Yangu Mudzidzi Lark 1960
Imwe kambani yakatanga hupenyu muIndiana muna 1852 ichigadzira ngoro dzevarimi, vashandi vemumigodhi nemauto, uye muna 1902 yakatanga kugadzira mota dzemagetsi. “Vaifanira kuramba vachigadzira motokari dzemagetsi,” anodaro Lucas. Studebaker akachinjira kumota dzepeturu muna 1912, uye modhi yekupedzisira yakakunguruka kubva pamutsetse wegungano reCanada muna 1966.
"Studebaker imota dzemhando yepamusoro dzaive pamberi penguva yavo," anodaro Lucas. Anotaura kuti muna 1946 vakaunza Hill Holder ficha ("isa pabhureki wozoiregedza uye haizodonhedze mugomo"), uye muna 1952 vakaburitsa matatu-speed automatic transmission ine manual overdrive. mugiya rimwe nerimwe. "Uye ivo vakakunda munenge mujaho wega wega wehupfumi muma50s uye 60s," anodaro Lucas.
Lucas, makumi matanhatu nenomwe, maneja weCaboolture Motorcycles, ane 67 hardtop Studebaker Lark yaakatenga muna 1960 nemadhora zviuru zvishanu kubva kumuridzi weVictorian. “Yaiva nengura yakawanda kupfuura Cherry Venture,” anodaro. “Ndakaivaka patsva nerubatsiro rushoma kubva kushamwari. Ini ndaifanira kutsiva zvese zvepasi uye sill, kuronga mota negiya bhokisi, nezvimwe zvakawanda. "Yakanaka yepakutanga, asi ndakaisa mabhureki edhisiki kumberi kuti aimise sezvo mabhureki echigubhu ekare aive asiri akanakisa."
Lucas anoti murume waakaitenga kubva kwaari aive neprank yairatidza kuti mota iyi yaimbova yemuAmerican mutambi Tim Conway, uyo akaridza kwete-sa-intelligent Ensign Parker mumutambo wekare mutema-ne-chena weTV McHale's Navy.
"Mukomana wacho paakandiudza, ndakati, 'Hawakwanisa kundiudza kuti ndiClark Gable kana Humphrey Bogart, ungadaro here?'" anoseka. “Handina kukwanisa kutaura naye (Conway). Achiri mupenyu. Ndaida kumutora pikicha aine mota. Zviri pachena kuti aiva nayo kwemakore akawanda. Motokari yafamba makiromita angangosvika miriyoni."
Lucas akatenga mota nekuti aifarira chimiro chayo. “Ndakarambira pazviri. Ndakashanda pairi kwemakore matatu anenge nguva dzose usiku, nokuti ndinoshanda mazuva matanhatu pavhiki.
“Kundichengeta mudura manheru pamwe kwakafadza mudzimai wangu. Chero zvazvingava, zvakanga zvakakodzera nhamburiko yacho. Iyi imota diki hombe. Kwose kwandinoenda, vanhu vanoitora mifananidzo.” Lucas anoti ndiyo yega yerudzi rwayo muQueensland uye imwe yevatatu muAustralia.
Anodzoreredza zvakare 1952 Studebaker Commander Starlight V8 Coupe yakagadzirwa naRaymond Lowry, mugadziri weindasitiri anotungamira bhodhoro reCoke uye Lucky Strike fodya paki.
Mota yake yekutanga yaive 1934 Dodge Tourer iyo yaakatengera makumi mashanu paaiva nemakore gumi nemana achigara muManly, Sydney. “Ndaigara ndichimuendesa kuchikoro uye handizive kuti sei ndisina kumbosungwa,” anodaro. "Mumazuva iwayo, waigona kuita zvinhu zvakadaro."
“Manheru eChishanu neMugovera takatyaira kuenda kuManly Corsa paCustomlines yedu, takapaka ndokurova vasikana netsvimbo. Ndakanga ndiri murume akwegura uye ndinodada nazvo."
Lucas anozvikudzawo kuti murume weFord. “Ndava neinenge Ford iri yose kubva muna 1932 kusvikira muna 1955,” anodaro. "Vanga vaine V8 hombe uye vaive mota inokurumidza, plus kune Ford kuseri kwemba kwese uye waigona kuvatengera zvakachipa."
Akaenda kuQueensland kuma1970 semaneja wekutengesa kuYamaha uye akamhanya mabhasikoro etsvina uye akazovhura bhizinesi rekutengesa midhudhudhu. “Ndakasvika padanho rekuti ndakafinhwa, saka rimwe zuva ndakatarisa mumagazini yemotokari ndikafunga kuti ndaizoda kugadziridza motokari yekare,” anodaro.
“Zvinofadza zvikuru kuenda kumashoo uye kuyeuchidza vanhu vezera rangu. Vanhu vanofunga kuti tiri mapenzi ekare, asi isu hatisi; tinongonakidzwa neupenyu. Zviri nani pane kuenda kumba, kuvhura doro uye kugara pamberi peTV."
Lucas achanakidzwa nehupenyu neshamwari dzake dzekare paanoratidza Skylark yake pagore reStudebaker Concourse muna Nyamavhuvhu 30 kuSouth Shore kubva 9am kusvika 3pm.
