He 60 makahiki o Austin Healey

ʻO ka māmā, ʻo ka Austin Healey e like me ke kaʻa haʻuki. Ua makemake nā kānaka a pau.

ʻO ke kaʻa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa ʻelua i makemake ʻole ʻia i ka mākeke ʻAmelika e ulu nei, a no nā makahiki he ʻumikumamāhiku e hiki mai ana, ua hōʻike ʻo Healey i ke ʻano o ke kaʻa haʻuki kiʻekiʻe.

Aia ʻo Donald Healy i kona mau kanalima i ka wā i hoʻomohala ai ʻo ia i kahi kaʻa kaʻa ʻelua me Austin. He mau makahiki ma mua, ua hoʻolālā ʻo Healy, ʻenehana, kūʻai aku a hoʻokūkū i nā kaʻa haʻuki like ʻole i lawe i kona inoa. ʻO ka mea maʻamau, ʻo ia ka hui pū ʻana o nā ʻenekini haole, nā pahu pahu, nā papa a me nā ʻāpana i hoʻolele ʻia e Donald i kāna kilokilo.

Ma hope o ke Kaua Honua II, ua ʻike ʻo Healy he mākeke kaʻa haʻuki nui ʻole ʻo ʻAmelika. Ua hoʻāʻo ʻo ia i kāna laki me kahi huakaʻi nui nui. He ʻenekini Nash 6-cylinder a ua hoʻolālā ʻia e Pinin Farina, he Italia i kauoha ʻia e hoʻomohala i nā kaʻa kaʻa nui Nash. ʻO 500 Nash Healey wale nō i kūʻai ʻia i ka wā i hoʻopau ʻia ai ka ʻaelike me Nash i ka makahiki 1954 i ka hui ʻana ʻo Nash lāua ʻo Hudson e hoʻokumu i ka Hui ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.

I kēia manawa, ua loaʻa i ka luna o Austin Motor Company ʻo Leonard Lord kona ʻike ponoʻī ʻAmelika. Ua mālama ʻo Haku i ka ʻAkelanika Austin (A 90). Hoʻomanaʻo iā lākou? ʻIke ʻia, poina ʻole. Hiki ke hoʻololi Pelekane, ʻehā pahu a me ʻekolu mau kukui, e like me ka 1948 Tucker. Manaʻo ka Haku e kūʻai aku lākou i ka ʻino i ka US.

ʻAʻole lākou. No laila, ua liʻiliʻi loa ʻo Austin i nā ʻenekini 4-cylinder. Pono kēia i ka nānā wikiwiki, a makemake mau ʻo Lorde i nā manaʻo o ka kūleʻa ma US. E like me Healy.

Ua hoʻoholo pū lākou e lilo ka ʻenekini Atlantika i kumu no kahi kaʻa e hoʻonoho ʻia ma ka mākeke US ma lalo o ke kumukūʻai Jaguar XK 120 a ma luna o ka MGTD haʻahaʻa loa.

ʻO ka mea nui, hāʻawi ʻo Healy i ka ʻike loea a me ka maikaʻi mechanical, ʻoiai ʻo Lorde i hāʻawi i ka ʻenekini a me ke kālā.

Hoʻolālā ʻia mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana no ka holo hema a me ka lima ʻākau, ua paʻi ka Healey 100 hou i ka 100 mph i nā hoʻāʻo a ua hoʻomaikaʻi koke ʻia ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua o ka Atlantika. Māmā i ke kaumaha, paʻa e like me ke kaʻa haʻuki. Ua makemake nā kānaka a pau. Ke hana mau nei nā kānaka a pau.

I nā makahiki he 15 e hiki mai ana, ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo Healy i ke kaʻa, e hoʻokomo ana i kahi ʻenekini 6-cylinder i ka makahiki 1959. I ka huina, kūʻai aku ʻo Healy ma luna o 70,000 kope ma waena o 1952 a me 1968. ʻOkoʻa nā moʻolelo e pili ana i ka make ʻana o Healy. Hoʻopiʻi ka hapa nui i ka British Motor Corporation (BMC) no ka hōʻole ʻana i ka hoʻolālā hou ʻana i ke kaʻa e hoʻokō i nā lula palekana ʻAmelika i ka makahiki 1970.

Ua kūkulu ʻo Healy i kahi prototype e hōʻike ai i nā luna hoʻomalu Pelekania he mea maʻalahi ke hana. Akā hoʻomau ʻo BMC. ʻAʻohe Austin Healy. ʻO ia ka mea hiki iā Donald a me kāna hui ke kuhikuhi iā Jensen ma kahi ʻē aʻe. A he moʻolelo ʻokoʻa loa kēia.

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