Moolelo o ka hale kanu Geelong o Ford

ʻO ka Falcon ute hope loa i ʻōwili ʻia mai ka laina hana Geelong i Iulai 2016.

He paʻakikī ke noʻonoʻo i kēia manawa, akā i nā lā mua loa o ka ʻoihana kaʻa o Australia, ua hōʻike ʻia ka brand Ford e kahi hui o nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā mea lawe mai e hoʻāʻo nei e kūʻai aku kekahi i kekahi. 

Ma hope ua hoʻomaka ka hoʻomohala ʻana o nā hierarchies, a ʻoiai ua lilo mākou i mea hilinaʻi nui i nā huahana Ford i hana ʻia e Kanada (ʻo ia ka lima ʻākau a ʻāpana o ke aupuni), ua hoʻomaka ke keʻena nui o Detroit e nānā i ka hale Australia.

Ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā mea i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ke aupuni Australia e kau i nā uku no ka pale ʻana i ka ʻoihana kūloko. ʻO kēia mau kumukūʻai, ʻoi aku ke kumu kūʻai o nā kaʻa i lawe ʻia mai (a me nā waiwai ʻē aʻe he nui). 

Ma ke ʻano maʻamau ʻo Henry Ford, ua hoʻoholo ka hui inā hiki iā ia ke lawe i nā kaʻa Ford i Australia ma ke ʻano he kime a hōʻuluʻulu iā lākou ma ʻaneʻi me nā limahana kūloko, hiki ke kūʻai ʻia ka huahana hope ma ke kumu kūʻai haʻahaʻa a ʻoi aku ka hoʻokūkū. 

I ka wā i hoʻoholo ʻia ai ma kahi o ka makahiki 1923 a i ʻole 1924, ʻo ke kumu nui o Ford no ka ʻimi ʻana i kēia hale hui hou ʻo ia ka mea kanu ma loko a kokoke paha i kahi kūlanakauhale kūpono me ka lako o nā limahana, a he awa wai hohonu no ka lawe ʻana. kits i ka ʻāina ma ka moku. 

ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, ʻo ka ʻehā o ke kūlanakauhale nui loa ma Australia i kēlā manawa, ʻo Geelong, aia ma Corio Bay, loaʻa kēia mau mea ʻelua.

He mau makahiki ma hope mai, he ʻano holo ia, a ma Iulai 1, 1925, ʻo ka Model T mua loa i hui ʻia e Australian i ʻōwili ʻia mai ka hopena o ka laina hui 12 mika mua loa o Geelong i hale i loko o kahi lumi huluhulu hoʻolimalima. kūʻai ma waho o ke kikowaena o ke kūlanakauhale.

Ke kūkulu ʻia nei ka hale kanu ma Geelong, ʻOkakopa 1925.

Akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hele ʻana ma ke ʻano o kahi hoʻolālā nui me 40 mau ʻeka o ka ʻāina nona ka Geelong Harbour Trust a ua home ʻo ia i kahi hale kūʻai a me (kekahi) hale kūʻai hulu hipa kahiko i kūʻai ʻia a lilo i mea e hui ʻia, e hoʻopaʻa ʻia a hoʻolei ʻia. ʻaʻole pono ka mea kanu a hiki i ka makahiki 1925. 

Ke kū nei ʻo Geelong ma waho o Norlane, ʻike ʻia kēia hale pōhaku ʻulaʻula nani ʻo Ford's Geelong plant.

I ka hopena, ua hoʻoholo ʻo Ford ʻo ke kūkulu ʻana i nā kaʻa āpau ma Geelong a me ka lawe ʻana iā lākou a puni ka ʻāina ʻaʻole ke koho maikaʻi loa. No laila, i nā mahina 18 mua o ka hui kūloko, ua wehe ka hui i nā mea kanu hui ma Queensland (Eagle Farm), Sydney (Homebush), Tasmania (Hobart), South Africa (Port Adelaide) a me Washington (Fremantle). 

I ka wā o ke Kaua Honua II, ua hana ʻo Ford i nā kaʻa kaua ma Geelong.

Ua wehe ʻia lākou a pau ma mua o ka pau ʻana o ka makahiki 1926, he hana kupanaha. Akā naʻe, ʻo ka Geelong ka hale kanu hui mua o Ford ma ia ʻāina.

