<div dir="ltr">Much of the story seems to be true, surprisingly enough.  Here's a photo of what appears to be the guy and his car.  Not exactly the one in John's original, but it seems like a much more appropriate car for a young guy (If any RR of that vintage could be called appropriate!)<div><img src="cid:ii_itehcp160_15752771ce3d75b5" width="472" height="290"><br><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 7:19 AM, John Macartney <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john.macartney@ukpips.org.uk" target="_blank">john.macartney@ukpips.org.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Not Triumph – but worth sharing.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Cheers all<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Jonmac<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><div><div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #b5c4df 4.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><div><div><div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><div><div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#274e13"><br> The Same Car for 82 Years</span></b><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#660000"> </span><u></u><u></u></p></div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;background:white"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" style="width:100.0%;padding:1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt"><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#274e13">This person had a great start in life, an early exotic present.</span></b><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#274e13">                                                                                 <b>        </b></span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="98%" style="width:98.0%"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" style="width:100.0%;padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" style="width:100.0%;padding:1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt"><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#274e13">Mr. Allen Swift:  Born - 1908 - Died  2010<br></span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#274e13"> <br><b>This man owned and drove the same car for 82 years.</b></span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#274e13"> </span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#274e13">Can you imagine even having the same car for 82 years?</span></b><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#274e13">Mr. Allen Swift ( Springfield , Massachusetts ) received this</span></b><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#274e13">1928 Rolls-Royce Piccadilly-P1 Roadster from his father,</span></b><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#274e13">brand new - as a graduation gift in 1928.</span></b><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#274e13"> </span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#274e13">He drove it up until his death last year... At the age of 102.</span></b><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#274e13">He was the oldest living owner of a car that was purchased new.</span></b><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#274e13"> </span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#274e13">Just thought you'd like to see it.</span></b><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0070c0"> </span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0070c0"><img width="782" height="530" src="cid:_com_android_email_attachmentprovider_1_6737_RAW@sec.galaxytab" alt="cid:_com_android_email_attachmentprovider_1_6737_RAW@sec.galaxytab"></span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0070c0">                                                                                                    </span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#0070c0">Rolls Royce Phantom I 1928</span></b><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0070c0"> </span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#274e13">It was donated to a Springfield museum after his death.</span></b><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#274e13">It has 1,070,000 miles on it, still runs like a Swiss watch,</span></b><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#274e13">dead silent at any speed and is in perfect cosmetic condition.</span></b><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#274e13">82 years - That's approximately 13,048 miles per year (1087 per month).</span></b><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#0070c0"><br></span></b><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:red">1,070,000 that's miles not kilometres, that is 1721998 kilometres</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#0070c0"><br></span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#0070c0">  </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><br></span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#274e13">That's British engineering of a bygone era.</span></b><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#274e13">I don't think they make them like this anymore..</span></b><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#660000"> </span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><u></u><u></u></p></blockquote></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><u></u><u></u></p></blockquote></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><u></u><u></u></p></blockquote></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#888888">-- <br>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ra64" group.<br>To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to </span><a href="mailto:ra64+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">ra64+unsubscribe@googlegroups.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