Every family has its own set of heirlooms; cherished possessions that are handed down from one generation to the next.
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In my case it is the set of cutlery my grandmother and grandfather received as a wedding present in 1919.
Fyshwick business couple, John and Sandra Green, just have to be different. Their heirloom, though I'm not sure it qualifies as such given the donor is still very much alive and kicking, is a five metre long, 1.7 tonne 1954 Mercedes Benz 300b limousine that has been in the family for 32 of the 61 years it has been on the planet.
Selling for 3,300 pounds when a Vauxhall Velox (the equivalent of a Holden in Europe) cost just 790 pounds, the big Mercedes was one of the most expensive sedans money could buy.
This one, the family has been told, was originally brought by a wealthy pastoralist out the back of Bourke after a particular good year.
"There are more of these around than you might think," John told Gang Gang. "Apparently during the 1950s, because of high wool and beef prices, more of these types of cars were being sold in Australia per capita than almost anywhere else in the world."
In short it's only as rare as hen's teeth, not the proverbial rocking horse poo.
After spending a few years out the back of the beyond the big German, the later iterations of which were known as Adenauer's in deference to the chancellor of that name who had a particular fondness for them, was bought by an engineer.
He took it to Mt Isa and spent the next few years sandblasting the underside of the car by driving it thousands of miles on rough dirt roads.
The car crossed paths with the Greens, keen Mercedes fanatics who turned a pleasure into a business by establishing M-B Spares in Fyshwick in the early 1990s, when the owner moved to Melbourne in the early 1980s.
He wanted to update his wheels and John's father, Robert, who was getting close to retirement, was looking for a toy.
It was a match made in heaven and the big 300b soon Mr Green senior's 1977 300D [a five cylinder diesel] in the family garage around 1983.
"Dad's father always wanted to buy a Mercedes," John said. "Unfortunately he died young and was never able to do that. My dad buying his 300D was partly the result."
The 1954 300b, the equivalent of a Maybach in the then contemporary Mercedes line-up and a vehicle favoured by captains of industry, heads of state and your better class of gangster, was the icing on the cake.
Even in 1983, with more than 30 years of service behind it, it was a lot of car for the money.
Turbo finned servo brakes, an overhead camshaft engine with twin carburettors, independent rear suspension and a sophisticated heating system were all features that made it special.
The lounge-like interior, decked out in swathes of cowhide and a veritable forest of timber, is still a welcoming place to be and the performance was also impressive.
According to the 1954 Earls Court Motor Show guide top speed was 100 miles per hour [160km/h] and cruising speed was 80 miles per hour [138km/h].
The Bentley S-type, which cost 1300 pounds more, was no quicker.
Unlike the Bentley, the Mercedes shared DNA with one of the greatest road racing cars of the 20th century, Mercedes' all-conquering 300SL.
Those cars, which now fetch prices well into the millions, were only six hundred pounds dearer than the 300b when they were new.
John and Sandra used the limousine as their principal wedding car when they tied the knot in 1988 and it is now being roped into service for a third generation of the family.
When daughter Kate attended her school formal in 2011 she and her friends were driven to the Hyatt by John.
"Sandra, who might be biased, was out the front when we arrived," he said. "There were hot Commodores, fake Ford GT HOs and a heap of stretch limousines arriving at the same time.
"Sandra said the Mercedes got the biggest cheer."