No. 0094Around the house
c. 1869Door handle
Wobbly knobs, 150 years old, original to the house
Running about 157 years
Still Running
82 things with 5,125 years of service between them. Every one of them still gets used.
No. 0096Around the house
1899Singer sewing machine, Sphinx decals
Priced as a 1940s machine, the serial said 1899
Running 127 years
No. 0027Around the house
1910Singer sewing machine
The thanks for clearing out a house
Running 116 years
No. 0095Around the house
1910Singer Model 27
Serial G88: December 1910, electric sometime later
Running 116 years
No. 0098Odds and ends
c. 1910Four-hole paper perforator
Thrown out with an office, punching paper daily
Running about 116 years
No. 0099Around the house
1920Star-Rite electric fan
$75 from a local ad, 100 years old that month
Running 106 years
No. 0100Clothes and gear
c. 1920Gillette Old Type safety razor
A great-grandfather's razor, every morning
Running about 106 years
No. 0076Laundry room
c. 1925Toyne's Rotary Clothes Line
The rotary line that came before the Hills Hoist
Running about 101 years
No. 0097Around the house
1925Electric sewing machine with knee control
A knee lever, and a cord you wired your own plug to
Running 101 years
No. 0003Kitchen
c. 1927Reliable gas stove
The best stove in the house is in the dining room
Running about 99 years
No. 0012Tools
c. 1940Raymond lift truck
Came with the building, never missed a service
Running about 86 years
No. 0025Clothes and gear
c. 1940Red Wing work boots
Great-grandma's boots, found in a closet of moths
Running about 86 years
No. 0028Around the house
c. 1940Hunter Century fan
On high, anything not tied down ends up across the room
Running about 86 years
No. 0082Odds and ends
1948Royal Quiet De Luxe typewriter
A wizard's character sheet, typed on Grandpa's Royal
Running 78 years
No. 0002Kitchen
1949General Electric refrigerator
Half the owner's manual is recipes
Running 77 years
No. 0020Electronics
c. 1950Motorola record player
Loud enough to surprise its third owner
Running about 76 years
No. 0024Clothes and gear
1951Oxford leather bookbag
Grandpa says 1880. Mom the historian disagrees.
Running 75 years
No. 0071Kitchen
1951Wagner Ware No. 8 skillet
A July 1951 wedding gift, on the stove every day
Running 75 years
No. 0085Vehicles
1952Chevrolet 3800 long bed
Farm truck in for a radiator, a pump and wipers
Running 74 years
No. 0001Kitchen
1953Philco refrigerator
The TV died in the 60s. The fridge didn't.
Running 73 years
No. 0004Kitchen
c. 1955Cast iron skillets
Cooked in until the handle came off
Running about 71 years
No. 0011Tools
c. 1960Craftsman push drill
The first cordless drill, no battery involved
Running about 66 years
No. 0030Around the house
c. 1960Carpet sweeper
Played with it as a kid, so Grandma handed it over
Running about 66 years
No. 0106Yard and outdoors
1960Craftsman lawn mower
A wire wrap on the plug, the rest original
Running 66 years
No. 0088Vehicles
1963Chevrolet Corvette split-window coupe
Original owner, matching numbers, in for a clutch
Running 63 years
No. 0116Odds and ends
1963York multistage M chiller
10,000 pounds of R-12, driven by a steam turbine
Running 63 years
No. 0115Tools
1964Chrome vanadium socket set
Three mechanics, one socket set, no lost 10mm
Running 62 years
No. 0005Kitchen
1965Sears electric carving knife
The Sunday roast knife, never sharpened
Running 61 years
No. 0104Yard and outdoors
c. 1965Folding camping table set
Four generations at one folding camp table
Running about 61 years
No. 0089Vehicles
1966Dodge Charger
Bought new at 19, under two rules from his father
Running 60 years
No. 0033Yard and outdoors
c. 1968Grumman canoe
Fifty years of rivets and not one leak
Running about 58 years
No. 0081Odds and ends
1968Hermes Rocket typewriter
Poems typed on the corner, pay what you like
Running 58 years
No. 0101Yard and outdoors
c. 1968Craftsman reel mower
Came with its dated receipt. Cuts an 18-inch strip.
