man owns same car for 82 years
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it has been called an urban myth but that what's reported??
it has been called an urban myth but that what's reported??
January 30, 2006
The Springfield Museums have received a gift of $1,000,000 from Mr. Allen Swift of West Hartford to purchase the Verizon building at 85 Chestnut Street in Springfield for the purpose of creating a new history museum. Swift also donated his 1928, one-owner, Springfield-built Rolls-Royce automobile to form the basis of the new museum's transportation collection
Swift, who died in October 2005 at the age of 102, was a legend among Rolls-Royce collectors for owning his green Phantom I, S273 FP Rolls longer than anyone in the world had ever owned an individual Rolls-Royce. In recognition of that fact, Rolls-Royce Motors presented him with a crystal Spirit of Ecstasy award at the Rolls-Royce Annual Meeting in 1994.
Swift and the Springfield Museums were brought together through a network of antique automobile collectors. In 2002, when he was 99 years old, he approached the Museums to discuss finding a new home for his Rolls-Royce. Confident in the Springfield Museums' ability to care for the automobile and to tell the story of Rolls-Royce manufacturing in Springfield, Swift indicated that he would donate his car if a building could be found to house it.
In the summer of 2005, the Springfield Museums became aware that the Verizon building, adjacent to the Museums, was available for purchase. Joseph Carvalho, president of the Springfield Museums, and Guy McLain, director of the Connecticut Valley Historical Museum, shared that information with Swift and described how the building could be converted into a museum. In September, Swift's attorney informed the Museums that Swift would donate the money to purchase the building.
The Springfield Museums will take possession of the building in June and will launch a fund-raising campaign to renovate it. When complete, the new Museum of Springfield History will display wide range of remarkable artifacts that tell the rich and multidimensional history of this city.
The Springfield Museums have received a gift of $1,000,000 from Mr. Allen Swift of West Hartford to purchase the Verizon building at 85 Chestnut Street in Springfield for the purpose of creating a new history museum. Swift also donated his 1928, one-owner, Springfield-built Rolls-Royce automobile to form the basis of the new museum's transportation collection
Swift, who died in October 2005 at the age of 102, was a legend among Rolls-Royce collectors for owning his green Phantom I, S273 FP Rolls longer than anyone in the world had ever owned an individual Rolls-Royce. In recognition of that fact, Rolls-Royce Motors presented him with a crystal Spirit of Ecstasy award at the Rolls-Royce Annual Meeting in 1994.
Swift and the Springfield Museums were brought together through a network of antique automobile collectors. In 2002, when he was 99 years old, he approached the Museums to discuss finding a new home for his Rolls-Royce. Confident in the Springfield Museums' ability to care for the automobile and to tell the story of Rolls-Royce manufacturing in Springfield, Swift indicated that he would donate his car if a building could be found to house it.
In the summer of 2005, the Springfield Museums became aware that the Verizon building, adjacent to the Museums, was available for purchase. Joseph Carvalho, president of the Springfield Museums, and Guy McLain, director of the Connecticut Valley Historical Museum, shared that information with Swift and described how the building could be converted into a museum. In September, Swift's attorney informed the Museums that Swift would donate the money to purchase the building.
The Springfield Museums will take possession of the building in June and will launch a fund-raising campaign to renovate it. When complete, the new Museum of Springfield History will display wide range of remarkable artifacts that tell the rich and multidimensional history of this city.
lyonspride said:
If more people ignored friends/family telling them "oh, don't you think it's time to get a new one?" every time a light bulb burns out, I reckon there'd be a lot more of us driving about in older cars.
I've owned several snotters and it certainly 'felt'like i owned them for 82 years!:-)22rgt B Squadron said:
Nice story.
And...at least it'll only have had one persons sweat/odour/bodily fluids/nose pickings/follow through ect in it rather than the many which sometimes inhabit a lot of bacteria infested used cars..
Because the Teir 1 assembly workers, people who work in car factories, delivery drivers and dealers all have a full anti-baterial shower before working on a new car And...at least it'll only have had one persons sweat/odour/bodily fluids/nose pickings/follow through ect in it rather than the many which sometimes inhabit a lot of bacteria infested used cars..
I know for a fact that some of the people assembling electrical parts fitted in new cars didn't wash their hands after going to the toilet. Mmmm pooey sensors.
kambites said:
Must be a bit "triggers broom" though, after that long and that many miles.
Maybe not, built before cars were engineered for cost saving and lightness, they had brass radiators for example which last forever, engine cast as two blocks the same (if looked after) e.t.c. probably suspension has been rebuilt a few times though.Captain Muppet said:
Because the Teir 1 assembly workers, people who work in car factories, delivery drivers and dealers all have a full anti-baterial shower before working on a new car
Well yes, anyone touching the interior will most likely have bacteria on their hands but unlike a used car a new one has much less chance of someone having taken a dump in it..22rgt B Squadron said:
Captain Muppet said:
Because the Teir 1 assembly workers, people who work in car factories, delivery drivers and dealers all have a full anti-baterial shower before working on a new car
Well yes, anyone touching the interior will most likely have bacteria on their hands but unlike a used car a new one has much less chance of someone having taken a dump in it..EDLT said:
22rgt B Squadron said:
Captain Muppet said:
Because the Teir 1 assembly workers, people who work in car factories, delivery drivers and dealers all have a full anti-baterial shower before working on a new car
Well yes, anyone touching the interior will most likely have bacteria on their hands but unlike a used car a new one has much less chance of someone having taken a dump in it..
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