My Austin Healy 1962 MkII BT3000 '7
Eia ke ʻano o ka mea ʻenekinia mua ʻo Keith Bailey i koho ai e hōʻailona i ka hanana. Ua hele mai ʻo Bailey i Australia i ka makahiki 1964 a ua hana ʻo ia ma South Australia's Woomera Missile Range, ʻo ia ka kahua hoʻāʻo pale ʻāina nui loa a me ka aerospace ma ka honua a me ka nui o ka ʻāina home o Bailey o ʻEnelani. "A hiki i ka makahiki 1972, he ʻenekini mīkini ʻenekini Rollls-Royce au," wahi āna.
ʻOiai e noho ana ma Australia mai ia manawa mai, he manaʻo koʻikoʻi ʻo Bailey i ka nani Pelekane e like me kēia ʻano hoʻohālike. Hoʻohana ʻia ia e kahi ʻenekini 2912cc inline ʻeono pahu e hiki ai i ka wikiwiki kiʻekiʻe o 112.9 mph (181.7 km / h), 0 a 100 km / h ka wikiwiki i 10.9 kekona a me ka hoʻohana wahie o 23.5 mpg (12 l/100 km). ). ʻO kēia wale nō ʻo Austin Healey 3000 me triple SU HS4 carburetors.
ʻO ke kino o ke kaʻa haʻuki Pelekāne i hana ʻia e Jensen Motors, a ua hōʻuluʻulu ʻia nā kaʻa ma ka hale kūʻai ʻo British Motor Corporation ma Abingdon. Ua kūkulu ʻia he 11,564 mau hiʻohiʻona MkII, nona ka 5096 BT7 MkII. Nui ka poʻe i heihei ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa a ua hoʻokūkū pū ma Bathurst. Ua kūʻai lākou i $1362 hou, akā kūʻai ʻo Bailey iā ia ma $1994 no $17,500.
Ua lawe ʻia ke kaʻa mai ʻAmelika mai me ʻelua mau mea hōʻiliʻili Brisbane. "ʻO ka US ka wahi maikaʻi loa e kūʻai ai iā lākou no ka mea ʻo ka hapa nui o lākou i hele i laila," wahi a Bailey. “Aia ʻo ia ma ke kūlana kūpono. He kaʻa lima hema ia a pono wau e hoʻololi i ia mea ʻaʻole paʻakikī loa ʻoiai ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia. No ka mea he ʻōlelo Pelekania, aia nā puka a me nā pono āpau no ka huila ʻākau, akā pono e hoʻololi ʻia ka dashboard.
Ua haʻaheo ʻo Bailey ua hana ʻo ia i ka hapa nui o ka hana. Eia nō naʻe, ua hana ʻia ka pena nani ʻelua leo a me ka paneling e ka hui hoʻoponopono ʻo Sleeping Beauty o Brisbane. Ua pololei ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka Luca magneto kumu, wipers, horn, kukui a me ka generator. Ua kapa pinepine ʻia ka ʻoihana uila uila ʻo Birmingham ʻo ke Aliʻi o ka Pōʻeleʻele ma muli o kona kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o ka hāʻule ʻole, akā ʻoiaʻiʻo nō ʻo Bailey.
"ʻAʻole ia i hoʻokuʻu iaʻu i kēia manawa," wahi āna. "Makemake ka poʻe e hōʻino iā Lucas - no ke kumu maikaʻi aʻu i manaʻo ai - akā nui nā mokulele i hoʻohana iā lākou. "ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu i kēia mau lā."
