ʻO nā kaʻa kahakai maikaʻi loa i loaʻa ma Australia

Ke hele nei ʻo Bruce Meyers i ke ʻano lanakila i ka wā i hana ai ʻo ia i ka kaʻa kahakai mua ma 1964.

ʻO "Dune buggy" a i ʻole, ʻoi aku ka nui, ʻo Australian "beach buggy" kahi wehewehe ākea ākea i kēia mau lā. Ma waho aʻe o ka nalu hou o nā kaʻa leʻaleʻa hoʻokahi a me nā noho ʻelua, ua nui nā mea hana home i manaʻo ʻia he kaʻa kahakai no nā makahiki he nui. ʻO ka hapa nui o lākou he mau kaʻa ʻakaʻaka, ʻo ka hapa nui o lākou he mau kaʻa ʻakaʻaka, a he pōʻino lākou a pau.

Akā inā makemake ʻoe i nā hiʻohiʻona ʻoluʻolu a me ka mea leʻaleʻa o kahi kaʻa kahakai maoli, a laila ke kamaʻilio nei mākou i ka fiberglass bodywork (o nā ʻano) ma kahi chassis Volkswagen i hoʻoluʻu i ka ea. 

ʻAʻole wale kēia mau kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa ka wehewehe kumu o ka manaʻo o kahi ʻāina āpau, minimalist, hoseless mode o ka halihali, hiki iā lākou ke hoʻokele kānāwai ma nā alanui o Australia. Nui a emi mai paha.

Hoʻomaka ka moʻolelo i nā makahiki 1960 ma ke Komohana Komohana o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, kahi i kūkulu ai kahi mea hana, mea hana, a me ka mea hoihoi i ka lāʻau wela i kapa ʻia ʻo Bruce Meyers, ma waena o nā mea ʻē aʻe, i kūkulu i nā waʻa fiberglass. 

Ua ʻike ʻo ia he pono i ka honua o ka moʻomeheu heʻenalu i kahi kaʻa haʻahaʻa, leʻaleʻa, a kūpono hoʻi e hele ai a mai kahakai, a me ia manaʻo maʻalahi, ua haku ʻia ka Meyers Manx dune kaʻa.

Ua ulu ka manaʻo mai kahi chassis hoʻokahi i hana ʻia e Meyers e hoʻololi i nā mechanics Volkswagen i kahi pahu hana hana i hoʻopaʻa wale ʻia i ka paepae VW holoʻokoʻa e hana i kahi kaʻa fiberglass me ka puka ʻole, pale liʻiliʻi i ka wā, lawa ka hana e pono ai. a leʻaleʻa. ma mua o kahi hoʻolaha mokuʻāina. A mai ia manawa mai, ʻo kēlā me kēia kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa VW a i ʻole nā ​​kaʻa kahakai he riff o ka manaʻo kumu mua o Meyers. 

ʻO ka manaʻo, ua kūʻai ʻoe i kahi pahu kino Manx (a i ʻole nā ​​​​mea hōʻailona i puka mai i ka hoʻokūkū i kēlā manawa), loaʻa kahi Volkswagen Beetle i hoʻohana ʻia, wehe i ke kino VW kahiko, hoʻopōkole i ke kino lalo i kūpono nā ʻāpana, a laila hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma luna. . i ka Manx kit, i komo pū me ke kino o ka ipu hao, nā fenders, nā huila a me nā kaila, a me nā mīkini maʻamau e like me ka ʻōnaehana hoʻopau e hoʻohālikelike i ke kino hou. 

Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe makemake e hoʻopōkole i ke kino o lalo (ʻo ka ʻāpana ʻenekinia paʻakikī loa o ka hoʻololi ʻana), hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai aku i kahi mana noho ʻehā i hoʻohana i ka VW piha piha.

He mea maʻamau ka hele lōʻihi loa o kekahi poʻe kaʻa kaʻa me ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka ʻenekini V8, ka hoʻokuʻu kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe, nā huila nui a me nā kaila, a me kekahi mau hoʻololi ʻē aʻe e hōʻemi i ka maʻalahi a me ka nani o ka manaʻo kumu. 

He hoʻomana ko ka dune buggy.

Akā, haʻalele ʻia e like me kā Meyers i manaʻo ai, he māmā ke kaʻa dune, wikiwiki, ʻoniʻoni, hiki ke neʻe ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ke one a he hauʻoli maoli ke kaʻa i nā wahi āpau. ʻOiai ʻaʻole hau.

Ma Australia, ua laha loa ka makemake, a aia ka manaʻo i kāna mau mea pā. I ka wā kiʻekiʻe o ia mea (1970s), ua hana kekahi mau hui Australia i nā pahu kaʻa. 

