# 84 Years Old and Still Driving His First Car **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [August 23, 2007, 2:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/84-years-old-and-still-driving-his-first-car/34290 "2007-08-23T02:10:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bernmeister](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bernmeister/32/5082_2.png) [@bernmeister](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bernmeister)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 2:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/84-years-old-and-still-driving-his-first-car/34290/1 "2007-08-23T02:10:10Z")
Great story. > **[84 Years Old and Still Driving His First Car](https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/19/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/19peoplect.html)** > > Clarence Cleveland Curtiss bought his car in 1938 for $10. ---
**Author:** ![Anonymity](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/anonymity/32/7215_2.png) [@Anonymity](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Anonymity)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 4:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/84-years-old-and-still-driving-his-first-car/34290/2 "2007-08-23T04:32:02Z")
wow, that is nice. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 4:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/84-years-old-and-still-driving-his-first-car/34290/3 "2007-08-23T04:36:48Z")
oh look its a domestic… :tup: ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 4:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/84-years-old-and-still-driving-his-first-car/34290/4 "2007-08-23T04:45:39Z")
> Mr. Curtiss has made one major upgrade, installing a Hudson Terraplane engine in 1940, because, he said, “I raced kids home from high school with it, but there were a couple of cars I couldn’t beat.” That allowed it to go more than 80 miles an hour, compared with 55 m.p.h for a standard Model A. “Then I could beat them all,” he said. :snky: swap ---
**Author:** ![SlyDemon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slydemon/32/5126_2.png) [@SlyDemon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SlyDemon)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 5:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/84-years-old-and-still-driving-his-first-car/34290/5 "2007-08-23T05:07:16Z")
> Signs on the doors proclaim it as his first car, and the handwritten story behind it is taped to a side window. It has won 14 trophies. As it should… as it should. ---
**Author:** ![Jskrapper](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jskrapper/32/7570_2.png) [@Jskrapper](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jskrapper)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 5:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/84-years-old-and-still-driving-his-first-car/34290/6 "2007-08-23T05:24:04Z")
[quote=“TrueBlue,post:4,topic:34290"”] :snky: swap [/quote] lol. Thats exactly what I was thinking. ---
**Author:** ![MPD47](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mpd47/32/7383_2.png) [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 9:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/84-years-old-and-still-driving-his-first-car/34290/7 "2007-08-23T09:08:17Z")
LS1 swap? ---
**Author:** ![Schema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@Schema](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Schema)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 9:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/84-years-old-and-still-driving-his-first-car/34290/8 "2007-08-23T09:15:38Z")
Awesome story. Too bad I’d never be caught in a 1988 Grand Marquis again ---
**Author:** ![BrockwayMT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brockwaymt/32/5060_2.png) [@BrockwayMT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BrockwayMT)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/84-years-old-and-still-driving-his-first-car/34290/9 "2007-08-23T14:54:00Z")
:tup: ---
**Author:** ![Southtowns27](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/southtowns27/32/5002_2.png) [@Southtowns27](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Southtowns27)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 3:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/84-years-old-and-still-driving-his-first-car/34290/10 "2007-08-23T15:38:20Z")
:tup: I still own my first “car”, 1955 Willys CJ5 ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/84-years-old-and-still-driving-his-first-car/34290/11 "2007-08-23T15:46:09Z")
[quote=“TrueBlue,post:4,topic:34290"”] :snky: swap [/quote] Times change, the methods don’t. 🙂 I love cars with history. I really wish my first car didn’t burn to a crisp. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Jack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jack/32/7613_2.png) [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 4:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/84-years-old-and-still-driving-his-first-car/34290/12 "2007-08-23T16:08:05Z")
Its his fucking fault Delphi and American Axle jobs are disappearing… fucking guy hasn’t supported the industry in decades. ---
**Author:** ![Devioustsi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/devioustsi/32/7406_2.png) [@Devioustsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Devioustsi)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/84-years-old-and-still-driving-his-first-car/34290/13 "2007-08-23T16:15:54Z")
Cool story… good find. [quote=“Jack,post:12,topic:34290"”] Its his fucking fault Delphi and American Axle jobs are disappearing… fucking guy hasn’t supported the industry in decades. [/quote] lol