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It is not my daily driver, but my favorite story of a daily driver is of a 1932 Duesenberg Model J (J-476) with a top torpedo convertible coupe body by Murphy. This Duesenberg was last owned by a man named Don Carr who was an electrical engineer at Wright Patterson. Don Carr purchased this Duesenberg in 1954. Its condition was not pretty as it had been severely side swiped on the driver's side. Don repaired the car and drove it 106,000 miles as a daily driver until 1981 when he donated it to the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum. When Don donated the car it was with the instruction that the car was to have current registration kept on it and that it is driven at least 100 miles a year. Today it has 265,000 on it.
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Current:
1985 300D aka Miss Margaret
1991 300SE aka Alarice
1995 SL320 aka Samantha
1997 K1500 Silverado
Past:
1999 E300 ex-wife got it and let her son ruin it
1984 190 2.3 ex-wife got it and let her son destroy a great car
1985 300D (CA version) aka Maybelline lost to deer at high speed.
1981 300D aka Madeline (went to salvage at near 400k) rusty, yet best car I ever drove
Wishlist:
McFarlan TV6 (only a few privately owned)
ReVere with Rochester engine
1917 Premier (only one left)
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