This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rains Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1594.1 Message Board Post: THE SIDNEY ARGUS - HERALD. Feb. 12, 1931. "A Veteran Automobile".--A 1910 model Hupmobile,the oldest registered car in Ringgold county, is a companion rather than curiosity to Asa Raines, 79. Mr. Rains, who claims that "it's all in knowing your car whether or not you lose your head," drives the machine without trouble through congested traffic. Tempting offers in the way of money or a new car in trade have been turned down by Mr. Rains. "Nothing less than death will part me and that machine," he says. The "Hup" is a right hand drive, has carbide lights, rubber bulb horn, no starter, no fan belt, no batteries or coils and the oil is fed at the same time as the gasoline. The car was purchased by Mr. Rains July 3, 1911, for $600 and the next day he and his wife drove to Mount Ayr to a Fourth of July celebration. Since that time Mr. and Mrs. Rains have made many long trips and have also used it to haul produce. One tire has been on the car twelve years, another for eight years and nother has a record of not being removed for five years. When Mr. Rains purchased his license for 1931 he commented on the prices paid since he bought his first license plates. The first year he paid $10. For several years he paid only $4 annually, the $8 and now $10. All the old license plates have been saved except for 1912 and 1913, which were used by Mr. Rains to patch a chicken coop.