I-Buick Sedanette yami yango-1949
Umbuyiseli u-Tari Justin Hills ucabanga ukuthi ukubuyisela kwakhe imoto yaseMelika yakudala kufana nendlela umdwebi angapenda ngayo umqondo kunemodeli yokukhiqiza eqediwe. “Imoto yokukhiqiza ayisoze yafana nomdwebo weciko,” usho kanje.
“Izimoto zemiqondo kusukela kulesi sikhathi bezihlale zizinde, ziphansi futhi zibanzi. Ngakho-ke umbono wami ngemoto bekuwukwakha imoto ecabanga ukuthi bafuna ukuyakha kodwa abakaze bayenze."
Lo mfuduki waseNgilandi oneminyaka engu-39 ubudala wathenga le moto ngo-$3000 ku-inthanethi ngo-2004 futhi ulinganisela ukuthi wachitha unyaka esebenza kule moto.
Uthi: “Ungikweleta imali engaphezu kuka-$100,000 4000, kodwa akadayisi ngaphandle uma kukhona umuntu onemali eningi. “Izindleko ezinkulu ukucwenga nge-chrome, ukunquma nezindleko zempahla. Ngisebenzise imali engaphezu kuka-$XNUMX ukuthola isikhumba esithambile owake wazizwa. Ithambile kakhulu ufuna ukuluma kuyo."
Ngesikhathi u-Hills efuna imoto yakudala azozibuyisela yona, wayengayifuni i-Buick. "Empeleni ngangifuna i-'49 James Dean Mercury ngaleso sikhathi, kodwa ngakubona lokhu futhi ngabona ukuthi ngiyayidinga," usho kanje. “Kwakuyisikhathi esifanele kanye nombono ofanele; kwavele kwamaka wonke amabhokisi ebengiwafuna.
“Ngiyasithanda isimo sakhe esisheshayo. Indlela uphahla lwehlela ngayo phansi." U-Hills ugcizelele lo mphumela ngokumiswa komoya okwehla ngo-15 cm lapho ipakiwe ukuze amaphaneli acishe athinte itiyela.
Lokhu kukude nesifundazwe ayithenge kuso. “Ngikholwa wukuthi ubesenkundleni iminyaka engu-30 futhi akazange anyakaze,” usho kanje. “Bekugcwele izintuli. Kumelwe ukuba kwakuyimoto evela eCalifornia noma e-Arizona ngoba yomile ngempela kodwa ingagqwalile.”
Injini yathathwa ngokuphelele futhi yathathelwa indawo injini ye-Buick ka-1953, nayo eyayiyi-inline-eight enebhlokhi efanayo kodwa indawo yayo enkulu eyayingama-cubic inches angu-263 (4309 cc).
“U-gearbox ubuhamba kahle, kodwa yonke into yahlakazeka kwalungiswa kabusha,” usho kanje. “Inogearbox onamagiya amathathu futhi ishayela kahle nje,” usho kanje.
“Wenza konke okufanele akwenze ngoba konke kusha. Ngiyakhele ukuyigibela, kodwa angiyigibeli kangako."
“Selokhu ngayiqeda, ngiyithanda kakhulu ukushayela. Kufana nokuqoqa umsebenzi wobuciko. Ihlala ebhamuzeni lopopayi endaweni yami yokusebenzela futhi kufanele ngisebenze ukuyigcina ihlanzekile ngoba imnyama." Esikhundleni salokho, ushayela i-Jaguar Mk X yango-1966 yansuku zonke, ayibiza ngokuthi "i-Jaguar engaphansi kakhulu emhlabeni." Ngiyabathanda. Bafana neBuick - isikebhe esikhulu esiphuma emotweni," usho kanje.
“Angingene ezimotweni zesimanje. Ngiyawujabulela nje umuzwa wokushayela imoto endala. Ngokuvamile kufanele ngiye eSydney futhi ngihlala ngithatha uJag. Uyawenza umsebenzi wakhe futhi ubukeka emuhle."
Umakhi wezimoto kanye nomlungisi wezimoto waqala njengomlungisi wezimoto futhi usesebenze ezimotweni zamakhasimende ukusuka eDarwin kuya eDubai.
Nakuba ebheka iBuick yakhe njengengcono kakhulu ake wayenza, umsebenzi wakhe obiza kakhulu kwaba ukuguqulwa kwe-Aston Martin DB1964 yango-4 ayibuyisele esikhundleni sokuba yisikhulu sezokukhangisa eSydney. "Kamuva wayithengisa nge-275,000 (cishe ama-$ 555,000) emnyuziyamu waseSwitzerland."
Kodwa akukho mayelana nemali. Iphupho lakhe wukubuyisela imoto ehholo elidumile lasePebble Beach. “Lena inhloso yami yomsebenzi. Kungaba kuhle ukuba yiBugatti,” usho kanje.
