Menene Austin FX3
Wane labari zai iya bayarwa? Odometer na wannan 1956 Austin FX 3 yana nuna "mil 92434 (kilomita 148,758)", yawancinsu ana tuka su azaman tasi a London har zuwa 1971 lokacin da aka cire shi daga sabis.
Injiniya Rolls-Royce Rainer Keissling ya sayi taksi a shekarar 1971 akan fam 120 (kimanin dala $177) ya kai kasar Jamus, inda yake zaune. Daga nan ya kawo shi Australia a 1984 lokacin da ya yi hijira tare da danginsa.
Chris, daya daga cikin ’ya’yansa uku ya ce: “Yana son motocin da ba a so ba ne kawai. "Duk lokacin da ya je kasar Ingila kasuwanci, sai ya dawo da kayan gyara kayan aiki, kamar motar motsa jiki a cikin kayansa."
Lokacin da mahaifinsa ya rasu kimanin shekaru biyar da suka wuce, an mika motar ga ’ya’yansa maza uku, Rainer, Christian da Bernard, wadanda suka dauki nauyin mayar da ita yadda take.
Keisling ya ce: “Ya kasance a cikin rumfar kuma a hankali ya faɗi cikin lalacewa. "Baba bai iya yin komai a kai ba saboda lafiyarsa ta gaza.
“Don haka mun dauki aikin maido da shi. Da kadan, mun gyara shi kuma muka kawo shi yanayin aiki.”
Shi ma Keisling yana cikin sana’ar injiniya kamar mahaifinsa, don haka yawancin kayayyakin gyara da ba su samu ba shi ne ya kera su, har zuwa bushings ɗin sitiyari.
Ɗaya daga cikin manyan ayyuka shine maye gurbin "Prince of Darkness" Lucas Electric.
"Ba su taɓa yin aiki yadda ya kamata don farawa ba, amma yanzu suna aiki da kyau," in ji Keisling. “Mun kashe tsakanin dala 5000 zuwa dala 10,000 don dawo da ita tsawon shekaru. Yana da wuya a ce nawa muka kashe. Al’amarin sha’awa ne, ba farashi ba”.
An kiyasta darajar yanzu a $15,000 zuwa $20,000. “Yana da wahala a sami ainihin ƙimar. Ba kasafai ba ne, amma yana da ƙima mai yawa." ’Yan’uwan sun yi amfani da motar wajen bikin auren dangi da abokai, har da Chris da matarsa Emily.
"Yana tuƙi sosai," in ji shi. Kamar duk taksi na London, ƙafafun gaba sun juya kusan digiri 90, suna ba shi ƙaramin juyi na 7.6m don ta iya yin shawarwari kunkuntar titin London da ƙananan wuraren ajiye motoci, amma ba shi da tuƙi.
Wani fasali na musamman shine na'urar jack jacking na Jackall a ciki, mai kama da tsarin kan allo da ake amfani da shi a cikin manyan motoci na V8. Hakanan akwai makullin injina wanda ke ba ku damar kunna jacks da hannu.
FX3 sanye take da birkin ganga mai sarrafa motsi kuma an dakatar da shi daga daskararrun axles ta maɓuɓɓugan ganye. Ita ce samfurin farko tare da taksi da akwati daban. A baya, wurin zama na benci mai kujeru guda biyu masu fuskantar baya.
Kaisling ya ce mitar tasi ta katse daga watsawa lokacin da aka cire ta, amma yanzu an sake haɗa ta don tuƙa mita, wanda ke karanta sittin kowane ɗaya da ɗaya bisa uku na mil. Ya ce tattalin arzikin man fetur yana da kyau sosai saboda man dizal ne mai kara kuzari kuma saurin motar ya kai kilomita 100/h.
"Ba shi da sauri, amma yana da tasiri mai kyau a cikin kayan farko da na biyu," in ji shi. "Yana da wuya a tuƙi ba tare da synchromesh a cikin ƙananan kayan aiki ba kuma ba tare da wutar lantarki ba, amma da zarar kun kama shi, ba shi da kyau sosai."
Austin FX3
Shekara: 1956
Sabon Farashi: 1010 ($1500)
Farashin yanzu: $ 15-20,000
Injin: 2.2 lita, dizal 4-Silinda
Jiki: 4-kofa, 5-seater (da direba)
Trans: 4-Manual gudun ba tare da aiki tare a farkon.
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