Ukubuyekezwa kwe-Chevrolet Corvette 1970
Futhi lokho kuyinto ka-1970 umnikazi weCorvette uGlen Jackson azi kahle kakhulu. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi amehlo acwebileyo okutuswa nomona, ukubhonga okudabukisayo kwenjini, umuzwa wokuba okhethekile emgwaqeni, noma amahloni okuphuka ngehora lejubane komunye wemigwaqo emikhulu ematasa yase-Sydney.
KuJackson, ukuthatha okubi nokuhle kumshiye ebambe ongezansi futhi ucishe wazisola ngokuthenga kwakhe. “Ngesikhathi ngiqala ukuyithola, ngisaqala ukuyicosha, yaphuka emhubheni uM5,” usho kanje. “Bekuyinkinga ukushisa ngokweqile. Ngibhajwe esiminyaminyeni sezimoto uM5, kwadala umonakalo."
“Ngangethukile, kungekho lapho engingaya khona kulowo mhubhe, futhi into yayishise kakhulu. Ngavele ngashayela ngaphesheya, kude nezimoto. Akuzange kungijabulise neze.
Irediyetha entsha kanye nomunye umsebenzi ofinyelela ku-$6000 wenze i-Corvette yathembeka ngokwanele ukuba ishayele uJackson akwazi ukujabulela ukuthenga kwakhe okungu-$34,000.
Uthi: “Bengilokhu ngidlala ngezimoto kusukela ngiqeda esikoleni. “Kule moto uhamba abantu bayabuka. Imayelana nokukhombisa umsebenzi wakho wobuciko. Ngishayela esiminyaminya futhi ngihlangana nabantu, ngokuvamile izingane, ezithatha izithombe.”
Kodwa umsebenzi wobuciko kaJackson awukakaqedi. Uhlela ukusebenzisa enye i-$6000 kuya ku-$10,000 ekulungiseni nasekuthuthukiseni umzimba, alindele ukuthi kungathatha ezinye izinyanga ezingu-12.
UJackson uthi izinhlobo zeCorvette zango-1968 kuya ku-1973 yizona ezifunwa kakhulu ngoba zinenjini enamandla engu-350 hp.
Amamodeli alandelayo anokukhishwa kwamandla aphansi ngenxa yemithetho yokungcola.
Futhi nakuba injini yayo ingeyona eyangempela, kodwa iyinjini engu-350 Chev ekhiqiza i-350 hp efanayo.
Ngenkathi uJackson ethenga imoto yakhe yokuqala endala esikhathini esingangonyaka esidlule, wayesevele ese-Australia okungenani iminyaka eyi-14.
Uthi: “Ubesegaraji. "Ngesikhathi ngisicosha, ibinganakiwe kwadingeka ngiphinde ngiyiqale."
Ngenkathi uJackson engumlandeli we-Holden oshisekayo, ehlanganyela ngothando nomndeni wakhe, wahlukana, waba nesithakazelo kumisipha yaseMelika cishe eminyakeni emithathu edlule.
Ukuthungathwa kwale ndoda kwathatha iminyaka eminingana.
“Ngiyasithanda nje isitayela, ukubukeka nokuma,” usho kanje. "Zibalelwa ku-17,000 XNUMX izimoto ezakhiwe eMelika, ngakho zonke zingeniswe lapha."
UJackson uthi uCorvette wakhe une-T-top futhi iwindi langemuva liyavuleka.
“Akuyona into eguqulekayo ngempela, kodwa inalowo muzwa,” usho kanje.
Imoto kaJackson yaqala impilo njengokuyishayela ngesandla kwesokunxele, kodwa yaguqulwa yaba idrayivu yesokudla yase-Australia. Uthi yize esekhulile kodwa usashayela futhi uyibambe “kakhulu” uma eyigibela kanye noma kabili ngenyanga.
I-corvette yethiwa ngohlobo lomkhumbi eMbuthweni Wezempi Wasemanzini waseBrithani owaziwa ngejubane lawo elimangalisayo.
Zaqala ukwethulwa e-US ngo-1953, kwathi ngo-1970 zaveza ikhala elide elicijile kakhulu, ama-gill vents kuma-fender angaphambili asemaceleni, nobhampa be-chrome.
I-Jackson model iphinde ibe nezinto zesimanjemanje ezithinta isiteringi kanye ne-CD player, okufakwe emotweni.
Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, wacabanga ukuthengisa iCorvette yakhe nge $50,000, kodwa ngobuhle bakhe obucwebezelayo endleleni, washintsha ngokushesha umqondo wakhe.
“Ngayikhangisa kodwa ngashintsha umqondo ngemva kwamasonto ambalwa. Nganquma ukuthi ngiyithanda kakhulu. Ngakho ngeke ngiyidayise manje,” kusho le ntokazi eneminyaka engu-27. Nakuba kungazange kuzuze imvume kanina ngesikhathi ebona lezi zithombe, uJackson uthi wakuthanda lapho ebona okwangempela.
Emgwaqeni, i-Corvette ebomvu ihlala phansi kakhulu phansi. UJackson uthi iminyene kancane ngaphakathi, cishe akuyona imoto esebenza kakhulu endodeni engamafidi ayisithupha ubude.
Kodwa lokho akumvimbi ukuthi ayiphathe. Futhi njengoba enezihlalo ezimbili kuphela, uthola ukonakala okwengeziwe kokungakwazi ukuthwala abangani nxazonke.
Abangane bakhe kuzomele bahambe ngezinyawo noma bathole okokugibela, njengoba uJackson esanamathele kakhulu ebuhleni obubomvu.
Kodwa-ke, ngeke ibe bomvu isikhathi eside, njengoba uJackson ehlela ukuyinikeza impilo eyengeziwe futhi ayibuyisele ezinsukwini eyashiya imboni eminyakeni engu-37 edlule.
Uthi uthanda okubomvu "ngoba okubomvu kuhamba ngokushesha," kodwa emuva ngosuku, i-Corvette ekuqaleni yayiluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. Futhi, ngokuyibuyisela esimweni sayo sokuqala, uJackson uyaqiniseka ukuthi uzokwandisa inani layo.
Isifinyezo
I-1970 Chevrolet Corvette
Intengo yesimo esisha: kusuka ku-5469 $
Izindleko manje: I-AU$34,000 yemodeli emaphakathi, cishe i-AU$60,000 yemodeli ephezulu.
Isinqumo: Imoto yezemidlalo yama-1970s ingase ikushiye udangele, kodwa okungenani ikwenza ngesitayela. I-Corvette inakho konke "ukuphola" kwesikole esidala okwenza kube umsebenzi weqiniso wobuciko.
