Hemmings Classic Car

Sentimental Journey

“I live in the past, it is true. And what’s more, I like to see it, feel it, and be part of it…”

still own a tiny chess set that my father had in World War II, when he was a radioman on a destroyer. The little wooden folding board is about 6 x 6 inches in size, and it has a tiny hole in each square to accommodate the pegs on the bottoms of the pieces. It also has a big coffee stain

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