Kuv Studebaker Lark 1960
Ib lub tuam txhab uas pib lub neej nyob rau hauv Indiana xyoo 1852 ua wagons rau cov neeg ua liaj ua teb, miners thiab tub rog, thiab nyob rau hauv 1902 pib ua hluav taws xob tsheb. Lucas hais tias "Lawv yuav tsum tau ua lub tsheb fais fab," Lucas hais. Studebaker hloov mus rau roj av tsheb hauv xyoo 1912, thiab tus qauv kawg tau dov tawm ntawm Canadian cov kab sib dhos hauv xyoo 1966.
"Studebakers yog cov tsheb zoo uas tau ua ntej ntawm lawv lub sijhawm," Lucas hais. Nws taw qhia tias xyoo 1946 lawv tau qhia txog Hill Holder feature ("tso rau ntawm tus nres thiab cia nws mus thiab nws yuav tsis yob hauv toj"), thiab xyoo 1952 lawv tau tso tawm peb-ceev tsis siv neeg kis tau tus mob nrog phau ntawv overdrive. hauv txhua lub zog. "Thiab lawv yeej tsuas yog txhua qhov kev sib tw kev lag luam hauv 50s thiab 60s," Lucas hais.
Lucas, 67, tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm Caboolture Motorcycles, muaj 1960 hardtop Studebaker Lark uas nws yuav xyoo 2002 rau $ 5000 los ntawm tus tswv Victorian. "Nws muaj xeb ntau dua li Cherry Venture," nws hais. “Kuv rov tsim nws tus kheej nrog kev pab me ntsis los ntawm cov phooj ywg. Kuv yuav tsum tau hloov tag nrho cov hauv qab thiab qhov pib, txheeb xyuas lub cev muaj zog thiab gearbox, thiab ntau ntxiv. "Nws zoo nkauj qub, tab sis kuv muab disc brakes pem hauv ntej kom nres nws vim cov qub nruas nres tsis zoo tshaj."
Lucas hais tias tus txiv neej nws yuav nws los ntawm muaj kev dag ntxias uas hais tias lub tsheb ib zaug tau koom nrog Asmeskas tus neeg ua yeeb yam Tim Conway, uas ua tus tsis txawj ntse Ensign Parker hauv TV dub-thiab-dawb comedy McHale's Navy.
"Thaum tus txiv neej hais rau kuv, kuv hais tias, 'Koj tsis tuaj yeem qhia kuv tias nws yog Clark Gable lossis Humphrey Bogart, koj puas tuaj yeem?'" nws luag. "Kuv tsis tuaj yeem tiv tauj nws (Conway). Nws tseem muaj sia nyob. Kuv xav thaij duab nws nrog lub tsheb. Thaj, nws muaj nws ntau xyoo. Lub tsheb tau mus txog ib lab mais. "
Lucas yuav lub tsheb vim nws nyiam nws cov duab. “Kuv pheej nyob hauv nws. Kuv ua haujlwm rau nws tau peb xyoos yuav luag txhua hmo, vim kuv ua haujlwm rau hnub hauv ib lub lis piam.
“Ua kom kuv nyob hauv tsev thaum hmo ntuj tej zaum ua rau kuv tus poj niam zoo siab. Txawm li cas los xij, nws tsim nyog siv zog. Nov yog ib lub tsheb me me zoo heev. Txhua qhov chaw kuv mus, tib neeg thaij duab ntawm nws. " Lucas hais tias nws tsuas yog ib qho ntawm nws hom hauv Queensland thiab ib qho ntawm peb hauv Australia.
Nws kuj rov kho dua xyoo 1952 Studebaker Commander Starlight V8 Coupe tsim los ntawm Raymond Lowry, tus tsim qauv tsim lub luag haujlwm rau lub raj mis Coke thiab Lucky Strike luam yeeb pob.
Nws thawj lub tsheb yog 1934 Dodge Tourer uas nws yuav 50 thaum nws muaj 14 xyoo thaum nyob hauv Manly, Sydney. "Kuv tau coj nws mus kawm ntawv thiab kuv tsis paub tias kuv tsis tau raug ntes li cas," nws hais. "Lub sijhawm ntawd, koj tuaj yeem ua tau yam zoo li ntawd."
“Hnub Friday thiab hnub Saturday peb tau tsav tsheb mus rau Manly Corsa ntawm peb cov Customlines, nres thiab ntaus cov ntxhais nrog ib tug pas. Kuv yog txiv neej laus vagrant thiab txaus siab rau nws. "
Lucas kuj khav tias nws yog Ford tus txiv neej. Nws hais tias "Kuv tau muaj txhua yam ntawm Ford txij xyoo 1932 txog 1955," nws hais. "Lawv muaj V8 loj thiab lawv yog lub tsheb ceev, ntxiv rau muaj Ford nyob rau hauv txhua lub vaj thiab koj tuaj yeem tau txais lawv pheej yig."
Nws tau tsiv mus rau Queensland xyoo 1970 los ua tus thawj coj muag khoom rau Yamaha thiab caij tsheb kauj vab av thiab tom qab ntawd qhib lub lag luam muag maus taus. Nws hais tias "Kuv tau mus rau theem hauv kuv lub neej uas kuv tau dhuav, yog li muaj ib hnub kuv tab tom saib hauv phau ntawv xov xwm tsheb thiab kuv xav tias kuv xav kho lub tsheb qub," nws hais.
"Nws yog qhov lom zem heev uas tau mus rau txhua qhov kev ua yeeb yam thiab nco qab nrog tib neeg kuv lub hnub nyoog. Cov neeg xav tias peb yog cov ruam qub buggers, tab sis peb yeej tsis yog; peb tsuas nyiam txoj sia xwb. Nws zoo dua mus tsev, qhib npias thiab zaum pem hauv ntej ntawm TV. "
Lucas yuav txaus siab rau lub neej nrog nws cov phooj ywg qub thaum nws qhia nws Skylark ntawm Studebaker Concourse txhua xyoo thaum Lub Yim Hli 30 ntawm South Shore thaum 9 teev sawv ntxov txog 3 teev tsaus ntuj.
