1966 Hillman Minx Series VI

Hiki i ka Hillman Minx 1966 Series VI he ʻenekini 1725 cc, ʻelima ka wikiwiki o ka hoʻoili ʻana a me ka mana disc brakes.

I ka makahiki 2006, ua ʻike ʻo Danny i kahi 1966 Hillman Minx i kau ʻia ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke alanui me kahi hōʻailona "For Sale" ma ka pale makani. "Noʻu kēia," i manaʻo ai ʻo ia, a ʻelua lā ma hope mai aia ʻo ia i loko o kāna hale kaʻa. "Makemake mau wau iā Hillmans, no laila ua kūʻai au," ʻae ʻo ia.

No laila ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kāna hōʻiliʻili o nā kaʻa Pelekane maʻamau, aia i kēia manawa he ʻumi Mark I a me Mark II Cortinas, Ford Prefects a me Hillman. Mālama ʻo ia i kēia hōʻiliʻili ulu mau i nā hale kaʻa a me nā hale kūʻai ma kahi kokoke i kona home ma Newcastle.

“Makemake au iā lākou a pau. Aloha au i ke ʻano a me kā lākou ʻenekinia. He maʻalahi lākou e hoʻihoʻi a hana. A ʻaʻole lākou e kūʻai i nā megadollars, "wahi āna. "He mau kaʻa koʻikoʻi ʻo Hillmans a maikaʻi loa ia no ka poʻe mua e komo i nā kaʻa maʻamau," wehewehe ʻo ia.

"I ka wā i kūkulu ai lākou, ua hoʻolālā hou ʻia lākou. No laila, e ʻike ʻoe i ka uhi ʻana o nā hili a pau kekahi i kekahi, a ʻoi aku ka nui o nā welds ma mua o ka pono. ʻO ke kila mānoanoa a hele nā ala subframe mua ma lalo o ka noho mua.

ʻO Hillman Minx Danny he 1966 Series VI, ka mea hou loa o kahi ʻano i hana ʻia e ka mea hoʻolālā ʻAmelika kaulana ʻo Raymond Loewy i ka waena o nā makahiki he kanalima. He ʻenekini 1725cc kona. knm, pahu pahu lima-wikiwiki a me ka mana disc brakes. ʻO Danny ke kolu o ka mea nona.

"ʻAʻohe aʻu i hoʻohana ma luna o ia mea," wahi āna. “Holo wau iā ia kokoke i kēlā me kēia lā. He kaʻa Pelekane maʻamau kēia mai nā makahiki he kanaono a ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike hou i ka mea like, "wahi āna. Loaʻa iā Danny kahi ʻike o ka hoʻihoʻi kaʻa maʻamau.

Aia ʻo ia ma kahi kālā paʻa no laila e hana ʻo ia i ka mea hiki iā ia a laila hele i waho a leʻaleʻa i ka hoʻokele kaʻa. No ka laʻana, hoʻihoʻi ʻo ia i kahi 1968 GT Cortina no ka liʻiliʻi o $3,000 me ke kumukūʻai o ke kaʻa.

Ma ke ʻano he lālā ikaika o ka Hunter British Ford Club, ua paʻa ʻo ia e hōʻike i ke kumukūʻai o ka loaʻa ʻana a me ke kaʻa ʻana i kahi kaʻa maʻamau.

"Manaʻo wau e ʻike nā poʻe ʻē aʻe me ke akamai liʻiliʻi, ke kōkua ʻana o ka poʻe mai kā lākou hui kaʻa a me kekahi nui o ka hoʻomanawanui, hiki ke hana ʻia kēia," wahi āna me ka leo mānoanoa.

A me ka nalu o kona lima, kuhikuhi ʻo Danny iā Cortina i loko o kona hale kaʻa. Holo a hana maikaʻi. Ua kakau inoa ia no ke alanui. No laila, ʻaʻole i kūlike nā puka, akā maʻalahi ia e hoʻoponopono me ka wikiwiki hou.

He ala maʻalahi ia e leʻaleʻa i kahi kaʻa maʻamau. E hele mai ʻo Danny! Aia mākou me ʻoe i ke ala āpau.