Hot Rods Long term ownership

1980
Couple months ago

 

I'm still driving the 52 Merc my dad bought in 1959. It did rest/rust from 1970 to 2014 before I got it back into mobility again. Photo here of the car taken 55 years apart. Engine was rebuilt about 1980 but then parked.

 

33 years, I also have my Dad's car he bought in 1976 - 46 years in the family.

 

68 years and counting (1954 - 2022) ... for a pictorial history of our Hot Rod, see my HEMI32 album.

 

I've had both of these over 40 years.

 

I’ve owned my OT Muscle Car since 1982 and my ‘58 Apache since 2010…

 

In 1979 when I was a senior a junior had a really nice 55 Olds. Pretty much all stock but a nice car.

43 years later I went to look at a 53 Olds 98. I'm talking to the guy and ask if he has any other cars.......he says he has a 55 Olds he drove in high school. I said, hey, I think I know that car. (I could tell he was around my age). Sure enough that was it. Still a really nice car.