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Their first two albums hit #6 and #17 respectively, spurred by their two #1 hits and a series of lesser hits (especially ‘ All I Really Want to Do’). But by the time their first studio session was scheduled, they hadn’t yet mastered their instruments, so The Wrecking Crew was brought in to lay down the instrumentals together with McGuinn, who did do the vocals together with Clark and Crosby.
They liked the direction, so they bought electric guitars (including a 12-string Rickenbacker for McGuinn), added a Brian Jones lookalike drummer (Mike Clarke) and an ex-bluegrass mandolinist as bassist (Chris Hillman), and started rehearsing.Ĭolumbia signed them, and their management got them a tape of a new, unreleased Dylan song. In LA in 1964, three bona fide folk musicians – Jim (later Roger) McGuinn, Gene Clark and Dave Crosby – formed The Jet Set, playing acoustic Beatle covers alongside the droning olde Irish ballads. The Beatles were at the apex of their initial mania period (“Help” July 1965), the British invasion had captured AM radio. Send us an email and tell us about you and your vehicle and we may just feature you in our next high mileage article.So circa 1965, the folk scene was just beginning to lose steam. After all, your high mileage could be worth a lot of money in tax deductions if you drive for business and use the Everlance app to track your mileage. If you have over 300,000 miles on an original engine Everlance would love to hear from you. That being said, Phil put on over 1.2 million miles in 5 years and that's definitely a vote for coolness in our book.Īlso, since the vehicle is still operational it's suspected that this Ford may actually be higher up on this list todayĬonsidering it's been 7 years since he broke 1.2 million miles, if the usage has stayed the same this truck may very well be in the 2 million+ mile range! For all we know, he could be aiming to break the all-time record and we wish him luck. While it only took Phil 4 years to put on 1, 000,000 miles (WOW!) it did take him 2 engines.įurthermore, he drives for a living, so this is a work truck, not necessarily personal use. This particular F-250's miles are impressive, but not nearly as impressive as the Silverado above. He says he went through over 35,600 gallons of gas just getting to the million mile mark and over $38,000 in maintenance costs! #6 Chet Belisle: 1983 Lincoln Town CarĪnother 2006! This kind of longevity in a vehicle is a promising thing to see. In addition to the absolutely obscene number of engine replacements and 3 transmissions (actually, that's not bad), Albert kept records of not only his tire usage, but gasoline and general maintenance costs as well. Or maybe a bit obsessed? Either way, the final tally of replaced parts reads like a part list from a junk yard: This vehicle truly was a terribly built car, but Albert was.um.persistent. All of the vehicles above had managed to drive 1 million, 2 million, or even 3 million miles with very few replacements.
This in itself is a pretty astonishing feat, but there was a really big catch. Over the next 24 years, Albert managed to drive 1,610,000 miles. This particular Volkswagen Beetle was owned by a Californian man named Albert Klein who bought the car brand new in 1963 for $1,900. Of course you'd expect one of the most mass-produced vehicles of all-time to be in the top 10, right? #2 Gregorios Sachinidis: 1976 Mercedes 240D
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He was interviewed by Popular Mechanics after setting the world record and detailed the maintenance of his vehicle, saying that he changes the oil every 3,000 - 3,500 miles and changes the transmission fluid every 25,000 miles.Īn even crazier feat was the fact that his original clutch (yes, this is a manual transmission vehicle) lasted a whopping 450,000 miles! (For reference the average lifespan of a clutch is around 50,000 miles with some people seeing 100,000 miles if properly taken care of.)Ĭould it be that Volvo built a near-indestructible vehicle in 1966 or is Irving just that gentle on his cars? The truth probably lies somewhere in the middle. Irving estimates he drives over 100,000 miles per year visiting car shows, with the longest stretch in one trip being New York to Vancouver, Canada. Irving currently holds the Guinness World Record for the highest vehicle mileage on a personal car, with over 3,000,000 miles on his 1966 Volvo 1800S!
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