ʻO kaʻu 1957 Morris Minor Utility
E nānā i kekahi kiʻi o ka liʻiliʻi ma ke kuaʻāina a i ʻole ma waho o ke kūlanakauhale a ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke pale i ka noʻonoʻo ʻana iā ʻEnelani, 1950s.
Pela no ka Lance Blanch's 1957 Morris Minor utility. ʻO kāna kaʻa nani i hoʻihoʻi ʻia he mea hoʻomanaʻo ia i kahi manawa mālie a hoʻomaha i ka wā i ʻoliʻoli ai ke kaʻa ʻana i ka Lāpule ma mua o ka hakakā ʻana ma nā alanui paʻa.
Aia ke kaʻa o Lance i kona ʻohana mai ka makahiki 1960. Ua kūʻai aku kona mau mākua iā ia mai kahi mea kālepa i hoʻonui iā ia i kahi Austin A40. "Noho mākou i kahi kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi a makemake lākou i kahi kaʻa e lawe ai i nā mea," wehewehe ʻo Lance.
Ua aʻo ʻo Lance i ka hoʻokele kaʻa a na kona makuahine i kaʻa i nā manawa āpau a hiki i ʻelua pule wale nō i hala ma mua o kona make ʻana i ka makahiki 1995. "Ma hope o kona make ʻana, hele mai ʻo Morris iaʻu a mālama wau i loko o koʻu hale kaʻa no kekahi mau makahiki. A laila ua hoʻoholo wau e hoʻihoʻi hou iā ia, a i ka makahiki 2009 ua paʻi hou i ke ala," wahi a Lance.
Hoʻohana mau ʻia ke kaʻa i loko o kona ola ʻana, a i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana, mālama ʻia ia i uku ʻia i nā makahiki. "He ʻuʻuku wale nō ka ʻōpala o ka ʻili, a ʻaʻohe ʻōpala ma ke kiʻi," wahi a Lance. Akā naʻe, ua lawe ʻo Lance i ke kaʻa a hoʻihoʻi hou.
Hoʻomaopopo ʻo Lance e holo ʻo ia ma ka liʻiliʻi hoʻokahi i hoʻokahi pule a loaʻa mau ka manaʻo. "He nui ka poʻe e hele mai i oʻu nei a nīnau e pili ana i ke kaʻa. Me he mea lā ua loaʻa i kēlā me kēia kanaka he Morrie a i ʻike paha i kekahi i loaʻa, "wahi āna.
He helu kumu ko ke kaʻa, ʻenekini kumu a me ka huila hoʻokele. Hāʻawi ka dashboard i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka lāʻau i ka ʻenehana, hoʻololi i ka lekiō kaʻa transistor kahiko me kahi mea pāʻani CD. No ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka pono o ka palekana, ua hoʻokomo ʻo Lance i nā kāʻei noho, nā noho bakeke hope kiʻekiʻe a me nā pale disc mua.
He mea hoʻolaha maʻamau ʻo Lance no ka Morris Minors a ke hana nei me ka Queensland Morris Minor Club. "Ua hiki iā mākou ke hoʻonohonoho i kahi lā demo ma RAF Amberley Heritage Center ma 18 Mei," wahi āna. "Ua hāʻawi mai ka Royal Air Force iā mākou i ka manawa e hōʻike i kā mākou mau kaʻa e pili ana i kā lākou mokulele hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni a pau, me nā mea kaua Saber, Mirage a me F111, Sioux a me Iroquois helicopters."
Ua loaʻa i kēia manawa kaʻawale ma mua o 50 mau kaʻa e komo i ka hanana. E hōʻike ʻia nā ʻano like ʻole a pau o ka Minor: ʻelua a me ʻehā mau sedans, nā mea hoʻololi, nā kaʻa huakaʻi huakaʻi a, ʻoiaʻiʻo, Lance's Utility.
David Burrell, lunahooponopono o www.retroautos.com.au
