35 years as of May 27th . . . just found my original receipt last week while looking for some other stuff. At the time, I figured I'd have the car no more than 5 or 6 years.
Irish Green with tan interior, appearance group--and a set of Am-Racing "LeMans" wheels that were included as a free upgrade from Alpine P-A in Colorado Springs. I think the total cost (including taxes and tags) was about $4300.
It was my daily driver from new until 1989, and has been in CO (72-73), MN (73), FL (73), AZ (74-75), WA (76-79), VA (79-82), NC (83), WA (83-86), VA (87-90), CO (91-93), and VA (94-present).
Original 1.7 was replaced with a rebuilt 2.0 (elgin cam, dellorto carbs) in 1982, side-shift installed in 1985, longs replaced and car repainted in 1992.
Almost sold the car in 1987, but my better half talked me into keeping it--she said the kids would (eventually) grow up and move out, and that we'd enjoy the car "in our old age."
It's currently in pretty nice condition--we drove it a couple of times this week--but it STILL has an intermitent no-hot-start problem I've been fighting since 1973 . . . .
Others? Recently bought another 1-owner car from a friend of mine--it hasn't run since 93, and is pretty rusted. If I can get it fixed up and running, he's going to buy it back, but it may be too far gone (I'll be seeking additional advice on it later this weekend).
It's REALLY HARD to believe it's been 35 years!