Yangu 1949 Buick Sedanette
Restorer Tari Justin Hills anofunga kudzoreredza kwake kwechinyakare mota yekuAmerica kwakangofanana nemapendi enyanzvi angapendi pfungwa pane yakapedza kugadzira modhi. “Mota yekugadzira haimbofi yakaita seyakadhirowa yenyanzvi,” anodaro.
"Mota dzepfungwa kubva panguva iyi dzaigara dzakareba, dzakaderera uye dzakafara. Saka pfungwa yangu yemota iyi yaive yekugadzira mota yavanoda kuvaka asi haina kumbozviita."
Murungu ane makore 39 okuberekwa akatenga mota iyi neUS$3000 online muna 2004 uye anofungidzira kuti akapedza gore achigadzira mota iyi.
“Ane chikwereti changu chinodarika $100,000 4000, asi hachitengeswi kunze kwekuti munhu ane mari yakawanda,” anodaro. “Mutengo mukuru ndeye chrome plating, trim nemitengo yezvinhu. Ndashandisa mari inodarika madhora zviuru zvishanu kune ganda rakapfava rawakambonzwa. Yakapfava zvekuti unoda kuruma nayo."
Apo Hills aitsvaga motokari yekare kuti azvigadzirise, akanga asiri kutsvaga Buick. "Ini ndaitsvaga '49 James Dean Mercury panguva iyoyo, asi ndakaona izvi ndikaziva kuti ndaiida," anodaro. “Yaiva nguva chaiyo uye maonero akanaka; yaingomaka mabhokisi ese andaitsvaga.
"Ndinoda chimiro chake chekukurumidza. Nzira iyo denga rinodzika nayo pasi. Zvikomo zvakasimbisa chiitiko ichi nekumiswa kwemhepo kunodzika masendimita gumi nemashanu kana yamiswa zvekuti mapaneru anenge anobata asphalt.
Izvi zviri kure nenyika yaakatenga. "Ndinotenda kuti anga ari mupaddock kwemakore makumi matatu uye haana kufamba," anodaro. “Makanga makazara huruva. Inofanira kunge yaiva motokari yaibva kuCalifornia kana kuArizona nokuti yakanga yakaoma asi isina ngura.”
Injini yakatorwa zvachose uye yakatsiviwa ne 1953 Buick injini, iyo yaivewo inline-sere ine bhuroko rimwe chete asi kusimuka kwakakura kwe263 cubic inches (4309 cc).
“Gearbox rainge rakanaka, asi zvese zvakabva zvapatsanurwa zvikaitwa patsva,” anodaro. “Ine gearbox inomhanya mhanya mitatu uye inongotyaira zvakanaka,” anodaro.
“Anoita zvese zvaanofanirwa kuita nekuti zvese zvava zvitsva. Ndakaivaka kuti ndikwire, asi ini handiikwiri zvakanyanya. "
“Kubva pandakaipedza, ndinoifarira zvakanyanya kutyaira. Zvakafanana nekuunganidza basa reunyanzvi. Inogara mubhavhu rekatuni muwekishopu yangu uye ndinofanira kushanda kuti igare yakachena nekuti inhema. " Pane kudaro, anotyaira Jaguar Mk X yemazuva ese 1966, yaanodaidza kuti "Jaguar yakanyanya kuderedzwa pasi rose." Ndinovada. Vakaita seBuick — igwa hombe riri kubuda mumotokari,” anodaro.
“Ini handisi mumotokari dzemazuva ano. Ndinongonakidzwa nekunzwa kwekutyaira motokari yekare. Ini kazhinji ndinofanira kuenda kuSydney uye ini ndinogara ndichitora Jag. Anoita basa rake uye anotaridzika zvakanaka."
Muvaki wemotokari uye anodzosera akatanga semugadziri wemotokari uye akashanda pamotokari dzevatengi kubva kuDarwin kuenda kuDubai.
Kunyangwe achiona Buick yake seyakanakisa yaakambogadzira, basa rake rinodhura zvakanyanya raive 1964 Aston Martin DB4 inoshandurwa yaakadzoreredza kune advertising executive muSydney. "Akazozvitengesa ne275,000 (inenge $555,000) kuSwitzerland museum."
Asi hazvisi zvemari. Chiroto chake ndechekudzoreredza mota kune yakakurumbira Pebble Beach Hall. “Ichi ndicho chinangwa changu chebasa. Zvingava zvakanaka kuva Bugatti,” anodaro.