Running about 58 years
No. 0102Yard and outdoors
c. 1968Homelite chainsaw
Fifty years of firewood permits in the box
Running about 58 years
No. 0078Laundry room
1974Maytag washer
$169 in 1974, and the receipt is in a drawer
Running 52 years
No. 0112Electronics
c. 1974Unisonic 749 calculator
43 years in steady use, on the plug
Running about 52 years
No. 0108Electronics
c. 1975GE 4870 AM/FM radio
Saved up for the digital one. Dust stays on.
Running about 51 years
No. 0117Around the house
1975Bryant furnace
A home inspector rarely sees one past 20 years
Running 51 years
No. 0026Clothes and gear
1976Canadian Forces parka
Pockets sized for rifle magazines, used for shoveling
Running 50 years
No. 0103Yard and outdoors
c. 1976Coleman Classic canvas tent
Two poles, sixteen stakes, no rain fly needed
Running about 50 years
No. 0105Yard and outdoors
c. 1976Vango Force Ten tent
Never leaked, never blew down in 45 years
Running about 50 years
No. 0109Electronics
c. 1976Electric clock radio
Grandma's spare, sent off to college in 1976
Running about 50 years
No. 0091Vehicles
1977Chevrolet Monte Carlo 350
Bench seat, crank windows, AM radio, 10.2 mpg
Running 49 years
No. 0074Laundry room
1979Kenmore washer and dryer, Whirlpool series
Left behind by the last owners, 38 years in
Running 47 years
No. 0029Around the house
1980Rheem water heater
Only checked its age when the hot water stopped
Running 46 years
No. 0032Yard and outdoors
c. 1980Toro snowblower
38 Chicago winters and a 24-inch gangway
Running about 46 years
No. 0111Electronics
c. 1986HP-41CX calculator
Bought for engineering school, mostly adds these days
Running about 40 years
No. 0073Laundry room
1987Maytag LAT9900ABW washer
A leak, one hose clamp, two Canadian dollars
Running 39 years
No. 0008Laundry room
1988Maytag SG1000 washer and dryer
A 340-pound hand-me-down from homeRunning 38 years
No. 0023Clothes and gear
1988Aladdin SB950H vacuum bottle
Jumped out of airplanes, run over by a Humvee
Running 38 years
No. 0031Yard and outdoors
1988Honda HR214 mower
Sat ten years, started on the first pull
Running 38 years
No. 0110Electronics
1988HP-12C financial calculator
Issued on day one of an accounting job, October 1988
Running 38 years
No. 0092Vehicles
c. 1989LLV mail truck
37 years on the key, and a screwdriver would do
Running about 37 years
No. 0113Tools
1989Estwing 22 oz framing hammer
The waffle face wore off 20 years ago
Running 37 years
No. 0075Laundry room
c. 1990GE electric dryer
Up on railroad ties in the ambulance bay
Running about 36 years
No. 0107Yard and outdoors
c. 1991John Deere 265 lawn tractor
Three properties, 26 years, mulch and gravel too
Running about 35 years
No. 0077Laundry room
c. 1992Hotpoint clothes dryer
Came free with the first house, never repairedRunning about 34 years
No. 0087Vehicles
1997Toyota Camry V6
Crossed a million miles, came in to plug a tire
Running 29 years
No. 0021Electronics
c. 1998Alarm clock
Made it through two apartment fires, three weeks apart
Running about 28 years
No. 0093Odds and ends
c. 1998McDonald's Hercules plate
Twenty years of dinners off a Hercules plateRunning about 28 years
No. 0017Vehicles
1999Toyota Land Cruiser Prado
One notebook, every fill-up since 27 km
Running 27 years
No. 0079Laundry room
c. 2002Whirlpool direct drive washer
One $6 coupler in 22 years, and spares on a shelf
Running about 24 years
No. 0018Vehicles
2003Ford F-150
480,000 miles on the original engine and transmission
Running 23 years
No. 0022Electronics
2006iRobot Roomba Discovery
Held together with screws, which is the whole point
Running 20 years
No. 0086Vehicles
2010Ford F-150 4.6
562,850 miles, and this shop did all 113 oil changes
Running 16 years
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