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World record

Post by Speedy88 » 16 Jul 2011 01:28 pm

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A 1966 Volvo 1800S and its owner Irv Gordon of East Patchogue, New York, USA own the Guinness world record for highest mileage in the same vehicle he has been driving for more than 45 years. It had covered in excess of 2,219,751 miles (3,572,343 km) by March 2004, and passed the 2,600,000-mile (4,180,000 km) mark by October 2007.[9][10][11] As of August, 2009, the car is at 2.7 million miles and the owner is now targeting the three million mile mark.[12]

He has driven about 26,000 of those miles outside of the U.S., in Canada and Mexico, as well as in Europe. "In Sweden, we drove to Volvo's global headquarters to see where the P1800 was born", Gordon said.

On April 2, 2002, Gordon and his 1800s was reaching the two million milestone.

As of July 2010, Gordon reached 2.8 million miles for his 70th birthday, and announced that he hopes to reach 3 million by the time he turns 73. That feat will require him to drive an average of around 5,500 miles per month.
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Re: World record

Post by Evoman » 16 Jul 2011 07:50 pm

Apparently volvo gave him a new 960 when it got to 2 million
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Re: World record

Post by jon-ovlov » 16 Jul 2011 07:57 pm

Christ, and in that condition still. Epic achievement!
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Re: World record

Post by trabitom99 » 18 Jul 2011 11:55 am

I saw Irv Gordon at the Techno Classica! Hang on, where's that pic:

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343 GL Touring B14.1E CVT (155) 98000kms 1980 (sold)
343 L Junior B14.3E MT4 (155) 229000kms 1981 (scrapped)
343 DLS B19A MT4 (155) 167900kms 1982
360 GL Injection B200F MT5 (231) 348598kms 1988 (scrapped)
360 GLT B200F MT5 (302) 230000kms 1988

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