Classic Car with a More Classic Owner

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Every person should have an idol, someone to want to be like, and after reading about Mrs. Margaret Dunning, I have found mine.? She is 102 years young and still driving her 1930's Packard Roadster.? She has a love of the road, and her classic vehicles.? She has in her collection a few that would make even Jay Leno jealous.?

She catches attention everywhere she goes, but is it because of the immaculate condition of her Roadster, or because she is older than everyone in your vehicle with their ages added together?

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.

Source: [autos.aol.com]

I think this woman should be the next American Idol.? She loves her cars and knows how to work on them.? I don't even change MY oil, and I am a 30-something-not a 100-something.? With the help of expert technicians at Checkered Flag, I don't ever have to worry about crawling around under my vehicle, as I don't think my knees could take it now, forget about it 70+ years from now.?

I love this woman.? I want her to adopt me.? I love her spirit and certainly would love to have some sort of inheritance with the amazing line-up of vehicles she has in her garage.?

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