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Irv Gordon has traveled millions of miles — and he has the odometer to prove it.
In 2002, Gordon appeared on TODAY after putting a world-record two million miles on the odometer of his cherry crimson one thousand nine hundred sixty six Volvo.
On Tuesday, eleven years later, the retired science teacher from Long Island, N.Y., was back on TODAY with another million miles on the odometer and another milestone. If Gordon’s one thousand nine hundred sixty six Volvo P1800 were a space shuttle, he would have made six round trips inbetween the Earth and the moon in it by now.
“It’s just terrific,’’ Gordon told the TODAY anchors alongside his Volvo in Rockefeller Plaza on Tuesday. “I’m getting used to it. It’s the third time around.”
On Sept. 15, Gordon’s trusty Volvo passed the three million-mile mark during a road tour on Seward Highway in Alaska, one of only two states Gordon had not yet visited. Gordon, 74, set a world record in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight for most miles driven by a single person in a noncommercial vehicle at 1.Sixty-nine million, and he hasn’t stopped since.
Remarkably, the car still has the original engine from when he bought it. “It’s got a lot of memories, you bet,’’ he said. “You buy a quality car to begin with, and then you just go after the owner’s manual. The people that wrote the book are the people that built the car.”
Gordon bought the crimson coupe brand fresh in 1966, reaching 500,000 miles in only ten years, helped by a 125-mile round-trip commute to work every day. The very first two times Gordon hit a million-mile mark came on trips to Fresh York City. The Volvo hit seven digits on a drive to Central Park in 1987, and reached the two-million mark in two thousand two on another tour to the Big Apple, which included his appearance on TODAY.
TODAY’s Carson Daly asked how much money Gordon would take for the car right now.
“A dollar a mile (on the odometer), you can take it home tonight,’’ Gordon joked.
Gordon has also driven in five European countries with the car, and the only state he has yet to drive in is Hawaii.
“The best way to explore America is by car,” Gordon said in a news release from Volvo. “I challenge everyone to go out and see as much as possible. Find your own journey and reason to believe because you only have one life to live. No matter how many roads I’ve been on, there’s always one I haven’t taken. That’s what makes it titillating.”
Man drives record three million miles in the same one thousand nine hundred sixty six Volvo
Man drives record three million miles in the same one thousand nine hundred sixty six Volvo
Meet man who drove three million miles in one car
Iowa football fans begin heartwarming tradition: Waiving to children’s hospital
Doctors plucky Harvey floods to save cancer patient’s life
Irv Gordon has traveled millions of miles — and he has the odometer to prove it.
In 2002, Gordon appeared on TODAY after putting a world-record two million miles on the odometer of his cherry crimson one thousand nine hundred sixty six Volvo.
On Tuesday, eleven years later, the retired science teacher from Long Island, N.Y., was back on TODAY with another million miles on the odometer and another milestone. If Gordon’s one thousand nine hundred sixty six Volvo P1800 were a space shuttle, he would have made six round trips inbetween the Earth and the moon in it by now.
“It’s just terrific,’’ Gordon told the TODAY anchors alongside his Volvo in Rockefeller Plaza on Tuesday. “I’m getting used to it. It’s the third time around.”
On Sept. 15, Gordon’s trusty Volvo passed the three million-mile mark during a road excursion on Seward Highway in Alaska, one of only two states Gordon had not yet visited. Gordon, 74, set a world record in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight for most miles driven by a single person in a noncommercial vehicle at 1.Sixty-nine million, and he hasn’t stopped since.
Remarkably, the car still has the original engine from when he bought it. “It’s got a lot of memories, you bet,’’ he said. “You buy a quality car to begin with, and then you just go after the owner’s manual. The people that wrote the book are the people that built the car.”
Gordon bought the crimson coupe brand fresh in 1966, reaching 500,000 miles in only ten years, helped by a 125-mile round-trip commute to work every day. The very first two times Gordon hit a million-mile mark came on trips to Fresh York City. The Volvo hit seven digits on a drive to Central Park in 1987, and reached the two-million mark in two thousand two on another tour to the Big Apple, which included his appearance on TODAY.
TODAY’s Carson Daly asked how much money Gordon would take for the car right now.
“A dollar a mile (on the odometer), you can take it home tonight,’’ Gordon joked.
Gordon has also driven in five European countries with the car, and the only state he has yet to drive in is Hawaii.
“The best way to explore America is by car,” Gordon said in a news release from Volvo. “I challenge everyone to go out and see as much as possible. Find your own journey and reason to believe because you only have one life to live. No matter how many roads I’ve been on, there’s always one I haven’t taken. That’s what makes it titillating.”