ʻO nā hōkū Vauxhall ma ka pale kālā

E ʻike ʻia kēia Vauxhall maʻamau i ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni "Australia".

ʻO ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni hou loa a Baz Luhrmann e hōʻike i ke ʻano nui a nani hoʻi. ʻOʻAsuria. I ka lohe ʻana o kahi hoaaloha ʻoihana e pono ana nā mea hana kiʻiʻoniʻoni i kahi kaʻa kūikawā kahiko, ua hele mai kahi Vauxhall kahiko i ka manaʻo.

Ma mua o kona ʻike ʻana, aia ʻo Sheldon i ka lole kaʻa ma ke kahua o ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni.

“Aia na hoku a pau. Ua wehe ʻo Hugh Jackman i ka puka, komo i loko a hele ma hope o ka huila e nānā," wahi āna. “Nicole Kidman, Bryan Brown, ka luna alakaʻi ʻo Baz Luhrmann; aia lākou a pau i laila."

Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Sheldon i kahi kamaʻilio me kekahi kanaka ʻē aʻe ma ka hoʻonohonoho, a ua haʻi ʻia ma hope ʻo Keith Urban.

"He manawa manawa hoʻokahi i loko o ke ola a ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke hoʻomaikaʻi i koʻu hoaaloha no ka lawe ʻana iaʻu i kēia ʻoihana," wahi āna.

ʻAʻole i kaupalena ʻia ke ʻano kūikawā o ke kaʻa i nā kāmera. ʻO ka sedan kamahaʻo kekahi o nā mea ʻelua i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia ma nā alanui o Australia.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sheldon, ʻoiai he 22 mau mea ola i ʻike ʻia o ke kŘkohu, he nui nā mea i pohō a ʻaʻole i hana hou. ʻO kēia lepili "kūlana hana" i hoʻopaʻa i ke kumu hoʻohālike o Sheldon i kāna kūʻai mua ʻana iā ia i ʻelua makahiki i hala.

Ua kūʻai ka mea nona mua i ke kaʻa no nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe i loaʻa iā ia, akā ʻaʻole i ʻaʻa e luku aku, no laila ua hoʻihoʻi ʻo ia. ʻO ka hana wale nō i koe, ʻo ia ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻenekini 26.3 hp Vauxhall ʻeono pahu. (19.3 kW).

"He kūlana maikaʻi loa ia e pili ana i ke kino, ka pena a me ka chrome, akā ma ke ʻano mechanical, ʻaʻole ia i hana," wahi a Sheldon.

"Aia i loko o kahi kūlana pōʻino loa a pono i ka hoʻoponopono mechanical piha," wahi āna.

ʻAʻole ʻimi ʻo Sheldon i kāna kaʻa kūpono loa, akā ua loaʻa iā ia. Ma kahi pāʻina hui, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e noʻonoʻo ana ʻo ia e kūʻai i kahi Vauxhall ʻē aʻe a ua hoʻolauna koke ʻia ʻo ia i kahi mea makemake e kūʻai aku.

“ʻAʻole au i ʻimi maoli. Ua noʻonoʻo wau iā ia, akā ua like ia, a hele wau e ʻike a aloha wau iā ia, "hoʻomanaʻo ʻo ia.

Ma hope o ka uku ʻana i ke kumukūʻai noi o $12,000, ua hoʻolimalima ʻo Sheldon i nā hoaaloha e hoʻihoʻi i ke ola i ke kaʻa.

"ʻO koʻu hoaaloha maikaʻi, ua hana ʻo ia i nā hana a pau, ʻo ia a me kona makuakāne," wahi āna. "ʻO ko lākou ikaika ka Austin 7s. He hana maikaʻi loa kā lākou... holo kaʻa e like me ke kaʻa hou. ʻElua paha makahiki i hala. Ua hoʻomaka lākou e hana ma kahi o ʻelua mahina i hala. "

Wahi a Sheldon me 74 mau makahiki o ka mōʻaukala, paʻakikī ke loaʻa nā ʻāpana kaʻa. Ua hoʻomaka nā hoaaloha e hana i ka hoʻoponopono ʻenekini e hana i kekahi mau ʻāpana iā lākou iho.

