Buick ndi kukongola kwa Australia Gone
1929 Buick Roadster inamangidwa ku Australia.
Koma chomwe mwina simukudziwa ndichakuti m'masiku oyambilira amakampani amagalimoto ku Australia, ma Buicks adapangidwa mdzikolo kuti anthu aku Australia okha.
Galimoto imodzi yotereyi ndi John Gerdz's '1929 Buick Roadster Model 24. Iye samangokonda kwambiri mtunduwo, koma wagalimoto yonse.
Pali anthu ambiri m'makampani opanga magalimoto omwe amadziwa zambiri zamtundu womwe amatha kulemba zonse m'buku. Ndipo m’malo mongolankhula za nkhaniyi, Gerdz anaganiza zochita zimenezo.
Limodzi ndi mnzake wokonda Buick Eric North, adalemba buku lakuti Buick: The Australian Story, lomwe lisindikizidwa posachedwa.
Gerdtz anali ndi ma Buick anayi pazaka zake zosonkhanitsa. Anagula koyamba mu 1968 ali ndi zaka 32. Tsopano ali ndi mitundu iwiri yotsala ndipo, monga wokonda mphesa, amakonda roadster wake. Ndi chikondi chozikidwa osati pa maonekedwe ake odabwitsa, komanso nkhani yake.
"Thupi limeneli silinapangidwe ndi Buick ku America, koma linamangidwa pano ndi Holden Motor Body Builders," akutero.
"Ndakhala ndikuthamangitsa nkhani yake ndipo 13 otsimikizika akadalipo m'magawo osiyanasiyana akuchira, koma asanu okha ndi omwe ali m'njira."
Momwe adatha kudziwa, 186 yokha mwa mitunduyi idapangidwa, ndipo Herdtz adatha kutsata chithunzi cha matupi a roadster omwe amachokera pamzere wopanga pa Woodville, Adelaide plant mu 1929, zomwe zikuwonetsa nthawi yosiyana kwambiri.
Ngakhale General Motors analibe Holden mpaka 1931, Holden Motor Body Builders inali kampani yokhayo yomanga magalimoto ku Australia ku kampani yakale yamagalimoto yaku America.
Gerdtz, yemwe adagula chitsanzo chake zaka 25 zapitazo, akuti adakopeka ndi kukula kwake kochepa komanso kukonda mtunduwo. Galimotoyo inali ya mnzake amene anayamba kuibweza koma m’malo mwake anaganiza kuti afunika mtundu wina wamtsogolo.
Choncho Gerdz anawonjezerapo m’zosonkhanitsa zake, poganiza kuti adzatha kuikonza akadzapuma.
Panali ntchito yambiri yoti ichitidwe, ndipo Gerdz anamaliza kukonzanso zinthu m’zaka 12.
“Mnzanga anachita chinachake, koma osati zambiri,” iye akutero. "Ndachita zambiri pa izi."
“Zinthu zina sungathe kuchita wekha, koma zonse zimene ndikanatha, ndazichita. Ndi zinthu ngati izi, sulemba ndalama zomwe wawononga, apo ayi umadziimba mlandu kwambiri. "
Panopa amayendetsedwa ndi anthu ochepa, chifukwa alinso ndi coupe ya 1978 Electra Park Avenue, yabwino kwambiri pamzere. Malingana ndi iye, chitsanzo chatsopanochi ndi chosavuta kulamulira pa mtunda wautali.
Koma chifukwa chakuti samayendetsa nthawi zambiri sizikutanthauza kuti ataya 4.0-lita sita-silinda roadster nthawi ina iliyonse posachedwa.
"Ndi galimoto yakale kwambiri ndipo ndi yabwino, mumayendetsa ndi zida zapamwamba kulikonse," akutero. “Sikuthamanga kwambiri, 80-90 km/h ndiye liwiro lalikulu. Ndipo ndi yofiira kwambiri, choncho imakopa chidwi."
Gerdz akuti galimotoyo si yandalama zambiri, koma sakufuna kutchula mtengo wake popeza sanagulitse yofanana ndi imeneyi kwa zaka 16.
"Mutha kugula galimoto yatsopano yapakatikati pazomwe mumapeza pazinthu zotere."
Chilakolako cha Herdz pa magalimoto a Buick chinayamba ali mwana.
Bambo a bwenzi lake anali nalo.
"Ndimakonda magalimoto oyambilira, magalimoto akale komanso magalimoto akale, zakhala zokonda zanga zaka zanga zonse," akutero.
Monga mmodzi mwa omwe anayambitsa Buick Club ya ku Australia, Gerdz akunena kuti adakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi gulu la Buick.
Akuti banja lake lakhala likuchita nawo magalimoto akale, ndipo imodzi mwama Buicks omwe amawakonda idagwiritsidwa ntchito paukwati wa ana ake aakazi awiri.
Akunena kuti nthawi ina Buicks anali ngati Mercedes wanthawiyo; galimoto yotsika mtengo. Awa anali magalimoto omwe nduna zazikulu ndi nduna zimagwiritsa ntchito. 445s anali okwera mtengo m'ma 1920. Gerdtz akuti pamtengo wa Buick mutha kugula ma Chevrolet awiri.
Kupanga kwa Buick ku Australia kudayima pomwe Holdens oyamba adayamba kupanga ndipo General Motors adatengera mfundo yakuti Holdens okha ndi omwe angakhale ku Australia.
Ndipo pamene magalimoto oyendetsa kumanja anazimitsidwa ku United States mu 1953, kunakhala kovuta kwambiri kupereka magalimoto kuno, chifukwa anafunikira kuwatembenuza kuti agwiritsidwe ntchito m’dziko lino. Chifukwa chake ngakhale kupezeka kwa Buick ku Australia kukucheperachepera pang'onopang'ono, Gerdtz akuwonetsa kuti sanafe.
Chithunzithunzi
Mtundu wa Buick Roadster 1929 24
Mtengo ndi watsopano: pound stg. 445, pafupifupi $900
Mtengo pano: pafupifupi $20,000–$30,000
Chigamulo: Palibe ma roadstaller ambiri a Buick omwe atsala, koma galimoto iyi, yopangidwa ku Australia kwa anthu aku Australia, ndi yamtengo wapatali.
