Girls and Cars--102-year-old Driver...82-year-old Car!

Genealogist Megan Smolenyak tweeted this story on Twitter. It was originally published in the Akron Beacon Journal. I thought it was absolutely marvelous, so I had to share it with all my ladies!

Her car is 82. She’s 102. Both still going strong.

By Bob Dyer
Beacon Journal columnist
Published: September 15, 2012 - 10:38 PM | Updated: September 17, 2012 - 10:07 AM

 Margaret Dunning, 102, of Plymouth, Mi., stands on the running board of her 1930 Packard 740 Roadster at the 2012 Glenmoor Gathering of Significant Automobiles on Saturday in Jackson Township. (Mike Cardew/Akron Beacon Journal)

Not many folks change their own oil anymore.
Fewer still are women.
And I’ll bet you a week’s pay there’s not another woman on the planet who continues to change her own oil at the age of 102.
Meet Margaret Dunning of Plymouth, Mich.
I’m serious. Born in 1910. Still sharp. Still spunky. Still crawling around under the hood with a funnel and an oil pan.

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