The story was that as single farmer, he was very comfortable doing his own repairs and deeply disappointed when Ford decided to discontinue the model. So he bought nine of them during the last year they were built and stored him in his barn which was available because he had switched from horses to machinery.
As each model wore out and could no longer be repaired over his lifetime, he stripped it down for parts and started driving the next one.
There were three left untouched in the barn when he died and we were lucky enough to get one.
I wish I had done this when I bought my 2006 five speed manual Scion xB new. It is the perfect car (for me). Mine now has 220k miles on it and the only repairs it has had done is a water pump, alternator and belt replacement, a couple of brake jobs, new tires every now and again, and oil changes. And it still gets 32 mpg.
and it is a smooth and comfortable ride for four men over six foot and holds a ton of stuff.
I wish I could just replace it with a new one...