Here is the story with the car. My grandparents bought the Mustang for my aunt as a used car most likely in the late 1960s or early 1970s. I only recall my aunt driving the car a few times. To pick me up after school or from swimming lessons when I was in elementary school and I finished elementary school in 1976. So the car was bought used sometime before 1976.
There is a sticker showing that the car was serviced on 7-22-78 with Mobil Super
oil at 56,520 miles. The last inspection sticker is from January 1988 and the mileage is currently 56,942. So the car was driven 422 miles over the 10 year period from 1978 to 1988. We found a driver's license for my aunt that was last renewed in 1987. I suspect that my grandfather got tired of paying for my aunt's driver's license, car registration, insurance, maintenance, etc. when my aunt hardly ever drove. So after he stopped paying for those expenses, the car just sat in the garage. Perhaps most of the 422 miles over the 10 year period was just my grandfather taking the car out for its annual safety inspection. The car was always kept in my grandparent's garage after they purchased it. For all I know the car could have been purchased used with around 56,000 miles and it was just hardly ever driven.
At some point I think one of my parents had told me that my aunt was over reporting the mileage when she was registering the car because she did not want the government to know that she was driving so little, she wanted them to think she was driving more. I don't know if that is really the case. I tried to see what the reported mileage was by entering the VIN at carfax and autocheck, but neither site liked the VIN probably because it is for such an old car. In any case, I am certain that the mileage on the odometer is correct.
When I grabbed my camera yesterday, I did not realize the battery was almost down to nothing, so I started taking pictures, but then had to switch to taking pictures with my cell phone. When the garage door was open two neighbors came by to inquire about the car and asked if it was for sale. My mom did not like the idea of people coming in to look at the car, so we closed the garage. So the lighting is not that great and the space was tight around the car which did not make it easy to get some decent shots.
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