ʻO Buick a me ka Australian Gone Beauty
Ua kūkulu ʻia ka 1929 Buick Roadster ma Australia.
Akā ʻo ka mea āu i ʻike ʻole ai, ʻo ia i nā lā mua o ka ʻoihana kaʻa ma Australia, ua kūkulu ʻia ʻo Buicks ma kēlā ʻāina no nā Australia wale nō.
ʻO kekahi o ia kaʻa ʻo John Gerdz's '1929 Buick Roadster Model 24. ʻAʻoleʻo ia wale nō ka mea aloha nui o ka brand, akā no ke kaʻa ma ka laulā.
Nui nā poʻe o ka ʻoihana kaʻa i ʻike nui e pili ana i kahi hōʻailona hiki iā lākou ke kākau maʻalahi i nā mea āpau ma kahi puke. A ma kahi o ke kamaʻilio wale ʻana no ia mea, ua hoʻoholo ʻo Gerdz e hana.
Me ka hoa aloha o Buick Eric North, ua kākau ʻo ia i ka puke Buick: The Australian Story, e paʻi koke ʻia ana.
ʻEhā mau Buicks i loaʻa iā Gerdtz i kāna mau makahiki o ka ʻohi ʻana. Ua kūʻai ʻo ia i kāna mea mua ma 1968 i ka makahiki 32. ʻElua mau hiʻohiʻona i koe i kēia manawa a, ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻohiwahiwa waina, aloha ʻo ia i kāna roadster. He aloha ia ʻaʻole ma muli o kona mau hiʻohiʻona nani wale nō, akā, ma kāna moʻolelo pū kekahi.
"ʻAʻole i hana ʻia kēia kino e Buick ma ʻAmelika, akā ua kūkulu ʻia ma ʻaneʻi e Holden Motor Body Builders," wahi āna.
"Ke alualu nei au i kāna moʻolelo a he 13 mau mea i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e noho nei ma nā ʻano like ʻole o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana, akā ʻelima wale nō ma ke ala."
E like me ka hiki iā lākou ke ʻike, he 186 wale nō o kēia mau hiʻohiʻona i hana ʻia, a ua hiki iā Herdtz ke ʻimi i kahi kiʻi o nā kino alanui e hele mai ana mai ka laina hana ma Woodville, Adelaide mea kanu i ka makahiki 1929, e hōʻike ana i kahi manawa ʻokoʻa loa.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole iā General Motors iā Holden a hiki i ka makahiki 1931, ʻo Holden Motor Body Builders wale nō ka hui i kūkulu i nā kaʻa ma Australia no ka hui kaʻa kahiko ʻAmelika.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gerdz, nāna i kūʻai i kāna kumu hoʻohālike he 25 mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua huki ʻia ʻo ia i kona liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi a aloha i ka brand. No kahi hoaaloha ka kaʻa i hoʻomaka e hoʻihoʻi akā ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e pono i kahi kumu hoʻohālike hou.
No laila ua hoʻohui ʻo Gerdz i kāna hōʻiliʻili, me ka manaʻo e hiki iā ia ke hana i ka wā i hoʻomaha ai.
Nui nā hana e hana ʻia, a ua hoʻopau ʻo Gerdz i kahi hoʻihoʻi piha i nā makahiki 12.
"Ua hana koʻu hoaaloha i kekahi mea, akā ʻaʻole nui," wahi āna. "Ua nui ka'u hana no keia."
"ʻO kekahi mau mea hiki ʻole iā ʻoe ke hana iā ʻoe iho, akā ʻo nā mea āpau i hiki iaʻu ke hana, ua hana wau. Me nā mea like ʻole, ʻaʻole ʻoe e kākau i ka nui āu e hoʻolilo ai, inā ʻaʻole hewa ʻoe. "
Ke alakaʻi ʻia nei ʻo ia e ka poʻe liʻiliʻi, no ka mea nona ka 1978 Electra Park Avenue coupe, ka mea maikaʻi loa ma ka laina. Wahi a ia, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o kēia hoʻohālike hou i ka hoʻomalu ʻana i nā mamao lōʻihi.
Akā no ka mea ʻaʻole ʻo ia e hoʻokele pinepine, ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo e haʻalele ʻo ia i kāna roadster 4.0-lita ʻeono pahu i kēlā me kēia manawa koke.
"He kaʻa kahiko ia a he ʻoluʻolu loa ia, ke hoʻokele nei ʻoe i nā mea ʻoi loa ma nā wahi āpau," wahi āna. “ʻAʻole wikiwiki loa, ʻo 80-90 km/h ka wikiwiki kiʻekiʻe. A he ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula ia, no laila ke huki nei ka manaʻo."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gerdz ʻaʻole pono ke kaʻa i ka nui o ke kālā, akā ʻaʻole makemake ʻo ia e inoa i kona kumukūʻai no ka mea ʻaʻole ʻo ia i kūʻai aku i ke kaʻa like i nā makahiki he 16.
"Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i kahi kaʻa waena waena kūpono no ka mea āu e loaʻa ai no kēlā ʻano mea."
Ua hoʻomaka ka makemake o Herdz i nā kaʻa Buick i kona wā kamaliʻi.
He hoʻokahi kā ka makuakāne o kāna hoaaloha.
"Aloha au i nā kaʻa mua, nā kaʻa kahiko a me nā kaʻa kahiko, ʻo lākou koʻu makemake i koʻu mau makahiki āpau," wahi āna.
ʻOiai ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka Buick Club o Australia, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gerdz ua komo nui ʻo ia i ka neʻe ʻana o Buick.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua pili mau kona ʻohana me nā kaʻa waina, a ua hoʻohana ʻia kekahi o kāna punahele punahele no ka male ʻana o kāna mau kaikamahine ʻelua.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia i kekahi manawa ʻo Buicks kekahi mea e like me ka Mercedes o ia manawa; affordable pipiʻi kaʻa. ʻO ia nā kaʻa i hoʻohana ʻia e nā kuhina nui a me nā kuhina nui. Ua pipiʻi nā 445s i nā makahiki 1920. 'Ōleloʻo Gerdtz no ke kumukūʻai o kahi Buick, hiki iāʻoe ke kūʻai iʻelua Chevrolets.
Ua pau ka hana Buick ma Australia i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai e hana ʻia nā Holdens mua a ua lawe ʻo General Motors i kahi kulekele ʻo Holdens wale nō ma Australia.
A i ka wā i hoʻopau ʻia ai nā kaʻa kaʻa lima ʻākau ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka makahiki 1953, ua lilo i mea paʻakikī loa ka lawe ʻana i nā kaʻa ma ʻaneʻi, no ka mea, pono e hoʻololi ʻia no ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēia ʻāina. No laila ʻoiai ke emi mālie nei ka noho ʻana o Buick ma Australia, hōʻike ʻo Gerdtz ʻaʻole ia i make.
Kūpā ʻia
ʻO Buick Roadster Model 1929 24
He mea hou ke kumukuai: paona stg. 445, ma kahi o $900
Kūʻai i kēia manawa: ma kahi o $20,000–$30,000
Olelo Hooholo: ʻAʻole nui nā alanui Buick i koe, akā ʻo kēia kaʻa, i hana ʻia ma Australia no nā Australia, he pōhaku maoli.
