Yangu 1969 Daihatsu Compagno Spider.
Mutengesi wemotokari weBrisbane ane makore makumi mashanu nemanomwe akatengesa Hyundai, Daihatsu, Daewoo neToyota kwehupenyu hwake hwese vakuru, saka zvine musoro kuti anofarira mota dzeJapan. Iye zvino ane matatu mumatanho akasiyana ekudzoreredza, kusanganisira isingawanzo 57 Diahatsu Compagno Spider inova imwe yevatatu chete muAustralia.
Akatenga mota yake yekutanga, 1966 Honda S600 inoshandurwa, paaiva nemakore gumi nemasere achigara muEssendon, Melbourne.
"Yakanga ine ma carburetor mana uye twin-cam injini," anodaro nechido. “Yakanga yakaita seinjini yemujaho. Ko kamota kadiki. “Ukaiisa mugiya rechina pa60 mph (96.5 km/h), inoita 6000 rpm uye pa70 mph (112.5 km/h) inoita 7000 rpm. Saka masensor aive akafanana. Pane imwe nguva pafreeway, ndakarova 10,500 rpm, izvo zvaive zvisiri izvo. Asi akambopopota.”
Wallis nemukoma wake Jeff vaive neHonda S600.
“Tagara tichida motokari dzemitambo yeJapan nekuti dzakanga dziri nani zvikuru,” anodaro. "Panguva iyoyo, vanhu vaipinda muHR Holden, yaive yekurima zvakanyanya kana tichienzanisa. Vaive nemapushrod engines, kwete macams ari pamusoro seaHonda. Kune mota diki, vaifamba zvakanaka uye vaive pamberi penguva yavo. VaJapan vakangokopa nokuvandudza motokari dzose dzeBritain dzenguva yacho.”
Muna 1974, Wallis akatamira kuQueensland akatengesa Honda yake kuti atenge Toyota Celica.
“Handina kukwanisa kutenga itsva nekuti ndaifanira kumirira mwedzi mitanhatu,” anodaro. “Dziri itsva $3800 12 uye ndakatenga ane mwedzi 3300 ne$XNUMX XNUMX. Ndakava nayo kwemakore mashanu, asi pakaberekwa mwana wangu wechipiri, ndaida motokari hombe, saka ndakatenga Toyota Crown.”
Iwe unogona kuona kuti iyo pateni inokura sei. Nekukurumidza kumberi kuburikidza nezviuru zvemotokari dzeJapan kusvika 2000, apo Wallis yaitengesa Daihatsu neDaewoo.
“Ndakaona chiziviso chekutengeswa kweDaihatsu Compagno Spider mubepanhau ndokubvunza vakomana vekubasa kuti chii,” anodaro. "Hapana aiziva. Ipapo ndakaona bhurocha raCharade, uye pakanga pane mufananidzo wake pabutiro rokuseri. Vakaunzwa nemutengesi weDaihatsu uye kwaiva nevatatu chete muAustralia; imwe muTasmania, imwe kuVictoria uye kuno. Ndinoifarira nekuti yakasiyana."
Wallis anobvuma kuti kunyange zvazvo achiyemura unyanzvi hweinjini yokuJapan, kwakanga kuri kukwezva kweSpider kwakaderera kwakabata ziso rake.
“Dambudziko reHonda nderekuti nekuti dzaive dzemhando yepamusoro-soro, mushure memakiromita 75,000 120,700 dzaifanira kuvakwa patsva,” anodaro. "Chandaifarira nezveDaihatsu ndechekuti yaiita senge injini yeDatsun 1200 pasi pehodhi. Ini ndinoda high-tech, asi ini handifarire mutengo wakakwira. "
Spider inofambiswa nepushrod one litre four-cylinder engine uye imwe-two-huro carburetor yakabatana negiya rinomhanya mana.
“Nezera rake, anotyaira zvakanyanya,” anodaro. “Ini ndakaita mabasa ese emuchina, kubuda ropa zvitubu zvemashizha, kuisa madhamu matsva, mabhureki, kuvaka muviri wese nezvimwe. Asi pende inotaridzika zvishoma kusuruvara. Mukomana wandakaitenga akaipenda nesimbi yeblue. Pakanga pasina simbi muma60s. Ndinoda kuipenda zvakare rimwe zuva. Ndinoona vanhu vanoita mapurojekiti aya, vanoaparadza uye vasingaadzosere zvakare. Handidi kuita izvi; Ndinoda kunakidzwa nemota yangu."
Mhungu yake iri mushishi uye anoikwira neSvondo. Achangobva kutenga 1970 Honda 1300 coupe ine yakaoma-sump mhepo-yakatonhorera ina-cylinder injini. Akabhadhara $2500 nokuda kwayo uye anoronga kuitanga mumavhiki mashoma. Akatengawo imwe 1966 Honda S600 inoshandurwa semota yake yekutanga.
“Ichi ndicho chirongwa changu chekugara pamudyandigere ndave nemakore 65,” anodaro. Akabatana neJapan Classic Car Club, yakaumbwa mumwedzi mishoma yadarika nevane pfungwa dzakafanana dzemota dzeJapan. “Tingori vanhu makumi maviri, asi isu tawanda,” anodaro. "Dai ndakajoinha Daihatsu Compagno Spider kirabhu, taizongove tiri vatatu mukirabhu."