ʻO ka hopena, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hele ʻo Ford Australia mai kahi hui kaʻa i kahi mea hana wale nō, a ma ia manawa ʻaʻole hiki i nā hale hana liʻiliʻi kahiko e like me Geelong ke mālama i nā kaʻina hana hou a i ʻole nā ​​​​helu noʻonoʻo. 

ʻO ia ke kumu, i ka hopena o nā makahiki 1950, ua kūʻai ʻo Ford i 180 ʻeka ʻāina ma Broadmeadows ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o Melbourne a hoʻomaka e kūkulu i ke keʻena poʻo hou a me ka hale hana.

Ke keʻena poʻo Ford ma Broadmeadows, 1969

I ka holo ʻana o ka mea kanu hou no ka hana mua kūloko o ka Falcon 1960, ua hāʻule ka hana o ka hana ʻana i nā ʻenekini ʻeono-cylinder a me V8 no kā mākou mau kaʻa Ford i ka hale kanu Geelong e kū nei, a ua hana hou ʻia ka pōhaku ʻulaʻula e hoʻolei. a me nā ʻenekini mīkini i hana ʻia a ʻākoakoa ʻia ma Australia Falcons, Fairlanes, Cortinas, LTDs, Territories a me F100 pickups.

ʻOiai ua manaʻo ʻia e pani ʻia ka hana ʻenekini kūloko ma 2008, ua hoʻoholo ʻia e hoʻomau i ka hana ʻana i nā ʻenekini ʻeono-cylinder a hiki i ka pau ʻana o Ford i ka hana ʻana ma ia ʻāina ma ʻOkakopa 7, 2016.

ʻO ka hope Ford Falcon sedan.

I Mei 2019, ua hoʻolaha hope ʻia e hele ana kekahi mea me ka mea kanu Geelong, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi a i ʻole mai ka wā i pau ai ka hana. 

Ua hōʻike ʻia e loaʻa i ka mea hoʻomohala ʻo Pelligra Group i nā pūnaewele Broadmeadows a me Geelong a hoʻohuli iā lākou i loko o nā hale hana a me nā ʻenehana.

Ua hōʻike ʻia ua hāʻawi ʻo Pelligra i $ 500 miliona i ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana, ma luna o kahi kālā kūʻai ʻole i hōʻike ʻia (ʻoiai ua ʻōlelo ʻia ʻoi aku ma mua o $ 75 miliona). 

ʻO Pelligra hoʻi ka hui i loaʻa i ka mea kanu ʻo Holden Elizabeth ma waho o Adelaide i ʻelua mau makahiki ma mua me nā hoʻolālā like e hoʻokumu i kahi kikowaena hana a me ka ʻenehana.

Akā ʻoiai e kākau ʻia ana kēia, paʻakikī ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻike e pili ana i ka nui o ke kaʻina hana hou. 

ʻIke lewa o ka pūnaewele Broadmeadows e hōʻike ana i ka mea kanu 1, ka mea kanu 2 a me ka hale kūʻai pena.

Ua hele mākou iā Pelligra no ka ʻōlelo, akā ʻaʻohe pane e pili ana i kēia pilikia, ʻaʻole hoʻi i ke kūlana o ke kūlana koʻikoʻi.

ʻO ka mea hiki iā mākou ke haʻi aku iā ʻoe, ʻo ka mea kanu Ford kahiko ke hoʻomau nei i kāna kuʻuna o ka mālama ʻana i ka poʻe o Geelong. 

Ma ke ʻano o ka pane ʻana o ke aupuni Victorian iā Covid, ua lilo kahi mea kanu Ford kahiko i wahi hoʻomake nui. He kuleana kūpono paha ia no kahi ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o ka mōʻaukala o Ford ma Australia a me kahi ʻoihana pili loa i ke kaiāulu kūloko.

Akā eia nā hōʻike hou aku e pili mau ana ʻo Ford a me Geelong. I ka makahiki 1925, ua ʻae ʻo Ford e kākoʻo i ka hui pôpeku ʻo Geelong Cats AFL (a laila VFL). 

Ke hoʻomau nei kēia kākoʻo a hiki i kēia lā a ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ka lōʻihi o ke kākoʻo mau ʻana o kahi hui haʻuki ma ka honua. 

A no ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka pono o ka hui, i kēlā makahiki (1925) ua lanakila ʻo Geelong i kāna poʻo poʻokela poʻokela mua, ua lanakila ʻo Collingwood ma nā helu 10 i mua o kahi anaina MCG o 64,000.