ʻO kaʻu ʻOhi Pontiac
Ua loaʻa iā Paul Halter, 54, o North Arm on the Sunshine Coast, kona inoa kapakapa mai nā makahiki o ka hoʻohuli ʻana i nā kaʻa ʻAmelika, ʻo ka hapa nui o Pontiacs, i ka hoʻokele lima ʻākau.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua hoʻihoʻi, hoʻohuli, kūʻai aku, a nona nā kaʻa he 600 i nā makahiki, a i kēia manawa he ʻumi mau kaʻa i loko o kona kua a me ka hale hoʻoheheʻe, a me kekahi mau papahana hoʻihoʻi hou. "Ua ʻohi au i nā kaʻa i koʻu ola a pau," wahi āna. "I koʻu male ʻana he 35 mau makahiki i hala, ua hoʻoweliweli kaʻu wahine inā loaʻa iaʻu nā kaʻa hou aʻe, e haʻalele ʻo ia iaʻu. Aia nō ʻo ia ma ʻaneʻi.
Ua loaʻa iā Holter kāna kaʻa mua i ka makahiki 11. "Ua kūʻai koʻu makuakāne i Mk V Jag, kūʻai aku i nā kaʻa a me ka pākaukau, a hāʻawi mai iaʻu i ke koena," wahi āna. "Ua kūʻai aku au a kūʻai aku i kahi '48 Ford Prefect no $40."
ʻO kāna mau kaʻa i kēlā me kēia lā ʻo 2005 CVZ Monaro, 2007 Holden Rodeo a me 2008 Honda Civic, ʻoiai ʻo kāna mau kaʻa hōʻiliʻili ʻia ʻo 1976 Chrysler VK Valiant Hemi, 1968 Pontiac Firebird Convertible, 1959 Plymouth Suburban haʻuki kaʻa, 1960 Chrysler VK Venant-Atura, 1962 Chrysler VK Valiant Hemi he kaʻa heihei 1983 Pontiac Trans Am.
Ua kūʻai ʻo ia i Trans Am no $2000 a lilo ia i kaʻa heihei, wehe i ka ʻenekini 305 Chevy a me ʻehā-wikiwiki hoʻoili a hoʻololi iā lākou me kahi mīkini 5.7-lita Commodore III hanauna V8, Tremec ʻeono-wikiwiki hoʻoili, a hoʻohui i kahi GT. -R. ʻO Skyline hoʻokuʻu hope a me nā kaʻa. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e hoʻopau ma kahi o 350 hp i nā huila hope.
ʻO kāna papahana i kēia manawa he Plymouth, āna i kūʻai ai i ʻelua makahiki i hala no $8500. He ʻeiwa kona mau noho, me ka lālani huli hope. Haʻalele ʻo ia i ka kaʻa lima hema akā hoʻololi i ka mīkini no kahi 440 V8 āna i kūʻai ai ma ka pūnaewele. "ʻAʻole au i ʻike i ke kumukūʻai o kēia mau mea āpau," wahi āna. "Makemake au ʻaʻole ʻike no ka mea hiki ke uku.
"ʻO nā mea liʻiliʻi a pau āu e kūʻai ai i kēlā hoʻohui." Ua lilo ʻo ia a hiki i $40,000 i nā makahiki ʻeono i hala aku nei ma kahi hoihoi Ventura aloha āna i kūʻai ai no $11,000 a hoʻolālā e hoʻolilo ma kahi o $30,000 "a i ʻole kekahi mea like" ma kahi S Series Valiant. "Ke hana liʻiliʻi ʻoe, ʻaʻohe manaʻo nui loa," wahi āna.
Hoʻolālā ʻo ia e hoʻolako i ka ʻenekini ʻeono-cylinder Valiant 225 me ka hoʻokele wahie a me ka turbocharging. “ʻO 145 hp kona mana. (108kW), akā manaʻo wau hiki iaʻu ke pana i ka waena o 300s, "wahi āna. "Naʻu e hana i nā hana mechanical āpau, akā na ka poʻe akamai ka hana o loko, pena a me ke kino."
He kanaka hoʻokele kaʻaahi akamai ʻo Holter i neʻe mai Victoria a i Queensland i 21 mau makahiki i hala a hoʻomaka i kāna ʻoihana hoʻohuli lima ʻākau. He ʻoihana hoʻi ʻo ia e lawe mai ana i nā sedans ʻehā puka ʻole o Nissan Laurel me ka kaʻa huila hope, akā ua ʻike ʻia ua loli pinepine nā kānāwai hoʻokō. Ua kūʻai ʻo ia i ka franchise Autobarn i ʻeono makahiki i hala a hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope.
Pono e holo pono ka ʻoihana no ka mea ua hiki iā Holter ke hoʻomāʻona i kona hoihoi i nā kaʻa ʻAmelika ma o ka hana ʻana i kekahi mau huakaʻi i ʻAmelika e kūʻai i nā kaʻa a hoʻouna iā lākou i ka home no ka hana hou a me ka hoʻihoʻi.
A ke nānā mau nei ʻo Holter i kāna papahana aʻe. Ke noʻonoʻo nei ʻo ia i ke kālepa ʻana i kāna Firebird no ka Grand Prix a loaʻa iā ia kahi wahi palupalu no ka Valiant Charger, ʻoiai ua ʻike ʻo ia he kumukūʻai nui loa i kēia mau lā, a hiki i kahi $ 300,000.
