Cars might be the most sentimental thing we can possess. Sure, a house has some legitimacy to taking that title, but a home is an inanimate object and you can’t take it with you. You can possess either one and have memorable experiences in either but only a vehicle can take you places while doing it. Seeing a particular type of vehicle can quickly transform you into a specific place or time in your life.
Eric Mead, of Evansville, Indiana, is one of the lucky few who owns a vehicle that transports him somewhere else every time he steps in it. To him, it is a family heirloom—a legacy—that he can show to everyone. The car is a ’55 Chevy 210 sedan. When he sees it, he is returned to his Grandpa Earl’s house, where Earl promised an 8-year-old Eric that the ’55
