It's almost textbook branding, emotional yearning and love for a brand and all that. Very good.
You guys are lucky with your cool old cars. My Dad's no longer alive either, but I suspect he would have been slightly less impressed if I'd turned up with some of the rubbish cars we had from yesteryear! Some crap Ford Cortina rolling around the corner would have received more of a WTF slap around the head. He cried with joy the first time it was towed to the scrap yard, I don't think he'd thank me dragging it back