Life 82 yo Car & 102 yo Woman Driver

Buzz_TinBalls · 10-04-2012, 10:03 PM

102-Year-Old Woman Still Drives Her 82-Year-Old Car
She's held her driver's license for 90 years

Most classic car owners are accustomed to the unusual looks other motorists cast toward their relics on the road. But when Margaret Dunning is behind the wheel of her 1930 Packard 740 Roadster, she draws more attention than her vehicle.

Dunning, age 102, may be one of a small handful of classic-car drivers who can lay claim to the fact they're older than their vehicles.

She was born in 1910, and lives in Plymouth, Michigan, twenty years before her beloved Packard. She's been driving since she was 8 years old, and officially received her license at 12, after her father died. In an appearance at the Concours d' Elegance last month, Dunning recounted her start as an automotive aficionado.

"I'm just a farm girl, and my dad had a lot of machinery, and I adored my dad," she said. "I became familiar with the tools, because the minute I said I didn't know what I was looking for, he'd say, 'Go back to the house.'"

She owns several classic vehicles. In addition to the Packard, she includes a '66 Cadillac DeVille, a '75 Cadillac Eldorado convertible and a 1931 Model A in her collection. The one she still drives the most? Her everyday car, an '03 Cadillac DeVille. Occasionally, she still changes her own oil.

"Before old age overtook me, I could scoot under the car very nicely," she said.

http://autos.aol.com/article/102-yea...usauto00000020

Braincase · 10-04-2012, 10:04 PM

Beautiful car. Love the classics.

Buzz_TinBalls · 10-04-2012, 10:06 PM

rumble seat roadster -- is she single

CoMoChief · 10-04-2012, 10:09 PM

she's hot.

Rausch · 10-04-2012, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Lou_Zare

"Before old age overtook me, I could scoot under the car very nicely," she said.

No shame in that.

It's a pain in the ass for me to get the wife to change the oil and take the trash out...

mikey23545 · 10-04-2012, 10:16 PM

What a cool old lady!

Hope she lives another 102 years!

**Rain Man** · 10-04-2012, 10:16 PM

That's a sweet ride.

Inmem58 · 10-04-2012, 10:18 PM

I'd rail it

**KCFalcon59** · 10-04-2012, 10:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rain Man

That's a sweet ride.

So is the car!

CoMoChief · 10-04-2012, 10:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KCFalcon59

So is the car!

well played

**frazod** · 10-04-2012, 11:00 PM

What a great story. Give 'em hell, granny!

Big Smoke · 10-05-2012, 12:37 AM

She'll probably crash into Walmart soon.

Lzen · 10-05-2012, 07:22 AM

Changes her own oil still? Wow.

htismaqe · 10-05-2012, 07:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frazod

What a great story. Give 'em hell, granny!

No shit. Love it.

**Buehler445** · 10-05-2012, 07:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lzen

Changes her own oil still? Wow.

They don't make them like her anymore.

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Braincase Captain Nemo Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Brownbackistan Casino cash: $1074303	Beautiful car. Love the classics. __________________ BrainCase Screw it... I'm going to the brewery.
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