ʻO kaʻu 1949 Buick Sedanette

Manaʻo ka mea hoʻihoʻi ʻo Tari Justin Hills ʻo kāna hoʻihoʻi ʻana i kahi kaʻa ʻAmelika maʻamau e like me ke pena ʻana o kahi mea pena i ka manaʻo ma mua o ke kumu hoʻohālike i hoʻopau ʻia. "ʻAʻole loa e like ke kaʻa hana i ke kiʻi manaʻo o ka mea pena," wahi āna.

"ʻO nā kaʻa manaʻo mai kēia wā ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi, haʻahaʻa a ākea. No laila, ʻo koʻu manaʻo no ke kaʻa ʻo ia ka hana ʻana i kahi kaʻa manaʻo a lākou i makemake ai e kūkulu akā ʻaʻole i hana. "

Ua kūʻai aku ka migrant English he 39 makahiki i ke kaʻa no US $3000 ma ka pūnaewele ma 2004 a ua manaʻo ʻo ia ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i hoʻokahi makahiki ma ke kaʻa.

"Ua ʻaiʻē ʻo ia iaʻu ma mua o $100,000, akā ʻaʻole ʻo ia e kūʻai aku ke ʻole he kālā nui kekahi," wahi āna. "ʻO ka uku nui loa ʻo ka chrome plating, ʻoki a me nā kumu waiwai. Ua lilo au ma luna o $4000 no ka ʻili palupalu loa āu i ʻike ai. He palupalu loa kou makemake e nahu i loko."

Ke ʻimi nei ʻo Hills i kahi kaʻa maʻamau e hoʻihoʻi nona iho, ʻaʻole ʻo ia e ʻimi i kahi Buick. "Ke ʻimi nei au i kahi '49 James Dean Mercury i kēlā manawa, akā ʻike wau i kēia a ʻike wau e pono iaʻu," wahi āna. “ʻO ia ka manawa kūpono a me ka nānā pono; ua kaha wale ia i na pahu a'u e imi nei.

“Aloha au i kona ʻano fastback. ʻO ke ala e iho ai ka hale i lalo i ka honua." Ua hoʻokūpaʻa ʻo Hills i kēia hopena me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka ea e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ka 15 knm i ka wā i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a kokoke e pā nā panela i ka asphalt.

He mamao kēia mai ka mokuʻāina āna i kūʻai ai. "Manaʻo wau aia ʻo ia i loko o ka paddock no 30 mau makahiki a ʻaʻole i neʻe," wahi āna. “Ua piha i ka lepo. He kaʻa paha ia mai Kaleponi a i ʻole Arizona no ka mea ua maloʻo maoli akā ʻaʻole i ʻeleʻele.

Ua lawe ʻia ka ʻenekini a hoʻololi ʻia e ka mīkini Buick 1953, ʻo ia hoʻi he inline-263 me ka poloka like akā ʻoi aku ka nui o 4309 cubic iniha (XNUMX cc).

"Maikaʻi ka pahu pahu, akā ua wehe ʻia nā mea āpau a hana hou ʻia," wahi āna. "He pahu pahu pahu ʻekolu-wikiwiki a holo maikaʻi loa ia," wahi āna.

"Hana ʻo ia i nā mea āpau no ka mea he mea hou nā mea āpau. Ua kūkulu au iā ia no ka holo ʻana, akā ʻaʻole wau e holo nui."

"Mai koʻu hoʻopau ʻana, makemake nui au i ka hoʻokele. Ua like ia me ka ʻohi ʻana i kahi hana noʻeau. Noho ʻo ia i loko o kahi pahu kiʻi kiʻi i loko o kaʻu hale hana a pono wau e hana e mālama i ka maʻemaʻe no ka mea ʻeleʻele." Akā, hoʻokele ʻo ia i ka Jaguar Mk X i kēlā me kēia lā 1966, i kapa ʻia ʻo ia "ʻo ka Jaguar haʻahaʻa loa i ka honua." Aloha au iā lākou. Ua like lākou me kahi Buick - he moku nui mai kahi kaʻa, "wahi āna.

“ʻAʻole wau makemake i nā kaʻa hou. Leʻaleʻa wale wau i ka manaʻo o ka hoʻokele kaʻa kahiko. Pono pinepine au e hele i Sydney a lawe mau au iā Jag. Hana ʻo ia i kāna hana a nānā maikaʻi. "

Ua hoʻomaka ka mea hana kaʻa a hoʻihoʻi hou ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻoponopono kaʻa a ua hana i nā kaʻa no nā mea kūʻai mai Darwin a Dubai.

ʻOiai ua manaʻo ʻo ia ʻo kāna Buick ka mea maikaʻi loa āna i hana ai, ʻo kāna ʻoihana pipiʻi loa he 1964 Aston Martin DB4 convertible āna i hoʻihoʻi ai no kahi luna hoʻolaha ma Sydney. "Ua kūʻai aku ʻo ia iā ia ma hope no 275,000 (ma kahi o $555,000) i kahi hale hōʻikeʻike Swiss."

Akā ʻaʻole pili i ke kālā. ʻO kāna moeʻuhane e hoʻihoʻi i kahi kaʻa no ka Pebble Beach Hall kaulana. “ʻO kēia kaʻu pahuhopu ʻoihana. He mea maikaʻi ke lilo i Bugatti, "wahi āna.