ʻElua kumu kūʻai maʻamau Pelekane
Inā moeʻuhane ʻoe i kahi Ford maʻamau a ʻaʻole makemake ʻoe e hoʻolilo nui, e noʻonoʻo i ka Mark II Cortina.
Inā ʻoe e ʻimi nei i nā kaʻa Pelekane maʻamau ma ke kumu kūʻai kūpono, mai nānā ʻoe ma mua o Vauxhall, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā hiʻohiʻona "PA" i hoʻoikaika ʻia ʻo Detroit o nā makahiki he 50 a me nā makahiki mua 60 a me ka Ford Cortina Mark II o nā makahiki he kanaono.
Hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka Holden a me Falcon o ka manawa like, ʻo Vauxhall ke ala i mua o ka waiwai, nā lako a me nā mana. Ua hele mua lākou i ke ʻano. Mai kuhi hewa, kū kēia mau kaʻa. Me nā puka makani mua a me hope a me nā peʻa huelo e piʻi aʻe ma luna o nā pale lepo hope, ua kūpono ka PA Vauxhall me nā manaʻo styling ʻAmelika i kēia manawa.
ʻElua mau hiʻohiʻona i ka laina i kūʻai ʻia ma o nā mea kūʻai aku ʻo Holden: ʻo ka Velox kumu a me ka Cresta kiʻekiʻe. ʻOiai ua hana ka Velox me nā noho vinyl a me nā moena papahele, ua hāʻawi ka Cresta i nā mea kūʻai aku i ke koho o nā noho ʻili maoli a i ʻole nā noho nylon i hui pū ʻia me ka moena a me ka ʻoki uila.
ʻO nā mana ma mua o ka makahiki 1960 he ʻekolu ʻāpana o nā puka makani hope, hoʻohana pū ʻia ma 1957 Oldsmobile a me nā kaʻa Buick. Hele mai lākou me kahi ʻenekini 2.2-lita ʻeono-cylinder a me kahi pahu pahu holo wikiwiki ʻekolu. ʻO nā kaʻa i hana ʻia ma hope o 1960 he ʻenekini 2.6 lita.
He mea maʻamau ka hoʻoili lima ʻekolu-wikiwiki. ʻO ka mea i hoʻonani iā lākou i ka mākeke kūloko, ʻo ia nā koho hoʻoili Hydramatic a me nā kaʻa disc mua mana. I ka pōkole, ua noho ka Velox a me Cresta i ke kahua kūʻai ma luna o ka Holden Special a hiki i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ke Kuhina Nui ma 1962.
He mea maʻalahi ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻāpana no kēia mau kaʻa, mai UK a me New Zealand kahi i loaʻa ai nā pūnaewele a me nā mea kūʻai ʻāpana i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i nā hiʻohiʻona PA. ʻOkoʻa nā kumukūʻai ma muli o ke kūlana o nā kaʻa, akā ʻaʻole pono e uku kekahi ma mua o $10,000 no ka mea hoʻokahi, a hiki ke loaʻa nā hiʻohiʻona kūpono ma kahi o $5,000.
Eia naʻe, ʻoi aku ka haʻahaʻa o ke kumukūʻai, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hiki o ka pala. He nui na nook a me na kaa i na kaa PA Vauxhall kahi e komo ai ka wai a me ka lepo. I kēia manawa, inā makemake ʻoe i Ford maʻamau a ʻaʻole makemake e hoʻolilo nui, e noʻonoʻo i ka Mark II Cortina. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka lua incarnation o Cortina kaulana i Australia i 1967 a ua hana ʻia a hiki i 1972.
Ke kaulana nei kēia mau kaʻa kaʻa ʻehā puʻupuʻu no ka mea ua kūkulu maikaʻi ʻia lākou, ua nui nā ʻāpana, a ʻo ke kumukūʻai o ke kūʻai ʻana a me ka loaʻa ʻana o ka mea hiki ke loaʻa i ka poʻe makemake e komo i ke kaʻa maʻamau me ka hoʻolilo ʻole ʻana i ka nui o ke kālā.
No kahi $3,000 loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi Cortina 440 kiʻekiʻe (he ʻehā puka). He 240 puka elua no ke dala hookahi. Hiki ke loaʻa nā kaʻa e koi ana i kahi ʻōpala liʻiliʻi a me ka hoʻoponopono pena ma kahi o $1,500. ʻO ka Hunter British Ford Group kekahi o nā hui ulu nui e pili ana me Cortinas a me nā kaʻa Ford i hana ʻia e Pelekane.
