Story highlights Gene and Vern Ann Baxter were married in the fall of 1936

Now 102, the Iowa couple will mark 80 years of marriage this year

(CNN) At 102 years old, Gene Baxter has a thing or two to teach young folks about the art of courting.

It all started when a young woman walked into the car dealership where he worked, looking for a heater for her car.

That was January 17, 1936.

"My youngest brother said you should have been here, a girl brought in a Ford pickup. Slickest chick you'd ever seen -- sexy looking, he said," Gene Baxter told CNN affiliate KCRG in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Baxter found Vern Ann Hering with her friends nearby, and he offered to show her the town.

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