I am truly amazed by this story:

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"Man Still Drives First Car, 77 Years Later SHELTON, Conn. (AP) — Clarence Curtiss isn't the kind of guy to trade in his car every few years. He still has his first car, a 1929 Model A Ford (search) he bought when he was 15 for $10. "Everyone says, 'I'll triple your money.' I wouldn't sell it for a million dollars. I won't sell it no-how," said the 82-year-old Connecticut man. More than 60 years ago, Curtiss carved his initials and his then-girlfriend's nickname — "CC" and "DOT" — into the steering wheel. That girl, Dorothy Powers, became his wife of 56 years, until Curtiss became a widower in 1998. "She was a jewel. She didn't drink, smoke or swear," Curtiss said. His daughter's first tiny white shoes are nestled on a ledge above the windshield. During Prohibition, Curtiss' father filled Mason jars with illicit booze. Curtiss used the liquor for fuel as he and his brother, John, sneaked out their father's Model Ts for rides on what were then country roads. "It had the nicest smelling exhaust," Curtiss recalled. Curtiss was an auto dealer and collected more than two dozens cars over the years. But he said none of his cars was as special as his first. "

10/5/2005 11:12:23 AM

how many miles are on it?

10/5/2005 11:26:35 AM

I could. Though it needs some work to get back on the road, I still have my first car, a '79 Chevy Malibu. It's been in the family longer than I've been alive (my grandfather bought it new in 1979). No intentions to ever sell/junk it, it's getting restored or at least made driveable again when I get a place where I have space to work on it.

10/5/2005 12:02:57 PM

Now I wish I hadn't junked the Blingmobile

I want an article about me in hyper-newspaper or whatever they're using 77 years from now

10/5/2005 12:31:24 PM

thats a really cool story

whats best is

he gets better mpg with that car than most people driving SUVs get

its a fact

10/5/2005 1:03:29 PM

i still have my very first auto too...actually its a truck...a 1972 Chevy C10 longbed pickup truck w/ the 327 ci V8 and 3 on the tree.

10/5/2005 3:22:09 PM

I wish I'd held onto my '66 Nova.

283/powerglide

10/5/2005 3:24:52 PM

i still have my first car.

i love it.

10/5/2005 6:50:50 PM

i still have my grandfathers 69 buick elektra 225

i don't plan on ever getting rid of it

it does need a new top though

damn that thing is plush

10/5/2005 7:45:49 PM

I hope to be this guy someday. I plan to hold on to the Z-28 for as long as possible. Would like to be the ol' grandpa in the neighborhood still sporting a V8 convertible when gas costs like $10/gallon.

10/5/2005 8:06:12 PM

^ what in two years? try like $8.7 million per gallon when you're 80

10/6/2005 7:42:54 AM

haha...im pretty sure gas will be nowhere near as low as 10 bucks a gallon when your a ol' grandpa. It's already 5 in some places now....

10/7/2005 10:43:19 PM

i would hope in 50-60 years we wont still be dependant on gas

10/7/2005 10:56:10 PM

^ditto

10/7/2005 11:29:19 PM