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Clarence Cleveland Curtiss, 84, Still Drives His First Car

Clarence Cleveland Curtiss, of Shelton, with his 1929 Ford Model A, which he bought in 1938Mr. Clarence Cleveland Curtiss bought his first car, a then $400 worth 1929 Ford Model A, from a Derby man for $10, when he he was 15 years old in 1938  during the Depression. And since then he has driven the vintage car more than 200,000 miles, a distance equals 5 circles of the Equator. His advice on keep a car running for many years is that one should change the lubricant oil every several miles! Link