ʻO kaʻu Triumph Spitfire 1965 Mk4 2 makahiki

... ma Lakeside a hele i kahi 360 hihiu i kāna 1965 Triumph Spitfire Mk4 2.

Ua hāʻule ke kaʻa haʻuki Pelekāne i ka pā ma lalo o ke alahaka a hoʻopau i ka lā sprint club a Ezzy.

“Ua pā au i ka 101.01 mph (162.6 km/h) akā ua huki au a pā i ka pā.

"Akā hiki iaʻu ke lawe iā ia i ka home."

Ua kūʻai ʻo Gold Coater, 57, i ke kaʻa no $50 wale nō ma kahi hale ʻōpala kūloko i ka makahiki 1978 no kona kaikuahine.

"E kiʻi ana ʻo ia i kāna laikini a makemake mākou i kaʻa i hiki iā ia ke hoʻokele, no laila ua kūʻai au iā ia," wahi āna.

"A laila ua mare ʻo ia a ʻaʻole makemake, no laila hoʻomau wau i kēia mau makahiki a pau, kūkulu, kūkulu, kūkulu, hoʻolimalima a hoʻomaikaʻi.

"Ua hana wau i kahi kaʻa Harley hōʻike maʻamau a makemake mau wau e hana i kahi kaʻa."

I ka wā i loaʻa ai iā Ezzy, ʻo ka Spitfire he mea ʻino ʻino, no laila ua kūʻai ʻo ia i kino ʻē aʻe ma Melbourne a hoʻomaka ʻo ia e wehe i ka ʻōpala a hoʻololi i nā panela a loaʻa iā ia kahi kaʻa piha.

Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia a hoʻopaʻa inoa iā ia i ka makahiki 1982 a ua holo ʻo ia mai ia manawa.

Ua pena ʻia ka Spitfire kumu i keʻokeʻo me ka ʻāpana ʻulaʻula, he pahu pahu pahu ʻehā-wikiwiki a me kahi ʻenekini ʻehā-cylinder 1147cc me kahi 47 kW a me ka wikiwiki o 96 mph (155 km/h).

Ua pena ʻo Ezzy i ka Spitfire i kāna polū punahele, hoʻoluhi i ka ʻenekini a kokoke i 1300cc. pahu pahu ma hope o ka mea i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka wā '13 Speed ​​​​on Tweed sprint hoʻokūkū.

"Ke hana nei au i kaʻu mau hana a pau iaʻu iho," wahi āna.

"E holo ana ia ma 4000 rpm, akā makemake wau e hoʻokuʻu i ka diff mai 4.875 a i 4.1."

Maikaʻi ke kala ʻana, ʻaʻole maoli nā peʻa, a ʻaʻohe ona mea kani a pau Jaeger.

Akā, e like me kā Ezzy i ʻōlelo ai, "aia nā kālā āpau ma lalo."

E wehe i kēlā ʻāpana nui i mua a ʻike ʻoe i ka ʻenekini i loko o ka chrome gleaming.

"Maikaʻi nā chrome āpau, akā mālama ia i ka wela, no laila pono wau e hoʻonohonoho pono i ka hoʻoluʻu. I ka wā e hiki mai ana, e hoʻohana au i nā ʻāpana kila kila ma mua o nā chrome, "wahi āna.

"Hoʻoikaika nui ʻo Chrome e mālama i ka maʻemaʻe."

Aia kekahi pā ea nui ma lalo e holo ana mai mua a i hope.

"Maikaʻi ia no kahi hōʻike kahi e kau ai lākou ma luna o kahi hāpai no ka mea ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike i ka pahu pahu a me nā mea hana ʻē aʻe," wahi āna. "Maʻemaʻe ka nānā aku."

ʻO kēlā holo hihiu ma Lakeside i alakaʻi i ʻelua mau hoʻololi ʻē aʻe ma hope o kona hoʻopaʻa ʻana i kahi papa niho; mea kinai ahi ma ka papahele mua a me ka pahu owili.

"Ma kahi o 99 pakeneka o kaʻu makemake," wahi āna. "Ke holo nei au e like me kaʻu hiki, ke ʻae ʻia ka wā."

Ke pōʻino maoli ka ʻino, hiki iā ia ke hoʻohana i ka uhi kumu a i ʻole ka fiberglass hardtop.

"Ua hoʻowalewale ʻia wau i kekahi mau manawa e kūʻai aku, akā he aha kaʻu e hana ai ma hope?" i ninau aku ai oia. "Ua hāʻawi ʻia iaʻu he $22,000, akā ua hoʻōki au i ka mālama ʻana i nā loiloi no $30,0000."

“He mea leʻaleʻa a he ʻāpana o koʻu ola. ʻAʻole wau i male, ʻaʻohe aʻu keiki, no laila kaʻu keiki kēia."