Buick Sedanette na 1949
Restorer Tari Justin Hills yana tunanin maido da wata babbar motar Amurka ta fi kama da yadda mai zane zai zana ra'ayi fiye da ƙirar ƙirar da aka gama. "Motar kera ba za ta taɓa yin kama da zanen tunanin mai fasaha ba," in ji shi.
“Motoci masu tunani daga wannan lokacin sun kasance koyaushe tsayi, ƙasa da faɗi. Don haka ra’ayina na motar shi ne su kera mota mai ra’ayi da suke son kerawa amma ba su yi ba”.
Baturen mai shekaru 39 da haihuwa ya sayi motar kan dalar Amurka 3000 ta yanar gizo a shekarar 2004 kuma ya yi kiyasin ya kwashe shekara guda yana aikin motar.
“Yana bina bashin sama da dala 100,000, amma ba na sayarwa ba ne sai dai idan wani yana da kuɗi da yawa,” in ji shi. "Babban kashe kuɗi shine chrome plating, datsa da kuma farashin kayan. Na kashe sama da $4000 don mafi laushin fata da kuka taɓa ji. Yana da taushi da son cizo a ciki."
Lokacin da Hills ke neman wata babbar mota don gyara wa kansa, ba ya neman Buick. "Na kasance ina neman '49 James Dean Mercury a lokacin, amma na ga wannan kuma na san ina bukata," in ji shi. “Lokaci ne da ya dace kuma daidai ne; kawai ya kalle duk akwatunan da nake nema.
"Ina son siffarsa mai sauri. Yadda rufin ke gangarowa zuwa kasa." Hills ya jaddada wannan tasirin tare da dakatarwar iska wanda ke rage 15 cm lokacin da aka ajiye shi ta yadda bangarorin suka kusan taba kwalta.
Wannan ya yi nisa da jihar da ya saya. "Na yi imani cewa ta kasance a cikin jirgin har tsawon shekaru 30 kuma ba ta motsa ba," in ji shi. “Ya cika da kura. Tabbas mota ce daga California ko Arizona domin ta bushe da gaske amma ba ta yi tsatsa ba."
An kama injin ɗin gaba ɗaya kuma an maye gurbinsa da injin Buick na 1953, wanda kuma layin layi-takwas ne mai toshe iri ɗaya amma babban ƙaura na inci 263 cubic (4309 cc).
"Akwatin gear yana da kyau, amma an ware komai kuma an sake gyara komai," in ji shi. "Yana da akwatin gear mai sauri guda uku kuma yana tafiyar da kyau," in ji shi.
“Yana yin duk abin da ya kamata domin komai sabo ne. Na gina shi don in hau, amma ba na hawansa haka."
“Tun da na gama shi, ina son shi da yawa don in tuƙi. Kamar tattara aikin fasaha ne. Yana zaune a cikin kumfa mai ban dariya a cikin bita kuma dole in yi aiki don kiyaye shi tsabta saboda baki ne." Madadin haka, yana tuka Jaguar Mk X a kowace rana ta 1966, wanda ya kira "Mafi ƙarancin Jaguar a duniya." Ina son su. Suna kama da Buick - babban jirgin ruwa daga mota," in ji shi.
“Bana shiga motocin zamani. Ina jin daɗin yadda nake tuƙi tsohuwar mota. Yawancin lokaci ina zuwa Sydney kuma koyaushe ina ɗaukar Jag. Yana yin aikinsa kuma yana da kyau."
Maginin mota da mai gyara ya fara ne a matsayin mai gyaran mota kuma ya yi aikin motoci don abokan ciniki daga Darwin zuwa Dubai.
Ko da yake ya ɗauki Buick ɗinsa mafi kyawun abin da ya taɓa yi, aikinsa mafi tsada shi ne 1964 Aston Martin DB4 mai canzawa wanda ya mayar da shi ga babban jami'in talla a Sydney. "Daga baya ya sayar da shi kan 275,000 (kimanin dala 555,000) zuwa gidan kayan tarihi na Switzerland."
Amma ba batun kudin ba ne. Mafarkinsa shine ya mayar da mota don shahararren Pebble Beach Hall. “Wannan shine burina na aiki. Zai yi kyau ka zama Bugatti,” in ji shi.
