Kutolere Kwanga kwa Pontiac
Paul Halter, wazaka 54, waku North Arm ku Sunshine Coast, adamutcha dzina kuyambira zaka zambiri akusintha magalimoto aku America, makamaka ma Pontiacs, kuyendetsa kumanja.
Akuti adabwezeretsa, kutembenuza, kugulitsa, komanso kukhala ndi magalimoto 600 m'zaka zapitazi, ndipo tsopano ali ndi magalimoto khumi ndi awiri kumbuyo kwake ndi nyumba yake, komanso ma projekiti angapo okonzanso a comrades. Iye anati: “Ndakhala ndikutolera magalimoto moyo wanga wonse. “Nditakwatiwa zaka 35 zapitazo, mkazi wanga anandiopseza kuti ndikapeza magalimoto ambiri, andisiya. Iye akadali pano.
Holter adapeza galimoto yake yoyamba ali ndi zaka 11. Iye anati: “Bambo anga anagula galimoto ya Mk V Jag, n’kugulitsa matayala ndi batire, ndipo zina zonse anandipatsa. "Ndinagulitsa ndikugula '48 Ford Prefect kwa $40."
Magalimoto ake atsiku ndi tsiku ndi 2005 CVZ Monaro, 2007 Holden Rodeo ndi 2008 Honda Civic, pomwe magalimoto ake ophatikizika amaphatikiza 1976 Chrysler VK Valiant Hemi, 1968 Pontiac Firebird Convertible, 1959 Plymouth Suburban sports wagon, 1960 Snturac 1962 Pontiac Veliant, 1983 Pontiac Veliac Veliant, XNUMX Pontiac Veliant ndi Chrysler galimoto yothamanga ya XNUMX ya Pontiac Trans Am.
Anagula Trans Am kwa $ 2000 ndikuisintha kukhala galimoto yothamanga, kuchotsa injini ya 305 Chevy ndi transmission yamagetsi othamanga anayi ndikusintha ndi injini ya 5.7-lita ya Commodore III m'badwo V8, Tremec transmission six-speed, ndi kuwonjezera GT. -R. Kuyimitsidwa kumbuyo kwa Skyline ndi mabuleki. Imati imatulutsa pafupifupi 350 hp kumawilo akumbuyo.
Ntchito yake yamakono ndi Plymouth, yomwe adagula zaka ziwiri zapitazo kwa $ 8500. Ili ndi mipando isanu ndi inayi, kuphatikiza mzere wakumbuyo. Amayisiya kumanzere koma amasinthiratu injini ya 440 V8 yomwe adagula pa intaneti. "Sindikudziwa kuti zonsezi zidzatengera chiyani," akutero. "Sindikufuna kudziwa chifukwa zitha kukhala zokwera mtengo.
"Ndizinthu zazing'ono zomwe muyenera kugula zomwe zimawonjezera." Wawononga ndalama zokwana $40,000 pazaka zisanu ndi chimodzi zapitazi pokonzanso zachikondi za Ventura zomwe adagula $11,000 ndipo akufuna kugwiritsa ntchito pafupifupi $30,000 "kapena china chonga chimenecho" pa S Series Valiant. “Ukachita pang’ono ndi pang’ono, suona kukhala wokwera mtengo kwambiri,” iye akutero.
Akukonzekera kupatsa injini ya Valiant 225 ya silinda sikisi ndi jekeseni wamafuta ndi turbocharging. "Mphamvu yake ndi 145 hp. (108kW), koma ndikuganiza kuti nditha kukankhira mpaka pakati pa 300s,” akutero. "Ndimagwira ntchito zonse zamakina ndekha, koma mkati, utoto ndi thupi zimachitidwa ndi akatswiri."
Holter ndi woyendetsa sitima yophunzitsidwa bwino yemwe anachoka ku Victoria kupita ku Queensland zaka 21 zapitazo ndipo anayamba bizinesi yake yotembenuza dzanja lamanja. Analinso ndi bizinesi yotumiza kunja kwa Nissan Laurel ma sedan opanda zitseko zinayi okhala ndi magudumu akumbuyo, koma adapeza kuti malamulo otsata malamulo amasintha nthawi zambiri. Adagula chilolezo cha Autobarn zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi zapitazo ndi chinanso patatha chaka.
Bizinesi iyenera kuyenda bwino chifukwa Holter adatha kukhutiritsa chidwi chake pamagalimoto aku America poyenda maulendo angapo kupita ku US kukagula magalimoto ndikuwatumiza kunyumba kuti akakonzenso ndi kukonzanso.
Ndipo Holter nthawi zonse amayang'ana ntchito yake yotsatira. Pakalipano akuganiza zogulitsa Firebird yake ku Grand Prix ndipo nthawi zonse amakhala ndi malo ofewa kwa Valiant Charger, ngakhale amawapeza okwera mtengo kwambiri masiku ano, ena amafika $ 300,000.
