My Studebaker Lark 1960
Wani kamfani da ya fara rayuwa a Indiana a shekara ta 1852 yana kera kekunan motoci ga manoma, masu hakar ma'adinai da sojoji, kuma a shekara ta 1902 ya fara kera motocin lantarki. "Ya kamata su ci gaba da kera motocin lantarki," in ji Lucas. Studebaker ya canza zuwa motocin mai a 1912, kuma samfurin ƙarshe ya birgima layin taron Kanada a 1966.
"Masu yin tuya motoci ne masu inganci da suka yi gaba da lokacinsu," in ji Lucas. Ya nuna cewa a cikin 1946 sun gabatar da fasalin Hill Holder ("sanya birki sannan a bar shi ya tafi kuma ba zai mirgina kan tudu ba"), kuma a cikin 1952 sun fitar da watsawa ta atomatik mai sauri uku tare da overdrive na hannu. a cikin kowane kaya. "Kuma sun yi nasara kusan kowace tseren tattalin arziki a cikin 50s da 60s," in ji Lucas.
Lucas, mai shekaru 67, manajan Caboolture Motorcycles, ya mallaki 1960 hardtop Studebaker Lark wanda ya saya a 2002 akan $5000 daga wani mai mallakar Victoria. "Ya fi tsatsa fiye da Cherry Venture," in ji shi. “Na sake gina shi da kaina da ɗan taimako daga abokai. Dole ne in maye gurbin duk ƙasa da ƙofa, tsara injina da akwatin gear, da ƙari mai yawa. "Yana da kyau na asali, amma na sa birki na diski a gaba don dakatar da shi tun da tsohon birki din ba shine mafi kyau ba."
Lucas ya yi iƙirarin cewa mutumin da ya saya daga wurinsa ya yi wasan kwaikwayo wanda ya nuna cewa motar ta taɓa kasancewa na ɗan wasan kwaikwayo na Amurka Tim Conway, wanda ya buga Ensign Parker wanda ba shi da hankali a cikin tsohon fim ɗin baƙar fata da fari na TV na McHale's Navy.
"Lokacin da mutumin ya gaya mani, na ce, 'Ba za ku iya gaya mani cewa Clark Gable ne ko Humphrey Bogart ba, ko?" Ya yi dariya. “Ban samu damar tuntubar shi (Conway). Har yanzu yana raye. Ina so in dauki hotonsa da mota. A bayyane yake, ya mallake ta shekaru da yawa. Motar ta yi tafiyar mil miliyan daya."
Lucas ya sayi motar saboda yana son siffarta. “Na dage a ciki. Na yi aiki a kai tsawon shekaru uku kusan ko da yaushe da dare, domin ina aiki kwana shida a mako.
“Kiyaye ni a cikin rumbu da daddare ya sa matata ta yi farin ciki. Ko ta yaya, ya cancanci ƙoƙarin. Wannan babbar karamar mota ce. Duk inda na je, mutane suna daukar hoto.” Lucas ya yi iƙirarin cewa ita kaɗai ce irinta a Queensland kuma ɗaya daga cikin kusan uku a Ostiraliya.
Ya kuma maido da kwamandan Studebaker Starlight V1952 Coupe na 8 wanda Raymond Lowry ya tsara, mai zanen masana'antu wanda ke da alhakin kwalaben Coke da fakitin sigari Lucky Strike.
Motarsa ta farko ita ce Dodge Tourer na 1934 wacce ya saya don 50 lokacin yana ɗan shekara 14 yayin da yake zaune a Manly, Sydney. "Na kasance ina kai shi makaranta kuma ban san yadda aka kama ni ba," in ji shi. "A wancan zamanin, kuna iya yin abubuwa kamar haka."
“Daren Juma’a da Asabar mun kai mota zuwa Manly Corsa akan layinmu na Custom, muka yi parking muka lakada mata sanda. Ni tsoho ne mai girman kai da alfahari da shi."
Lucas kuma yana alfahari cewa shi mutumin Ford ne. "Na mallaki kusan kowane Ford daga 1932 zuwa 1955," in ji shi. "Suna da babban V8 kuma mota ce mai sauri, kuma akwai Ford a kowane gidan bayan gida kuma kuna iya samun su da arha."
Ya koma Queensland a cikin 1970s a matsayin manajan tallace-tallace na Yamaha kuma ya yi tseren keken datti sannan ya buɗe kasuwancin siyar da babur. “Na kai ga wani mataki a rayuwata inda na gaji, don haka wata rana ina leƙa cikin mujallar mota sai na yi tunanin zan so in mai da tsohuwar mota,” in ji shi.
“Abin farin ciki ne in je duk wasan kwaikwayo kuma in tuna da mutanen zamanina. Mutane suna tunanin cewa mu tsofaffin ƴan fashi ne kawai, amma mu da gaske ba haka muke ba; muna jin daɗin rayuwa kawai. Gara kije gida ki bude giyar ki zauna a gaban TV.
Lucas zai ji daɗin rayuwa tare da tsoffin abokansa lokacin da ya nuna Skylark a taron shekara-shekara na Studebaker Concourse a kan Agusta 30 a Kudancin Shore daga 9 na safe zuwa 3pm.
