that car
When we were living in Jacksonville, I remember we had an old Jaguar. I don't remember the model but I remember it was old. Really old. I think it had either dents or rust, too. But it was a Jaguar. And my dad could fix anything, being the gifted welder that he was.
The thing I remember is that, for us, it was a status symbol. It didn't matter how old, how beat up, how un-marketable that car was, it was a Jaguar and RICH people drove those.
Here we were: dirty, rag-tag kids, hoping to find the next meal. But we had a Jaguar.
That's the important thing.