it. I'm sure it woulda totalled if I involved the insurance so I didn't bother. I crank it up & run it around the neighborhood every 2 weeks or so. Brought my son home from the hospital in it & it was Kim & my primary "family car" for 11 years. Has 171K miles on it & still runs like brand new. 5.0, 5 speed LX hatchback.
After the wreck.

Torn down.

Smashed the water pump, p/s pump & a/c compressor too. Bought a "donor car" for the sheet metal & all else new OE stuff.

Lowered it, put 17" Rohs, Cervinis body kit & a '93 Cobra spoiler on it. Went through the interior too.

Maybe one day I'll finish it, but it aint eatin' nothing & I keep it out of the weather. It is still driveable, just have to get a tag & reinstate the insurance.
Guess I'm just crazy for them old Fox body Mustangs!

[hubcapsc]

 * I plan to keep my Valks forever...

Good... it seems like that's how long it will be until it is warm again... it is 17 here now in SC, I don't
think I'd want to go over Big Walker Mountain in Virginia today 

Here's my oldest vehicle...



-Mike

[Hoser]

Dad bought  this new in 1966 for mom, They are gone now, but I've still got it.  Hoser

[Big Rig]

That is a pretty old mountain bike...

[Jess from VA]

Here's my oldest vehicle...

I'd post up a pic of mine.......... but don't have any pics of the wife handy.   

[Hoser]

Here's my oldest vehicle...

I'd post up a pic of mine.......... but don't have any pics of the wife handy.   

Here's one I've had for 40 years.     the wife, not the bike!  hoser

[Buster]

This is a 1948 Ford f-1 ( the 1st. year for the f models ). My Dad traded a Plymonth pickup, (Yes
they made a pickup) for it used in 1952. I was 2 years old, I still have it. It needs restored but it is now all original (except the tires) and in very good shape and runs very good to be almost 63 years old.
I and my son plan on restoreing soon and keeping it in the family.
I know it needs restored, but I enjoy it like it is, it brings back alot of good memories of times
with my dad as a kid.

[Jess from VA]

Here's one I've had for 40 years.   The wife, not the bike!  hoser

I take it she doesn't read the VRCC....being in the "oldest vehicle" thread could earn you the the cast iron skillet  award.     

[Hoser]

OMG, I hope not!             Hoser