My 1969 Daihatsu Compagno Spider.
Wogulitsa magalimoto ku Brisbane wazaka 57 wagulitsa Hyundai, Daihatsu, Daewoo ndi Toyota kwa moyo wake wonse wachikulire, kotero ndizomveka kuti ndi wokonda magalimoto aku Japan. Tsopano ali ndi magawo atatu m'magawo osiyanasiyana obwezeretsa, kuphatikiza Spider ya Diahatsu Compagno ya 1969 yomwe ili m'modzi mwa atatu okha ku Australia.
Anagula galimoto yake yoyamba, 1966 Honda S600 convertible, ali ndi zaka 18 akukhala ku Essendon, Melbourne.
"Inali ndi ma carburetor anayi ndi injini yamapasa," akutero mokondwera. Zinali ngati injini yothamanga. Ndi galimoto yaying'ono bwanji. “Ukayiyika mugiya wachinayi pa 60 mph (96.5 km/h), imapanga 6000 rpm ndipo pa 70 mph (112.5 km/h) imapanga 7000 rpm. Kotero masensawo anali ofanana. Nditakwera msewu, ndinagunda 10,500 rpm, zomwe zinali zolakwika. Koma anakuwa kale.”
Wallis ndi mchimwene wake Jeff anali ndi Honda S600.
Iye anati: “Nthawi zonse timakonda magalimoto aku Japan chifukwa anali abwinoko. "Panthawiyo, anthu anali kusamukira ku HR Holden, yomwe inali yaulimi kwambiri poyerekeza. Anali ndi ma injini a pushrod, osati makamera apamwamba ngati a Honda. Kwa galimoto yaying'ono, adayenda bwino kwambiri ndipo anali patsogolo pa nthawi yawo. Anthu a ku Japan anangotengera ndi kuwongolera magalimoto onse a ku Britain panthawiyo.”
Mu 1974, Wallis anasamukira ku Queensland ndipo anagulitsa Honda yake kuti agule Toyota Celica.
Iye anati: “Sindikanatha kugula yatsopano chifukwa ndinadikira miyezi 3800. "Anali $12 atsopano ndipo ndinagula wa miyezi 3300 ndi $XNUMX. Ndinakhala nayo kwa zaka zisanu, koma pamene mwana wanga wachiŵiri anabadwa, ndinafunikira galimoto yaikulu, chotero ndinagula Toyota Crown.”
Mutha kuwona momwe dongosololi likukulira. Mofulumira kudutsa mumiyandamiyanda yamagalimoto aku Japan mpaka 2000, pomwe Wallis anali kugulitsa Daihatsu ndi Daewoo.
Iye anati: “Ndinaona chilengezo chogulitsa kangaude wa Daihatsu Compagno m’nyuzipepala ndipo ndinafunsa anyamata a kuntchito kuti chinali chiyani. “Palibe amene ankadziwa. Kenako ndinaona kabuku ka Charade, ndipo pachikuto chakumapeto pake panali chithunzi chake. Iwo anabweretsedwa ndi wogulitsa Daihatsu ndipo anali ndi atatu okha ku Australia; wina ku Tasmania, wina ku Victoria ndi kuno. Ndimakonda chifukwa ndi yapadera. "
Wallis akuvomereza kuti ngakhale kuti amasirira luso la injini za ku Japan, anali kangaude waluso kwambiri amene anakopeka naye.
“Vuto la Honda linali loti chifukwa chakuti inali yaukadaulo wapamwamba kwambiri, pambuyo pa mtunda wa makilomita 75,000 anafunika kumangidwanso,” iye akutero. "Zomwe ndimakonda za Daihatsu ndikuti zimawoneka ngati injini ya Datsun 120,700 pansi pa hood. Ndimakonda ukadaulo wapamwamba, koma sindimakonda kukwera mtengo. "
Spider imayendetsedwa ndi injini ya pushrod lita imodzi ya silinda imodzi ndi carburetor imodzi yapakhosi iwiri yolumikizidwa ndi bokosi lamagiya anayi.
"Kwa msinkhu wake, amayendetsa bwino kwambiri," akutero. "Ndinagwira ntchito zonse zamakina, kukhetsa madzi akasupe a masamba, kuyika zothira madzi atsopano, mabuleki, kumanganso thupi lonse, ndi zina zotero. Koma utoto umawoneka wachisoni pang'ono. Mnyamata yemwe ndinamugula adapenta buluu wachitsulo. Munalibe zitsulo mu 60s. Ndikufuna kuyipentanso tsiku lina. Ndikuwona anthu omwe amapanga mapulojekitiwa, omwe amawagawanitsa osawaphatikizanso. Sindikufuna kuchita izi; Ndikufuna kusangalala ndi galimoto yanga."
Kangaude wake ali pachimake ndipo amakwera Lamlungu. Komanso posachedwapa anagula 1970 Honda 1300 coupe ndi youma-sump mpweya utakhazikika injini zinayi yamphamvu. Analipira $2500 chifukwa cha izo ndipo akukonzekera kuti aziyambitsa masabata angapo. Anagulanso 1966 Honda S600 convertible ngati galimoto yake yoyamba.
"Iyi ndi ntchito yanga yopuma pantchito kwa nthawi yayitali ndili ndi zaka 65," akutero. Adalowa nawo ku Japan Classic Car Club, yomwe idapangidwa miyezi ingapo yapitayo ndi okonda magalimoto aku Japan amalingaliro ofanana. Iye anati: “Ndife anthu 20 okha, koma ndife ochulukirapo. "Ndikadalowa nawo gulu la Daihatsu Compagno Spider, tikadakhala atatu okha mgululi."
