My Studebaker Lark 1960

Kampani yomwe inayamba moyo ku Indiana mu 1852 kupanga ngolo za alimi, ogwira ntchito m'migodi ndi asilikali, ndipo mu 1902 anayamba kupanga magalimoto amagetsi. “Anayenera kupitiriza kupanga magalimoto amagetsi,” akutero Lucas. Studebaker adasinthiratu magalimoto amafuta mu 1912, ndipo mtundu womaliza adagubuduza pamzere wa msonkhano waku Canada mu 1966.

"Ophunzira ndi magalimoto abwino kwambiri omwe anali patsogolo pa nthawi yawo," akutero Lucas. Ananena kuti mu 1946 adayambitsa gawo la Hill Holder ("kuyika brake ndiyeno kulisiya ndipo silingagwere phirilo"), ndipo mu 1952 adatulutsa makina othamanga othamanga atatu okhala ndi makina opitilira muyeso. mu gear iliyonse. "Ndipo adapambana pafupifupi mpikisano uliwonse wachuma m'zaka za m'ma 50 ndi 60," akutero Lucas.

Lucas, 67, manejala wa Caboolture Motorcycles, ali ndi 1960 hardtop Studebaker Lark yomwe adagula mu 2002 kwa $5000 kuchokera kwa eni ake a Victorian. "Inali ndi dzimbiri kuposa Cherry Venture," akutero. “Ndinachimanganso mothandizidwa ndi anzanga. Ndinayenera kusintha pansi ndi ma sill onse, kukonza injini ndi gearbox, ndi zina zambiri. "Ndizokongola kwambiri, koma ndimayika mabuleki a disk kutsogolo kuti ndiyime chifukwa mabuleki akale a ng'oma sanali abwino kwambiri."

Lucas akuti bambo yemwe adagulako anali ndi prank yomwe imati galimotoyo inali ya wosewera waku America Tim Conway, yemwe adasewera Ensign Parker yemwe si wanzeru kwambiri mu sewero lakale lakuda ndi loyera la McHale's Navy.

"Mnyamatayo atandiuza, ndinati, 'Simungathe kundiuza kuti ndi Clark Gable kapena Humphrey Bogart, sichoncho?'" akuseka. "Sindinathe kulumikizana naye (Conway). Iye akali ndi moyo. Ndinkafuna kumujambula ali ndi galimoto. Zikuoneka kuti anali nayo kwa zaka zambiri. Galimotoyo yayenda pafupifupi mailosi miliyoni. "

Lucas adagula galimotoyo chifukwa adakonda mawonekedwe ake. “Ndinalimbikira kuchita zimenezo. Ndinagwira ntchito kwa zaka zitatu pafupifupi nthawi zonse usiku, chifukwa ndimagwira ntchito masiku asanu ndi limodzi pa sabata.

“Kundisunga m’khola usiku mwina kunakondweretsa mkazi wanga. Mulimonse mmene zinalili, kunali koyenera kuyesetsa. Iyi ndi galimoto yaying'ono kwambiri. Kulikonse kumene ndikupita, anthu amajambula zithunzi zake.” Lucas akuti ndi imodzi yokha yamtunduwu ku Queensland komanso imodzi mwa atatu ku Australia.

Amabwezeretsanso 1952 Studebaker Commander Starlight V8 Coupe yopangidwa ndi Raymond Lowry, wopanga mafakitale yemwe ali ndi botolo la Coke ndi paketi ya ndudu ya Lucky Strike.

Galimoto yake yoyamba inali 1934 Dodge Tourer yomwe adagula kwa 50 ali ndi zaka 14 akukhala ku Manly, Sydney. "Ndinkapita naye kusukulu ndipo sindikudziwa kuti sindinamangidwe bwanji," akutero. "M'masiku amenewo, mutha kuchita zinthu ngati izi."

“Lachisanu ndi Loweruka usiku tidapita ku Manly Corsa pa Customlines yathu, tinayimitsa ndi kumenya atsikana ndi ndodo. Ndinali munthu woyendayenda ndipo ndimadzinyadira."

Lucas nayenso amadzitamandira kuti ndi munthu wa Ford. Iye anati: “Ndakhala ndi pafupifupi mtundu uliwonse wa Ford kuyambira 1932 mpaka 1955. "Iwo anali ndi V8 yayikulu ndipo anali galimoto yothamanga, kuphatikizanso kunali Ford kumbuyo kulikonse ndipo mutha kuwapeza otsika mtengo."

Adasamukira ku Queensland mzaka za m'ma 1970 ngati manejala wogulitsa ku Yamaha ndikuthamanga panjinga zadothi ndipo kenako adatsegula bizinesi yogulitsa njinga zamoto. Iye anati: “Ndinafika poipa kwambiri m’moyo wanga, moti tsiku lina ndinali kuyang’ana m’magazini ya galimoto ndipo ndinaganiza kuti ndikufuna kukonzanso galimoto yakale.

“Zimandisangalatsa kwambiri kupita ku ziwonetsero zonse ndi kukumbukira anthu amsinkhu wanga. Anthu amaganiza kuti ndife opusa akale akale, koma sitilidi; timangosangalala ndi moyo. Kuli bwino kuposa kupita kunyumba, kutsegula mowa ndikukhala kutsogolo kwa TV. "

Lucas adzasangalala ndi moyo ndi anzake akale pamene akuwonetsa Skylark yake pa Studebaker Concourse pachaka pa August 30 ku South Shore kuyambira 9am mpaka 3pm.