Buick uye yeAustralia Gone Runako
Iyo 1929 Buick Roadster yakavakwa muAustralia.
Asi chaungave usingazive ndechekuti mumazuva ekutanga eindasitiri yemotokari muAustralia, maBuicks akavakwa munyika iyoyo chete maAustralia.
Imwe mota yakadai ndiJohn Gerdz's '1929 Buick Roadster Model 24. Haasi chete fan hombe yemhando, asi yemota kazhinji.
Kune vanhu vazhinji muindasitiri yemotokari vanoziva zvakawanda nezve brand zvekuti vanogona kunyora zvese mubhuku. Uye pane kungotaura nezvazvo, Gerdz akasarudza kuzviita.
Pamwe chete nemumwe aifarira Buick Eric North, akanyora bhuku rinonzi Buick: The Australian Story, richatsikiswa munguva pfupi iri kutevera.
Gerdtz aive nemaBuicks mana mumakore ake ekuunganidza. Akatenga yake yekutanga muna 1968 aine makore makumi matatu nemaviri. Iye zvino ane maviri asara, uye sevintage aficionado, anoda roadster yake. Irwo rudo rwakavakirwa kwete chete pachitarisiko chake chinokatyamadza, asiwo panhau yake.
“Muviri uyu hauna kumbogadzirwa neBuick muAmerica, asi wakavakwa pano neHolden Motor Body Builders,” anodaro.
"Ndanga ndichidzingirira nyaya yake uye gumi nevatatu vakasimbiswa vachiripo mumatanho akasiyana ekupora, asi vashanu chete ndivo vari munzira."
Sezvavakakwanisa kuziva, 186 chete yemhando idzi dzakagadzirwa, uye Herdtz akakwanisa kutsvaga mufananidzo wemitumbi yeroadster yaibva pamutsetse wekugadzira paWoodville, Adelaide chirimwa muna 1929, iyo inoratidza nguva yakasiyana kwazvo.
Kunyangwe hazvo General Motors vaive vasina Holden kusvika 1931, Holden Motor Body Builders ndiyo yega kambani yakavaka mota muAustralia yekambani yekare yekuAmerica.
Gerdz, uyo akatenga modhi yake makore makumi maviri nemashanu apfuura, anoti akakwezvwa nehukuru hwayo uye rudo rwemhando. Motokari yacho yaiva yeshamwari yakatanga kuidzorera asi panzvimbo pacho akasarudza kuti aida imwe modhi yakazotevera.
Saka Gerdz akawedzera pane zvaakanga aunganidza, achifunga kuti aizozvigadzirisa kana aenda pamudyandigere.
Pakanga pane basa rakawanda raifanira kuitwa, uye Gerdz akapedza kugadziridza zvachose mumakore 12.
“Shamwari yangu yakaita chimwe chinhu, asi kwete zvakawanda,” anodaro. "Izvi ndakazviitira zvakawanda."
“Zvimwe zvinhu haugone kuzviita iwe pachako, asi zvese zvandaigona kuita, ndakazviita. Nezvinhu zvakadaro, haumbonyora pasi kuti washandisa marii, ukasadaro unonzwa uine mhosva yakawandisa."
Parizvino ari kutyaira nevanhu vashoma, sezvo ainewo 1978 Electra Park Avenue coupe, akanakisa mumutsara. Maererano naye, iyi modhi itsva iri nyore kudzora madaro marefu.
Asi nekuda kwekuti haatyairi kazhinji hazvireve kuti achange achikanda 4.0-litre matanhatu-cylinder roadster chero nguva munguva pfupi.
“Imota yechinyakare uye yakasununguka, unotyaira negiya repamusoro pese pese,” anodaro. “Haisi kumhanya zvakanyanya, 80-90 km/h ndiyo inomhanya zvakanyanya. Uye yakatsvuka, saka inokwezva vanhu."
Gerdz anoti motokari iyi haina mari yakawanda, asi haadi kudoma mutengo wayo sezvo asati atengesa imwe yakafanana nemakore gumi nematanhatu.
"Unogona kutenga motokari itsva inonzwisisika yepakati pezvaunowana nokuda kwechinhu ichocho."
Kuda kwaHerdz kumota dzeBuick kwakatanga achiri mudiki.
Baba veshamwari yake vaive nemumwe.
“Ndinoda mota dzekutanga, mota dzekare neveteran, dzave shungu dzangu makore ese,” anodaro.
Semumwe wevatangi veBuick Club yekuAustralia, Gerdz anoti akabatanidzwa zvakanyanya mubato reBuick.
Anoti mhuri yake yagara ichibatanidzwa nemotokari dzekare, uye imwe yeaanofarira maBuicks yakashandiswa kumichato yevanasikana vake vaviri.
Anoti pane imwe nguva maBuicks aive chinhu chakafanana neMercedes yenguva iyoyo; motokari inodhura inodhura. Idzi ndidzo mota dzaishandiswa nemakurukota nemakurukota. 445s aidhura muma1920s. Gerdtz anoti nemutengo weBuick, unogona kutenga maChevrolets maviri.
Kugadzirwa kweBuick muAustralia kwakamira pakatanga kugadzirwa Holdens uye General Motors vakatora mutemo wekuti Holdens chete ndiye angave muAustralia.
Uye apo mhando dzemadhiraivha ekurudyi dzakamiswa muUnited States muna 1953, zvakava zvakaoma kuendesa motokari muno, sezvo dzaifanira kuchinjwa kuti dzishandiswe munyika ino. Saka nepo kuvapo kwaBuick muAustralia kwave kuderera zvishoma nezvishoma, Gerdtz anoratidza kuti haina kufa.
Snapshot
Buick Roadster Model 1929 24
Mutengo mutsva: pondo stg. 445, ingangoita $900
Mutengo izvozvi: anenge $20,000–$30,000
Mutongo: Hakuchina akawanda maBuick roadsters asara, asi mota iyi, yakagadzirwa kuAustralia yevaAustralia, ibwe chairo.