ʻAʻole ʻike liʻiliʻi kekahi o nā inoa i kēia lā, akā ʻike ka poʻe aloha kaʻa iā lākou. ʻO Astrum, Manta, Taipan kekahi o nā hōʻailona e hoʻokūkū nei no ka ʻoihana ma ka mākeke kaʻa kaʻa Australia.

ʻAʻole ʻo ia kāu koho mua no ka huakaʻi ma waena o ka mokuʻāina, akā ʻo ka mea e hoʻokō pono ai ke kaʻa kahakai hiki ke hoʻopaʻa inoa a hoʻokele ʻia ma ke alanui. 

ʻAe, ʻo ia ka manaʻo, no ka mea, ʻo ka hui pū ʻana o nā ʻāpana Volkswagen a me nā ʻoihana plastic aftermarket, ʻaʻole ia e maʻalahi.

I nā makahiki 70, ua huhū nui nā kaʻa kahakai.

Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi pahu hou e koho ana i kahi kumu hoʻohālike noho ʻehā e hoʻohana ana i ka paepae VW piha. 

Ma ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka pono e hoʻopōkole i ka chassis, e kāʻalo pono ʻoe i ka nui o ka hana a me kekahi o nā pilikia ʻenehana a me ka hōʻoia ʻana āu e hālāwai ai. 

ʻAʻole hoʻopaʻa inoa kekahi mau mokuʻāina i ke kaʻa pōkole, aʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe e koi i ka ʻae ʻenehana koʻikoʻi. 

Ma nā wahi a pau āu e hele ai, pono ʻoe e nānā i nā koi o kou mokuʻāina a me ka ʻāina, a ʻo ke ala maikaʻi loa e hana ai i kēia, ʻo ia ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā lawelawe a kahi loea loea, e koi ʻia e kau inoa i ka hopena hope ma mua o ka hiki ke hoʻopaʻa inoa. .

ʻOiai inā ua loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi ʻenekinia nāna e hoʻolohe i kāu mau hoʻolālā, aia nō kekahi mau mea hiki ʻole ke kūkākūkā ʻia a lākou e koi ai. 

Inā ʻoe e hoʻohana nei i ka ʻenekini ʻoi aku ka ikaika, a laila, ʻaʻole kūpono ka stock Beetle brakes. Hiki i nā mea hana akamai ke hōʻike i kekahi ʻano o ka pale rollover (he manaʻo maikaʻi no kēlā me kēia kaʻa hāmama), a ʻo nā hāmeʻa hou e like me nā kāʻei noho hoʻihoʻi he mea hoʻohui maikaʻi loa.

Hoʻokumu ʻia ka hapa nui inā ʻaʻole nā ​​​​kaʻa dune a pau ma VW Beetles. (Kiʻi kiʻi: Aussieveedubbers)

ʻO ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo maikaʻi loa ʻo ka ʻimi ʻana i kahi ʻenekinia i manaʻoʻiʻo e hiki ke hoʻokō ʻia kāu ʻike a laila e pili pū me ia a mālama pono i kā lākou ʻōlelo aʻo. 

A e ʻimi i kēlā ʻenekinia ma mua o kou ʻohi ʻana i ka wīwī mua a i ʻole e hoʻolilo i ke kālā mua, no ka mea, ʻaʻole nā ​​mea ʻenekinia a pau e wehewehe i nā lula a me nā lula e like me ka mea e hiki mai ana. 

ʻOiai inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi ʻenekinia e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ke kukui ʻōmaʻomaʻo, e makaʻala pono ʻoe e lele ma waena o nā hoops e hoʻohana pono i kēia mea ma nā alanui, me nā mea āpau mai ka pale makani laminated a hiki i nā pale lepo. nā koi e pili ana i kou wahi e noho ai. 

I nā hihia koʻikoʻi, pono paha ʻoe e hoʻokomo i ka nui o nā mea hoʻokele pollution a hiki paha ke ʻenekinia i ka hopena e holo ma luna o ka wahie unleaded. Paʻakikī nā mea a pau.

ʻO ia ke kumu o ka hoʻonā no ka poʻe makemake kaʻa he nui ke kūʻai ʻana i kahi kaʻa i hoʻohana ʻia i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia (a aia ma nā moʻolelo o ka mana hoʻopaʻa inoa). 

Kapa ʻia ʻo ka Manta, ua like ke ʻano o ka hull fiberglass e like me ke kukuna manta. (Kiʻi kiʻi: ClubVeeDub)

ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o nā mea i nā makahiki 1970, ʻo ia ka mea maʻalahi ke kākau inoa a hoʻolālā i kahi kaʻa e like me ke kaʻa kahakai. 

