I-Daihatsu Compagno Spider yami yango-1969.
Umdayisi wezimoto waseBrisbane oneminyaka engu-57 ubudala usedayise iHyundai, Daihatsu, Daewoo neToyota isikhathi esiningi sempilo yakhe yabantu abadala, ngakho kunengqondo ukuthi ungumlandeli wezimoto zaseJapan. Manje unezigaba ezintathu ezigabeni ezihlukene zokubuyisela, okuhlanganisa ne-Diahatsu Compagno Spider engavamile yango-1969 engenye yezintathu kuphela e-Australia.
Wathenga imoto yakhe yokuqala, iHonda S1966 eshintshwayo yango-600, eneminyaka engu-18 ngesikhathi ehlala e-Essendon, eMelbourne.
“Yayinama-carburetor amane nenjini enamakhamera amabili,” esho ngomdlandla. “Bekufana nenjini yomjaho. Imoto encane engaka. “Uma uyifaka egiyeni lesine ku-60 mph (96.5 km/h), ikwenza ku-6000 rpm kuthi ku-70 mph (112.5 km/h) ishaye u-7000 rpm. Ngakho izinzwa zazifana. Lapho sengikuthelawayeka, ngashaya u-10,500 rpm, okwakungalungile impela. Kodwa ngaphambili, wadazuluka ngempela.”
UWallis nomfowabo uJeff babeneHonda S600.
“Besilokhu sizithanda izimoto zaseJapan zemidlalo ngoba bezingcono kakhulu,” usho kanje. “Ngaleso sikhathi, abantu babethuthela kwa-HR Holden, okwakuwukulima kakhulu uma kuqhathaniswa. Babenezinjini eziphushwayo, hhayi amakhamera aphezulu njengeyakwaHonda. Ngemoto encane, babehamba kahle kakhulu futhi babengaphambi kwesikhathi sabo. AmaJapane amane akopisha futhi athuthukisa zonke izimoto zaseBrithani zangaleso sikhathi.”
Ngo-1974, uWallis wathuthela eQueensland futhi wathengisa iHonda yakhe ukuze athenge iToyota Celica.
Uthi: “Angikwazanga ukuthenga entsha ngoba kwadingeka ngilinde izinyanga eziyisithupha. “Bezintsha i-$3800 futhi ngathenga enezinyanga ezingu-12 ngo-$3300. Ngaba nayo iminyaka emihlanu, kodwa kwathi lapho ingane yami yesibili izalwa, ngadinga imoto enkulu, ngase ngithenga iToyota Crown.”
Ungabona ukuthi iphethini ikhula kanjani. Ngokushesha phambili ezinkulungwaneni zezimoto zaseJapane kuya ku-2000, lapho uWallis wayethengisa iDaihatsu neDaewoo.
“Ngabona isikhangiso sokudayiswa kwe-Daihatsu Compagno Spider ephephandabeni ngase ngibuza abafana emsebenzini ukuthi siyini,” usho kanje. “Akekho owayazi. Ngabe sengibona incwajana kaCharade, futhi kunesithombe sakhe ekhasini elingemuva. Balethwa umthengisi we-Daihatsu futhi kwakukhona abathathu kuphela e-Australia; eyodwa eTasmania, eyodwa eVictoria nalapha. Ngiyayithanda ngoba ihlukile."
UWallis uyavuma ukuthi nakuba ebuthanda kakhulu ubuchwepheshe benjini yaseJapane, ubuciko obuphansi beSpider obathatha amehlo akhe.
“Inkinga ngeHonda kwakuwukuthi ngenxa yokuthi yayinobuchwepheshe obuphezulu, ngemva kwamakhilomitha angu-75,000 120,700 kwadingeka yakhiwe kabusha,” usho kanje. “Engikuthanda ngeDaihatsu ukuthi ibibukeka njengenjini yeDatsun 1200 ngaphansi kwesivalo. Ngithanda ubuchwepheshe obuphezulu, kodwa angizithandi izindleko eziphakeme."
ISpider itholakala ngepushrod one litre four-cylinder engine kanye ne single-throat carburetor eyodwa ehambisana no gearbox onamagiya amane.
Uthi: “Ngobudala bakhe, ushayela kahle kakhulu. “Ngenza wonke umsebenzi wemishini, ngopha imithombo yamaqabunga, ngafaka ama-dammper amasha, amabhuleki, ngakha kabusha umzimba wonke, njll. Kodwa upende ubukeka udabukile kancane. Insizwa engayithenga kuye yayipende i-metallic blue. Kwakungekho metallics kuma-60s. Ngifuna ukuphinda ngikupende ngolunye usuku. Ngibona abantu abenza le misebenzi, abawahlukanisayo bangabe besawahlanganisa. angifuni ukwenza lokhu; Ngifuna ukujabulela imoto yami."
I-Spider yakhe igcwele amandla futhi uyigibela ngamaSonto. Usanda kuthenga iHonda 1970 coupe yango-1300 enenjini eyomile yesump air-cooled four-cylinder. Ukhokhe u-$2500 ngayo futhi uhlela ukuyethula emasontweni ambalwa. Uphinde wathenga enye iHonda S1966 ka-600 eshintshwayo njengemoto yakhe yokuqala.
“Lona wumsebenzi wami wokuthatha umhlalaphansi wesikhathi eside lapho ngineminyaka engu-65,” usho kanje. Ujoyine i-Japan Classic Car Club, eyakhiwe ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule abalandeli bezimoto baseJapan abanomqondo ofanayo. “Singabantu abangu-20 kuphela, kodwa siyanda kakhulu,” usho kanje. "Ukube ngijoyine ikilabhu yeDaihatsu Compagno Spider, besizoba bathathu kuphela ekilabhini."
