Umlando wesitshalo se-Ford sika-Geelong

I-Falcon ute yokugcina yaphuma kulayini wokukhiqiza we-Geelong ngoJulayi 2016.

Kunzima ukukucabanga manje, kodwa ezinsukwini zokuqala zemboni yezimoto yase-Australia, uhlobo lwe-Ford lwalumelwe yiqembu le-motley labathengisi nabangaphandle abazama ukuthengiselana. 

Ekugcineni ukuhlelwa kwezigaba kwaqala ukukhula, futhi njengoba saqala ukuncika kakhulu emikhiqizweni yeFord eyenziwe eCanada (okwakuyi-right drive kanye nengxenye yombuso), indlunkulu yaseDetroit yaqala ukubheka indawo yase-Australia.

Izinto zaba zimbi nakakhulu lapho uhulumeni wase-Australia eqala ukubeka amanani okuvikela izimboni zendawo. Lezi zindleko bezisho ukuthi izimoto ezithengwa kwamanye amazwe ngokugcwele (nezinye izimpahla eziningi ezivela kwamanye amazwe) zibiza ngaphezulu lapha. 

Ngokwemfashini kaHenry Ford, le nkampani yanquma ukuthi uma iletha izimoto zakwaFord e-Australia njengamakhithi bese izihlanganisa lapha nomsebenzi wendawo, umkhiqizo wokugcina ungathengiswa ngentengo ephansi futhi encintisana kakhulu. 

Lapho lesi sinqumo senziwa cishe ngo-1923 noma ngo-1924, umgomo oyinhloko wakwaFord wokuthola lesi sikhungo esisha somhlangano wawuwukuthi lesi sakhiwo kufanele sibe edolobheni elikahle noma eduze nedolobha elikahle elinenani elikhulu labasebenzi, futhi kufanele libe nechweba lamanzi elijulile lokudiliva. amakhithi aya ezweni ngomkhumbi. 

Ngenhlanhla, idolobha lesine ngobukhulu e-Australia ngaleso sikhathi, iGeelong, eliseCorio Bay, lalinazo zombili lezi zinto.

Eminyakeni embalwa kamuva kwaba okufana nokugijima, futhi ngoJulayi 1, 1925, iModel T yokuqala eyahlanganiswa e-Australia yaphuma ekugcineni komugqa womhlangano wamamitha angu-12 owawuqashiwe kaGeelong owawuhlala ekamelweni eliqashiwe. thenga emaphethelweni enkaba yedolobha.

Isitshalo esakhiwa e-Geelong, ngo-Okthoba 1925.

Kodwa kwakungcono ukuza njengengxenye yohlelo olukhulu olunamahektha angama-40 omhlaba ophethwe yi-Geelong Harbour Trust futhi osekuyikhaya leshibhi kanye (nesinye) isitolo soboya esidala esithengiwe saguqulwa saba yilokho okuzoba yinto yokuhlanganisa, ukugxiviza nokufaka izinto. imboni kwaze kwaba ngu-1925 yayingasebenzi. 

Sisamile endaweni engaphandle yase-Geelong e-Norlane, lesi sakhiwo sezitini esibomvu saziwa nje ngesitshalo sakwaFord sikaGeelong.

Ekugcineni, abakwaFord banqume ukuthi ukwakha zonke izimoto eGeelong nokuzihambisa ezweni lonke kwakungeyona into engcono kakhulu. Ngakho, phakathi nezinyanga zokuqala ezingu-18 zomhlangano wendawo, inkampani yavula izindawo zokuhlanganisa eQueensland (Eagle Farm), eSydney (Homebush), Tasmania (Hobart), eNingizimu Afrika (Port Adelaide) naseWashington (Fremantle). 

Phakathi neMpi Yezwe II, abakwaFord benza izimoto zempi eGeelong.

Zonke zavulwa ngaphambi kokuphela kuka-1926, okwakuyimpumelelo emangalisayo. Kodwa kusasele ukuthi imboni yakwaGeelong kwakuyimboni yokuqala yakwaFord yokuhlanganisa kulelozwe.

