Oldest original owner/paint vehicle??? 1952 ??

[iluv69s]

I know this is not a muscle car story....but still a neat 'CAR' story....

I was at cape may NJ this past weekend and they had a small car show. I was looking at the old 'original worn ' looking 1952 MG when I noticed the sign saying 'original owner/original paint". I looked around for some rather older type gentleman to see if the owner was nearby. I asked the woman that was sitting on the bench near the car if she knew where the owner was. That is when she said 'it's me'. And sure enough she had pics displayed from 1957 of her and her ex-husband with the car. Imagine that they bought the car 60 years ago...and she still has it and drives it all the time !!! What a neat story. We spoke for a while.

This made me wonder what the oldest original owner/paint automobiles may still be out there. Anyone know any older vehicles?

[Born30YrsLate]

I was at a local car show (Appleton) and there was a car being displayed as the current Guiness Book of World Record for longest single ownership of a car...if I recall correctly it was a 1951 but can't remember the make/model of the car (I do know they don't make them anymore). They had the Guiness paperwork displayed with the car. The owner lives in a small town about a 30 minutes away from where the show was.

[Dog427435]

Here are some shots from the Father Fest car/bike show at the American Helicopter Museum here in West Chester.
There is a 92 year old gentleman who drives his original owner ’49 Jag to the show each year. He lives on his own, is still is a productive designer and a great guy to talk with!
From what I understand the Jag has only had minor work done to it and presents quite well. The frame on the front contains a letter (dated 1949) from Jaguar thanking him for his purchase and the original paperwork on the car!




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