Mr. Allen Swift: Born - 1903 - Died: October 2005
This man owned and drove the same car for 77 YEARS. Can you imagine even having the same car for that long? Mr. Allen Swift (West Hartford, CT) received this 1928 Rolls-Royce Roadster from his father, brand new - as a graduation gift in 1929. He drove it up until his death ... At the age of 102. He was the oldest living owner of a car that was purchased new.
In 1994 Rolls-Royce Motors presented him with a crystal Spirit of Ecstasy. Just two months before his death in October 2005, he gifted funds to the Springfield Museums toward the purchase of a building to house a new museum of innovation.
The car was donated to the Springfield museum after his death. It has 1,070,000 miles on it, still runs like a Swiss watch, dead silent at any speed and is in perfect cosmetic condition. 77 years.