Inā hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i kahi kaʻa kaʻa i hoʻohana ʻia i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia, e ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka pilikia a pono ʻoe e hāʻawi i kahi palapala hōʻoia o ke ala kūpono ma ka hapa nui o nā mokuʻāina a me nā panalāʻau.

ʻO kēia, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ke kumu i kiʻekiʻe ai nā kumukūʻai kaʻa kahakai. Akā i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i ka pilikia a me nā lilo o ka hoʻomaka ʻana mai ka wā ʻōpala, ʻike paha ʻoe he ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi. 

A inā ʻoe e kūkulu ana mai ka wā ʻuʻuku, e hoʻomaka me kahi kit e loaʻa ana nā palapala no nā ʻae ʻenehana kumu e hiki ai i nā luna ke nānā i ke ala e hoʻopaʻa inoa ai.

Hiki i kēlā me kēia mīkini home me nā mākau maʻamau a me nā mea hana lima maʻamau ke hoʻohui i kahi kaʻa mai kahi pahu a me kahi VW Beetle i wāwahi ʻia. 

ʻO Bugle kaʻa, kino fiberglass i kau ʻia ma kahi chassis Volkswagen a me ka ʻenekini.

ʻAʻohe mea paʻakikī a paʻakikī paha e pili ana i nā kikoʻī e hana ai i kahi kaʻa kahakai, akā e like me nā mea ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka lawe ʻana i kou manawa a kūkākūkā me nā poʻe ʻike ʻo ia ke ala akamai e hana ai i kahi papahana e like me kēia.

Inā hele ʻoe i ke ala kaʻa i hoʻohana ʻia, mai hopohopo nui i ke kūlana o nā ʻāpana mechanical. Paʻa, maʻalahi a maʻalahi nā ʻāpana Beetle e hana pū me, a inā pono ʻoe e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā ʻāpana a hoʻomaikaʻi paha i kekahi ʻano o ka hana, ʻaʻohe kaʻa maʻamau i mālama maikaʻi ʻia ma mua o ka VW haʻahaʻa.

ʻO ke kuhi hewa wale nō a ka poʻe he nui, ʻo ia ka manaʻo no ka mea he kaʻa pahu pahu me nā mīkini haʻahaʻa, e kūʻai ʻia ke kūʻai. 

He ʻokoʻa loa ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, a ʻo ka hoihoi i nā kaʻa maʻamau o kēlā me kēia ʻano i hoʻokuʻu i nā kumukūʻai i ka ʻāina ʻike ʻole. 

I kēia manawa hiki ke hoʻolilo i $40,000 a i ʻole $50,000 ma kahi kaʻa kahakai i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia a ʻoi aku ka nui inā he Meyers Manx i hoʻihoʻi ʻia.

Ua hōʻike ʻia ʻo Volkswagen i ka hui ʻaoʻao ʻekolu e.Go e hana i kahi chassis kūʻokoʻa a me ke kino no ka hana serial o ka ID Buggy.

Aia nō nā mea hoʻolako e hoʻomau nei i ka hana ʻana i nā kino fiberglass a me nā mea pono, ʻoiai ma Australia ua hoʻopuehu ʻia ka mōʻaukala o ka ʻoihana i ka wā i hele mai a hala nā mea pāʻani. 

Me ka kānalua ʻole, ʻo ʻAmelika kahi kahi e kūʻai ai i nā ʻāpana kaʻa a me nā mea pono, akā mai hoʻokaʻawale i nā hoʻololi a me nā mākeke pūnaewele.

ʻO kekahi o nā mea koʻikoʻi o ka kaʻa ka lalo o ka VW. Hiki lākou i ka ʻōpala (ʻoi loa i loko o ke kaʻa me ka ʻole o ke kaupaku), no laila e nānā ma lalo o nā noho a puni ka pahu pākahi no nā hōʻailona o ka pala, no ka mea hiki ke pepehi i ka papahana inā ʻaʻole ʻoe mākaukau e hana i kahi hoʻoponopono nui. No ka mea, ua hana ʻia ka hull me ka fiberglass, maʻalahi ke kāpili a hoʻoponopono.

ʻO kahi mea ʻē aʻe e nānā ai i ke kūʻai ʻana i nā kaʻa dune i hoʻohana ʻia i kēia mau lā ʻo ia ka hana. 

No ka mea, ua hoʻolālā ʻia lākou ma ke ʻano he kit do-it-yourself i loko o ka hale ʻai ma ka home, ʻokoʻa nā kūlana hana a hiki ke loaʻa ka hopena nui i ka dynamics kaʻa a me ka palekana.