Xyoo 1969 Daihatsu Compagno Kab laug sab.
Lub hnub nyoog 57 xyoo Brisbane tus muag tsheb tau muag Hyundai, Daihatsu, Daewoo thiab Toyota rau feem ntau ntawm nws lub neej neeg laus, yog li nws ua rau kev nkag siab tias nws yog tus kiv cua ntawm Japanese tsheb. Tam sim no nws muaj peb theem ntawm kev kho dua tshiab, suav nrog qhov tsis tshua muaj xyoo 1969 Diahatsu Compagno Kab laug sab uas yog ib qho ntawm peb hauv Australia.
Nws yuav nws thawj lub tsheb, 1966 Honda S600 convertible, thaum nws muaj 18 xyoo thaum nyob hauv Essendon, Melbourne.
"Nws muaj plaub lub carburetor thiab lub tshuab ntxaib-cam," nws hais zoo siab. “Nws zoo li lub cav sib tw. Lub tsheb me zoo li cas. "Thaum koj muab nws tso rau hauv plaub lub zog ntawm 60 mph (96.5 km / h), nws ua 6000 rpm, thiab ntawm 70 mph (112.5 km / h) nws ua 7000 rpm. Yog li ntawd, cov sensors yog tib yam. Ib zaug ntawm txoj kev loj, kuv ntaus 10,500 rpm, uas yog qhov tsis ncaj ncees lawm. Tab sis nws tau qw ua ntej. "
Wallis thiab nws tus tij laug Jeff muaj Honda S600.
"Peb ib txwm nyiam cov tsheb kis las Nyij Pooj vim tias lawv zoo dua," nws hais. "Lub sijhawm ntawd, tib neeg tau tsiv mus rau HR Holden, uas yog kev ua liaj ua teb los ntawm kev sib piv. Lawv muaj lub tshuab thawb, tsis yog nyiaj siv ua haujlwm zoo li Honda's. Rau ib lub tsheb me me, lawv tau mus zoo nkauj thiab ua ntej lawv lub sijhawm. Cov neeg Nyij Pooj tsuas yog theej thiab txhim kho tag nrho cov tsheb British ntawm lub sijhawm. "
Xyoo 1974, Wallis tau tsiv mus rau Queensland thiab muag nws Honda mus yuav Toyota Celica.
"Kuv tsis tuaj yeem yuav ib lub tshiab vim kuv yuav tsum tau tos rau lub hlis," nws hais. “Lawv tau $3800 tshiab thiab kuv yuav 12 lub hlis rau $3300. Kuv muaj nws tau tsib xyoos, tab sis thaum kuv tus menyuam thib ob yug los, kuv xav tau lub tsheb loj dua, yog li kuv yuav Toyota Crown. "
Koj tuaj yeem pom tias tus qauv tsim kho li cas. Kev nrawm nrawm dhau los ntawm ntau lub tsheb Japanese rau xyoo 2000, thaum Wallis muag Daihatsu thiab Daewoo.
"Kuv pom ib qho kev tshaj tawm rau kev muag Daihatsu Compagno Kab laug sab hauv ntawv xov xwm thiab nug cov neeg ua haujlwm tias nws yog dab tsi," nws hais. “Tsis muaj leej twg paub. Tom qab ntawd kuv pom Charade phau ntawv qhia, thiab muaj ib daim duab ntawm nws nyob rau sab nraub qaum. Lawv tau coj los ntawm ib tus neeg muag Daihatsu thiab tsuas muaj peb nyob hauv Australia; ib qho hauv Tasmania, ib qho hauv Victoria thiab ntawm no. Kuv nyiam nws vim nws yog qhov tshwj xeeb. "
Wallis lees tias thaum nws qhuas Japanese tshuab tshuab, nws yog Kab laug sab qhov kev thov qis qis uas ntes nws lub qhov muag.
"Qhov teeb meem nrog Honda yog vim lawv high-tech, tom qab 75,000 mais (120,700 km) lawv yuav tsum tau rov tsim dua," nws hais. "Qhov kuv nyiam txog Daihatsu yog tias nws zoo li Datsun 1200 lub cav hauv qab lub hood. Kuv nyiam high-tech, tab sis kuv tsis nyiam tus nqi siab. "
Kab laug sab yog powered los ntawm ib tug pushrod ib liter plaub-lub tog raj kheej cav thiab ib tug ob-caj carburetor mated mus rau ib tug plaub-ceev gearbox.
"Rau nws hnub nyoog, nws tsav tau zoo," nws hais. "Kuv tau ua txhua yam kev siv tshuab, ua rau cov nplooj hlav tawm, muab tso rau hauv cov dampers tshiab, nres, rov tsim lub cev tag nrho, thiab lwm yam. Tab sis cov xim zoo li tu siab me ntsis. Tus txiv neej kuv yuav nws los ntawm pleev xim nws xim xim xiav. Tsis muaj metallics nyob rau hauv lub 60s. Kuv xav pleev xim rau nws ib hnub. Kuv pom cov neeg uas ua cov haujlwm no, leej twg rhuav tshem lawv thiab tsis muab lawv rov qab ua ke. Kuv tsis xav ua qhov no; Kuv xav txaus siab rau kuv lub tsheb."
Nws Kab laug sab nyob hauv lub viav vias thiab nws caij nws hnub Sunday. Nws kuj tsis ntev los no yuav 1970 Honda 1300 coupe nrog lub tshuab ziab khaub ncaws cua txias plaub-lub tog raj kheej. Nws tau them $ 2500 rau nws thiab npaj yuav tso nws hauv ob peb lub lis piam. Nws kuj yuav lwm 1966 Honda S600 convertible zoo li nws thawj lub tsheb.
"Qhov no yog kuv txoj haujlwm so haujlwm mus sij hawm ntev thaum kuv muaj 65 xyoos," nws hais. Nws tau koom nrog Japanese Classic Car Club, tsim nyob rau ob peb lub hlis dhau los los ntawm cov kiv cua nyiam Japanese tsheb. Nws hais tias "Peb tsuas yog 20 tus neeg xwb, tab sis muaj ntau thiab ntau ntawm peb," nws hais. "Yog tias kuv koom nrog Daihatsu Compagno Spider club, tsuas muaj peb ntawm peb hauv lub club."
