Oldest daily driver

[Dr Jekyll]

What's the oldest car anyone knows of that's used as someones main car?

I seen a 1970 ish Morris Minor with a station car park season ticket which must be one of the oldest.

Any advance?

[Valentin]

A '67 Volvo 1800 S. Used as a daily driver in snow, storm, rain, on ice, in the heat, -> daily for the past 5 years.
No problems whatsoever altough she is undergoing an engine rebuild, new suspension and some minor cosmetic freshening. After that I intend to use her a bit less...

[louismchuge]

Valentin said:

A '67 Volvo 1800 S. Used as a daily driver in snow, storm, rain, on ice, in the heat, -> daily for the past 5 years.
No problems whatsoever altough she is undergoing an engine rebuild, new suspension and some minor cosmetic freshening. After that I intend to use her a bit less...

Exactly the same as my Cousin here in Blighty... how odd!

[lewis s]

My girlfriend uses her 1967 Morris Minor as her only car and is in daily use

[RDMcG]

This is about the oldest where I am.........

[anonymous-user]

I use a 1969/70 Jensen Interceptor, but I know someone who uses a 1966 Morris Minor daily.

[Stitch]

Breadvan73 said:

I use a 1969/70 Jensen Interceptor, but I know someone who uses a 1966 Morris Minor daily.

Top man!!!

Do you have a subtantial shareholding in BP?

[anonymous-user]

I am just nuts.

[wildoliver]

Just doing a '66 BGT (one of the first) and a '67 build MGC for his and hers dailies for Emma and myself.

[richw_82]

1973 XJ6 Series 1 is my daily driver. Its currently on a 3.4 engine after the 2.8 ate a piston during a commute up the motorway. I'm putting roughly 1200 miles a month on it, and don't see things changing for a little while.

I bought a Series 3 with the idea being to take the strain off it, but that went sick, whereas the Series 1 just soldiers on no matter what. Even when it ate the piston it made it the 70 miles home. It has never left me stranded, and is probably the most dependable car I've ever had.

[dmulally]

1962 EK Ute for a few years. 1963 Imp for a couple years before that. 68 Mustang now and 51 Chev full size truck almost ready so I can piss the ford off.

I count on about 2 breakdowns a year but always manage to limp home with mods. I carry a small bag with essential tools and lighting in it.

[randomwalk]

I drove 66 chev impala as a daily driver for 12mths about 2yrs ago, it was quite reliable, although had the rear universal break and dropped the tailshaft at about 70mph, that was fun.

[itiejim]

My local trimmer recently had a 1914 Dodge Tourer in which was allegedly a daily driver 12 months a year - 8 mile round trip each day I believe. Had a lovely patina and appeared to be a credible story. Can't think that there are many dailies older than that...

[timhum]

I see an Austin A35 very regularly around Haverhill,Suffolk. Looks to be hand painted in blue although thats not meant to be an insult to the owner.

[vit4]

I know someone with a 1953 Morris Minor that's used as a daily

I thought mine was comparitively old at a sprightly 20 years!

[dycecooper]

I spotted a D reg Morris Minor convertible today on King st Aberdeen

[stewy68]

richw_82 said:

1973 XJ6 Series 1 is my daily driver. Its currently on a 3.4 engine after the 2.8 ate a piston during a commute up the motorway. I'm putting roughly 1200 miles a month on it, and don't see things changing for a little while.

I bought a Series 3 with the idea being to take the strain off it, but that went sick, whereas the Series 1 just soldiers on no matter what. Even when it ate the piston it made it the 70 miles home. It has never left me stranded, and is probably the most dependable car I've ever had.

Top man!
Why do I suddenly dislike you?

[LOGiK]

I've a 1968 Morris 1100, my only car.

I use my bikes for long journeys though, my 1100 drinks oil above 43mph.

[MPoon]

richw_82 said:

1973 XJ6 Series 1 is my daily driver. Its currently on a 3.4 engine after the 2.8 ate a piston during a commute up the motorway. I'm putting roughly 1200 miles a month on it, and don't see things changing for a little while.

I bought a Series 3 with the idea being to take the strain off it, but that went sick, whereas the Series 1 just soldiers on no matter what. Even when it ate the piston it made it the 70 miles home. It has never left me stranded, and is probably the most dependable car I've ever had.

Awesome! I used to run a 1973 XJ6 Series 1 as my daily driver too (about two years ago)... but it was the 4.2 litre.
I never did put as much mileage on it as you do though, my daily commute was a mere 3 miles.
I love the reliability of the Series 1, and it was easy to render the odd roadside repair - my record time for changing a fuel filter was 1 minute.

[richw_82]

Well, my series 3 is fixed now, hopefully it will behave itself now. The series 1 has been started on its restoration. I've made it a definite decision this time, as I pulled the engine out of it at the weekend, and stripped a lot of the brightwork off.

Looking at what was underneath I'm glad I did... I think I've caught it just in time to stop the rust bug from getting a good hold.

I'm going to miss driving it.