Man drives a Rolls Royce for 77 years, spends 1M USD to ensure preservation

Mr. Allen Swift drove a Rolls Royce for 77 years and before he died he took care of the car's future preservation.

It was the year 1928 when Mr. Allen Swift received as a graduation gift from his father a 1928 Rolls Royce Piccadilly P1 Roadster. He drove the soft-top convertible for more than seven decades. During this long period he clocked more than 170,000 miles (273,588 km) and maintained the car accordingly. In 1988 the RR received a full body restoration and engine rebuild.

In 2005 he died at the venerable age of 102 but before he passed away he donated 1M USD to the Lyman & Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History to open up an exhibition to take very good care of the car. The vehicle is now being showcased in the museum's Transportation Collection.

Source: automotiverestorations.com via autoblog.com

M. Allen Swift with the 1928 Rolls Royce Picadilly P1 Roadster