While cruising yesterday my car turned over 250,000 miles. There's still parts on it that have been along for the 1/4 million mile ride. Namely everything convertible related (minus top/back window, boot and well liner) even the hydraulic fluid is 55 years old, dash frame w/wiring, door & rear inner panels, 3 out of 4 window regulators, steering box & horns, all glass (minus windshield), K member and some of the front suspension. I'm sure if I thought harder there's more but that'll do for now. And yes, I adjusted the odometer's tumblers when I swapped in the rallye dash.
My 250K MILEstone
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rickseeman
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We want a pix of the whole car!!!!!!!
Katfish
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Nice, over what timeframe did you rack up those miles?
4500 miles / yr for 55 yrs?
4500 miles / yr for 55 yrs?
rickseeman
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Yeah
I bought it Mar. 1979 w/92,836 miles (157,164 put on by me). 2025 - 1979 = 46yrs. Minus off the road about 5yrs (1980, mid’90’s, 2011 & 2020)= 41 cruising seasons = 3,833 miles avg/year. Obviously some years driven more, some less. Oh, and almost, every single mile’s been a joy. Driving back from the Nats in a torrential downpour with a cracked carburetor baseplate and coming upon a couple accident slowdowns wasn’t that much of a joy. Not all the 346 miles were in the downpour at least.
gran coupe john
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That is impressive. Cars in that era only got 100,000 miles. Great looking car.
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