Here's a bit of an odd one - man can't bear to be parted from his 40 odd year old van
A retired electricity meter inspector is still driving his Austin 35 van more than 40 years after getting behind the wheel.
Former Midland Electricity Board worker John Hughes, 75, couldn't bear to be separated from his beloved 1968 work van so he bought it at auction - and has since used it as his family runaround.
He'd spent five years driving from job to job in his faithful motor and couldn't face saying goodbye to it when the firm replaced it with a more modern model in 1973 so the father of two decided to bid for it.
John from Wolverhampton, paid just £123 for the van, and has clocked up over 97,000 miles in it through work and with his family.
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