Ua hauʻoli ʻo Sheldon a me kāna wahine i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i kā lāua mau kaikamahine ʻelua a ʻekolu makahiki i nā noho keiki a hele i ke alanui i ka wā e hana ana ke kaʻa.

“He leʻaleʻa nui ia, akā hiki ke paʻakikī loa; kaumaha ma ka huila hookele, kaumaha ma na kaa, a noho oe iluna, e like me ka eha huila kaa," wahi ana.

"Maikaʻi ka ʻike, akā ʻaʻole ia e like me ke kaʻa ʻana i kahi kaʻa hou, ʻoiaʻiʻo, no ka mea, kaumaha nā mea a pau a lohi."

E hoʻāʻo ka ʻohana Sheldon i ka wā e hele ai lākou i ka Snowy Mountains no ka Vauxhall National Rally i Ianuali.

"Makemake au i kahi kaʻa gangster Al Capone. Aloha wale au i kona ʻano,” wahi a Sheldon.

Eia naʻe, lohe ʻia ka ʻoliʻoli mai ka noho kaʻa wale nō.

“E nā keiki liʻiliʻi, makemake nui lākou. Hele pupule lākou. Hoʻonoho mākou i nā noho keiki ma hope a noho lākou ma laila a kīkī i ko lākou mau wāwae a hauʻoli iā ia, "wahi āna.

Ma kahi o 3500 o kēia mau Vauxhalls i kūʻai ʻia ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, a ʻōlelo ʻo Sheldon he ʻoi aku ko lākou Australian ma mua o ka manaʻo he nui. "He ʻokoʻa kēia kaʻa ma Australia no ka mea he kino Holden maoli nō ia," wehewehe ʻo ia. “He nui nā kaʻa i nā makahiki 1930 a me 1940 i hana ʻia e Holden; ke hana nei lākou i nā kaʻa a hiki i ke Kaua Honua I.

"Ua hana ʻia kēia kaʻa ma South Australia."

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sheldon, i kēlā manawa ma Australia, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kaʻa i loaʻa i ka poʻe nona ka ʻāina nui i makemake e hoʻohana iā lākou no nā alanui ʻawaʻawa ma waho, ʻoiai ʻo nā kaʻa koʻikoʻi e hoʻopau i nā lua a pau.

"No kahi kaʻa Pelekane, he ʻAmelika loa ia, ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o nā kaʻa Pelekane o kēia au."

ʻAʻole hou ka inoa ʻo Vauxhall iā Sheldon.

Ua kūʻai kona makuakāne i kahi kaʻa kaʻa hou ʻo Vauxhall Victor ma 1971.

Ua ukali ʻia ke kaʻa i ka wā i neʻe ai kona ʻohana i Australia mai ʻEnelani i ka wā he 10 mau makahiki ʻo Sheldon.

“Ua hele hewa mai. (ʻO nā kaʻa kaʻa) ua hoʻouna i kahi kaʻa ma mua o nā lako," wahi āna. "ʻO kēia ke kaʻa mua aʻu i hoʻomanaʻo ai i loaʻa iā mākou a hahai mai iā mākou i Australia."

I ka manawa i hala ai ʻo Sheldon i kāna hōʻike hoʻokele kaʻa a loaʻa kāna laikini, hāʻawi kona makuakāne i nā kī iā ia. A ʻōlelo ʻo Sheldon he nui nā poʻe e pili ana i ka hui kaʻa e hōʻike i ka hoihoi i ka brand, i hāʻawi ʻia mai ko lākou mau makua kāne a i ʻole nā ​​​​mākua iā lākou.

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