You think you love your Mustang? Sure you do, but do you love it enough to use it as your daily driver for 45 years? Bob Lucas of Santa Ana, CA, bought his 1965 Mustang GT new late in 1964 and has been driving it ever since. It’s not a show car, but it surely is a survivor, in part because it has over 1 million miles on it.

For more on the story, check out the OC Register.

Components have been replaced as they wear out, but even after replacing the 289 V8 engine three times, each “went the distance before it was swapped out,” Lucas recently told the OC Register. “My car has not been babied or given special treatment,” he says. “It’s just good transportation.”

As far as he remembers, the C4 automatic transmission is original. The car’s optional 289ci engine has had its 4-barrel carb and intake replaced with Edelbrock components, but remains factory stock otherwise. Lucas admits to no special secret in squeezing a million miles out of the car.

The years together have given Lucas, now 79 years old, the confidence to hold on to the Mustang. It’s his only car and despite many offers to buy the classic pony car, he has remained resolute. “I couldn’t find anything to take its place,” he told the newspaper.

Introduced on April 17, 1964, Ford’s new Mustang made its world debut at the World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows, NY. The first Mustangs sold with an average retail price of $2812, including an average of $371 in optional equipment. Eleven months and 24 days after its introduction, the one millionth Mustang was sold.

It may be unlikely that any of the original designers thought about one of their Mustangs making it this far, but for Bob Lucas, “this car still holds all the thrill and enjoyment of any car I have ever had.”