ʻO kaʻu lanakila 1977TC 2500.

Ua kūʻai ʻia kēia 1977 2500 Triumph TC no $1500 wale nō a hoʻohana ʻia ma ke kaʻa i kēlā me kēia lā.

Ua kūʻai ʻo Patrick Harrison i kāna 1977 Triumph 2500 TC (me nā carburetors māhoe) no $1500 wale nō a ke hoʻohana nei ia i mea hoʻokele i kēlā me kēia lā.

I ka wā mua, e ʻimi ana ʻo Patrick i kahi Valiant mai nā makahiki he kanahiku. "Ua holo au i kekahi o lākou, akā ua kaumaha lākou a ʻaʻole au i mahalo." 'Ōleloʻo ia. A laila, e like me ka mea maʻamau me nā kaʻa maʻamau, ʻike ʻo ia i kahi hoʻolaha no ka Triumph a ʻike ʻo ia aia ma ke kula e hiki mai ana.

“He ʻekolu mau mea nona kēia kaʻa a ua hāʻawi mua ʻia i South Australia. He awelika ke kūlana no kona mau makahiki. Maikaʻi nā kumu, maikaʻi ka ʻenekini, a maikaʻi ke kino ʻulaʻula, akā ua hana ka mea nona nā hoʻoponopono liʻiliʻi a makemake ʻo ia e hoʻohana i ka bluetack i mea hoʻopili, "wahi a Patrick.

I loko o nā mahina ʻekolu e hiki mai ana, ua hāʻawi ʻo Patrick a me kona makuakāne iā ia i kahi hoʻoponopono piha, kahi i pani ʻia ai ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia a me ka loko. "Ua kūʻai au i loko piha no $100 wale nō a hoʻohui i nā makapō i ka puka makani hope," wahi a Patrick me ka haʻaheo. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke hana me ke kōkua ʻole o koʻu makuakāne, "hoʻohui ʻo ia.

Ua hāʻawi ʻo Triumph of Victoria club i nā ʻōlelo aʻo a me nā kākoʻo i ka wā o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka ʻimi ʻana i nā ʻāpana a me ka ʻike. "ʻO wau ko lākou lālā ʻōpio," wahi a Patrick.

Ua hoʻokuʻu mua ʻia ma UK i ka hopena o 1963 i loko o kahi mana ʻelua-lita, ʻo ka Triumph 2000 kahi kaʻa hanohano ʻeono-cylinder e kuhikuhi ana i ka mākeke hoʻokele waena. Me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i hope kūʻokoʻa, nā kaʻa disc mua mana, ka papa hana lāʻau-panele, nā noho kiʻekiʻe a me ke ʻano hoʻonaninani mai ka Italian Giovanni Michelotti, ua lanakila koke ka Triumph. ʻO nā hoʻomaikaʻi ma hope mai he 75kW 2.5L pololei-ʻeono a hoʻolālā hou ʻia i mua a i hope.

ʻO kā Patrick kaʻa he ʻehā-wikiwiki lawe lima a me kahi koho hoʻokele mana loa. "Ke holo nei me he kaʻa 21st century," wahi a Patrick. "ʻAʻole au i loaʻa nā pilikia mechanical me ia."

I kekahi manawa, ua hana ʻia ka hui Australian o ka Triumph e Australian Motor Industries (AMI) ma Melbourne. Ua hana pū ʻo AMI iā Toyota, Mercedes Benz a me American Ramblers. ʻO ka kaʻa o Patrick kekahi o nā 2500TC hope loa e ʻōwili i ka laina hui mai ka wā i hoʻopau ʻia ai ka hana ʻana i ka makahiki 1978.

Hoʻopili ke kaʻa i ka manaʻo me kona kala ʻulaʻula kupaianaha. "He nui kaʻu poʻe i kū a kamaʻilio me aʻu. Ua hāʻawi mai kekahi iaʻu i ke kālā ma kahi o ke kaʻa, "wahi a Patrick iā Carsguide. ʻAʻole ʻo ia e kūʻai aku, akā ke noʻonoʻo nei ʻo ia i kāna mea maʻamau e hiki mai ana. "Ua noʻonoʻo wau e kiʻi i kahi Deer," wahi āna.

David Burrell, lunahooponopono www.retroautos.com.au