Ekugcineni, kunjalo, iFord Australia yasuka emshinini wokuhlanganisa izimoto yaya kumkhiqizi nje, ngaleso sikhathi amafektri amancane ayisidala njengeGeelong avele angakwazi ukuphatha izinqubo ezintsha noma amavolumu acatshangwayo. 

Kungakho, ngasekupheleni kwawo-1950, abakwaFord bathenga umhlaba ongamahektha ayi-180 e-Broadmeadows emaphethelweni asenyakatho ye-Melbourne futhi baqala ukwakha indlunkulu entsha kanye nendawo yokukhiqiza.

Indlunkulu yakwaFord eBroadmeadows, ngo-1969

Njengoba imboni entsha isizokhiqiza okokuqala ngqa i-Falcon yango-1960, umsebenzi wokukhiqiza izinjini ezingama-six-cylinder kanye ne-V8 zezimoto zethu zakwa-Ford usuwile embonini ekhona ye-Geelong, futhi isitini esibomvu sesigaywe kabusha ukuze kufakwe ugesi. kanye nezinjini zemishini ezihlelelwe ukukhiqizwa futhi zihlanganiswe e-Australia Falcons, Fairlanes, Cortinas, LTDs, Territories ngisho namaveni e-F100.

Nakuba ukukhiqizwa kwezinjini zakuleli bekumele kuvalwe ngo-2008, kwagcina kuthathwe isinqumo sokuqhubeka nokukhiqiza izinjini ezingamasilinda ayisithupha kuze kube yilapho abakwaFord beyeka ukukhiqiza kulelo zwe ngo-Okthoba 7, 2016.

Imoto yokugcina yeFord Falcon.

NgoMeyi 2019, kwagcina kumenyezelwe ukuthi kukhona okwenzekayo ngesitshalo iGeelong, ebesingasebenzi noma singenzi lutho selokhu kwamiswa ukukhiqizwa. 

Kuvezwe ukuthi umthuthukisi wePelligra Group uzothenga iziza ze-Broadmeadows ne-Geelong futhi aziguqule zibe yizindawo zokukhiqiza nobuchwepheshe.

U-Pelligra kubikwa ukuthi ufake imali eyizigidi ezingu-500 zamaRandi ekulungisweni, phezu kwesamba esingadalulwanga (nakuba kunamahlebezi okuthi singaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-75 zamaRandi). 

I-Pelligra futhi iyinkampani eyayithole isitshalo sase-Holden Elizabeth ngaphandle kwase-Adelaide eminyakeni emibili edlule ngezinhlelo ezifanayo zokusungula isikhungo sokukhiqiza nobuchwepheshe.

Kodwa ngenkathi lokhu kubhalwa, kunzima ukuthola ulwazi ngesilinganiso senqubo yokwakha kabusha. 

Ukubuka okusemoyeni kwesiza se-Broadmeadows okubonisa iPlant 1, Plant 2 kanye nesitolo sikapende.

Sifinyelele kuPelligra ukuze aphawule, kodwa akubanga nampendulo ngalolu daba, noma ngesimo esibucayi somqashi.

Esingakutshela khona wukuthi imboni endala yakwaFord ibonakala isaqhubeka nesiko layo lokunakekela abantu baseGeelong. 

Njengengxenye yempendulo kahulumeni wase-Victorian ku-Covid, imboni ye-Ford endala isiphenduke isizinda sokugoma. Mhlawumbe indima efanelekile yengxenye ebaluleke kangaka yomlando wakwaFord e-Australia kanye nesikhungo esixhumene ngokujulile nomphakathi wendawo.

Kodwa nabu ubufakazi obengeziwe bokuthi iFord neGeelong zizohlala zixhumekile. Ngo-1925, abakwaFord bavuma ukuxhasa i-Geelong Cats AFL (eyayi VFL) yebhola. 

Lolu xhaso lusaqhubeka nanamuhla futhi lubhekwa njengoxhaso olude kunawo wonke lweqembu lezemidlalo emhlabeni. 

Futhi ukuze afakazele ukufaneleka kwenhlangano, ngawo lowo nyaka (1925) uGeelong wawina isicoco sakhe sokuqala sikaNdunankulu, ehlula i-Collingwood ngamaphuzu angu-10 phambi kwezethameli ze-MCG ezingu-64,000.