ʻO kaʻu Studebaker Lark 1960
He hui i hoʻomaka i ke ola ma Indiana i ka makahiki 1852 e hana ana i nā kaʻa no ka poʻe mahiʻai, miners a me ka pūʻali koa, a ma 1902 hoʻomaka e hana i nā kaʻa uila. "Pono lākou e hana mau i nā kaʻa uila," wahi a Lucas. Ua hoʻololi ʻo Studebaker i nā kaʻa ʻaila i ka makahiki 1912, a ʻo ke kumu hoʻohālike hope loa i ʻōwili ʻia mai ka laina hui Kanada ma 1966.
"He mau kaʻa maikaʻi nā Studebakers ma mua o ko lākou manawa," wahi a Lucas. Hōʻike ʻo ia i ka makahiki 1946 ua hoʻokomo lākou i ka hiʻohiʻona Hill Holder ("hoʻokomo i ka pahu a hoʻokuʻu iā ia e hele a ʻaʻole ia e ʻōwili i lalo o ka puʻu"), a i ka makahiki 1952 ua hoʻokuʻu lākou i kahi hoʻouna ʻekolu-wikiwiki me ka overdrive manual. i kēlā me kēia kaʻa. "A lanakila lākou ma kahi o kēlā me kēia heihei waiwai i nā makahiki 50 a me 60," wahi a Lucas.
ʻO Lucas, 67, ka luna o Caboolture Motorcycles, nona ka 1960 hardtop Studebaker Lark āna i kūʻai ai ma 2002 no $5000 mai kahi mea nona Victorian. "Ua ʻoi aku ka ʻino ma mua o ka Cherry Venture," wahi āna. "Ua kūkulu hou au iaʻu iho me ke kōkua iki mai nā hoaaloha. Pono wau e hoʻololi i ka lalo a me nā paepae, hoʻokaʻawale i ka kaʻa a me ka pahu pahu, a ʻoi aku ka nui. "Maikaʻi maoli nō ia, akā kau wau i nā pahu diski i mua e hoʻōki ai no ka mea ʻaʻole ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā pahu pahu kahiko."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Lucas, ʻo ke kanaka āna i kūʻai mai ai, he ʻōlelo hoʻomākeʻaka ʻo ia i manaʻo ʻia no ka mea hoʻokani ʻAmelika ʻo Tim Conway, ka mea nāna i hoʻokani i ka Ensign Parker ʻaʻole naʻauao ma ka ʻeleʻele keʻokeʻo TV kahiko ʻo McHale's Navy.
"I ka haʻi ʻana mai o ke kanaka iaʻu, ʻōlelo wau, 'ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke haʻi mai iaʻu ʻo Clark Gable a ʻo Humphrey Bogart paha, hiki iā ʻoe?'" ʻakaʻaka ʻo ia. "ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke hoʻopili iā ia (Conway). Ke ola nei ʻo ia. Makemake au e kiʻi iā ia me ke kaʻa. ʻIke ʻia, nona ia no nā makahiki he nui. Ua holo ke kaʻa ma kahi o hoʻokahi miliona mile."
Ua kūʻai ʻo Lucas i ke kaʻa no kona makemake i kona ʻano. "Ua hoʻomau wau i ia mea. Ua hana au ma ia mea no ekolu makahiki aneane mau i ka po, no ka mea, hana au i na la eono o ka pule.
“ʻO ka mālama ʻana iaʻu i loko o ka hale pā i ka pō, ua hauʻoli paha kaʻu wahine. ʻO kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao, ua kūpono ka hoʻoikaika ʻana. He kaʻa liʻiliʻi nui kēia. Ma nā wahi a pau aʻu e hele ai, kiʻi nā kānaka iā ia.” Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Lucas ʻo ia wale nō ke ʻano o ia ʻano ma Queensland a ʻo kekahi o ʻekolu ma Australia.
Hoʻihoʻi hou ʻo ia i kahi 1952 Studebaker Commander Starlight V8 Coupe i hoʻolālā ʻia e Raymond Lowry, ka mea hoʻolālā ʻenehana i kuleana no ka ʻōmole Coke a me ka ʻeke cigarette Lucky Strike.
ʻO kāna kaʻa mua he 1934 Dodge Tourer āna i kūʻai ai no 50 i kona wā he 14 mau makahiki i kona noho ʻana ma Manly, Sydney. "Ua lawe au iā ia i ke kula a ʻaʻole maopopo iaʻu pehea wau i hopu ʻole ʻia ai," wahi āna. "I kēlā mau lā, hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i nā mea like."
“Ma ka pō Pōʻalima a me ka Pōʻaono ua holo mākou i Manly Corsa ma kā mākou Customlines, paka a hahau i nā kaikamahine me ka lāʻau. He kanaka elemakule au me ka haaheo no ia mea."
Ua haʻaheo ʻo Lucas ʻo ia ke kanaka Ford. "Ua loaʻa iaʻu nā Ford āpau mai 1932 a 1955," wahi āna. "He V8 nui ko lākou a he kaʻa wikiwiki lākou, a he Ford ma kēlā me kēia pā hale a hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai aku iā lākou."
Ua neʻe ʻo ia i Queensland i ka makahiki 1970 ma ke ʻano he luna kūʻai no Yamaha a holo i nā kaʻa kaʻa lepo a ma hope ua wehe ʻo ia i kahi ʻoihana kūʻai kaʻa. "Ua hiki au i kahi pae o koʻu ola kahi aʻu i hōʻoluʻolu ai, no laila, i kekahi lā e nānā ana au ma kahi nūpepa kaʻa a manaʻo wau makemake wau e hoʻihoʻi i kahi kaʻa kahiko," wahi āna.
“He mea leʻaleʻa ke hele i nā hana a pau a hoʻomanaʻo pū me nā poʻe o koʻu mau makahiki. Manaʻo ka poʻe he poʻe kahiko naʻaupō mākou, akā ʻaʻole mākou; hauʻoli wale mākou i ke ola. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka hoʻi ʻana i ka home, wehe i ka pia a noho i mua o ke TV."
E hauʻoli ʻo Lucas i ke ola me kāna mau hoa kahiko ke hōʻike ʻo ia i kāna Skylark ma ka makahiki Studebaker Concourse ma ʻAukake 30 ma South Shore mai 9am a 3pm.
