My 1957 Morris Minor Utility

Dubi kowane hoto na Ƙananan ƙauye ko bayan gari kuma ba za ku iya taimakawa ba sai dai tunanin Ingila, 1950s.

Haka yake ga Lance Blanch's 1957 Morris Minor mai amfani. Motarsa ​​mai kyau da aka gyara tana tunawa da lokacin kwanciyar hankali, lokacin da tukin ranar Lahadi ya kasance abin jin daɗi maimakon gwagwarmayar kan tituna.

Motar Lance tana cikin danginsa tun 1960. Iyayensa sun saya shi daga wani dan kasuwa wanda ya kara masa girma zuwa Austin A40. Lance ya ce: “Muna zaune a wani ƙaramin gari kuma suna bukatar mota don ɗaukar abubuwa.

Lance ya koyi tuƙin mota kuma mahaifiyarsa tana tuka ta kowane lokaci har sai da makonni biyu kacal kafin mutuwarta a 1995. "Bayan mutuwarta, Morris ya zo wurina kuma na ajiye shi a garejina na shekaru da yawa. Daga nan sai na yanke shawarar mayar da ita gaba daya, kuma a shekarar 2009 ta sake afkawa hanyar,” in ji Lance.

Motar ta kasance tana hidima akai-akai a tsawon rayuwarta, kuma lokacin da aka fara gyarawa, kula da ita ta biya riba mai yawa tsawon shekaru. Lance ya ce: "Yana da tsatsa kaɗan ne kawai, kuma babu tsatsa kwata-kwata a kan firam ɗin." Sai dai Lance ya saukar da motar zuwa karfen da ba a saka ba ya maido da ita.

Lance ya tabbatar yana hawa aƙalla sau ɗaya a mako kuma koyaushe yana samun kulawa. “Mutane da yawa sun zo wurina suna tambaya game da motar. Kowa da alama ko dai yana da Morrie ko kuma ya san wanda yake da shi, ”in ji shi.

Motar tana da asali lambobin, injina na asali da sitiyari. Ƙungiyar kayan aikin da aka lulluɓe da itace ta sami rangwame ga fasaha, tare da maye gurbin tsohuwar rediyon motar transistor tare da na'urar CD. Gane buƙatar aminci, Lance ya sanya bel ɗin kujera, kujerun bokitin baya da birki na diski na gaba.

Lance mai talla ne na yau da kullun ga Morris Minors kuma yana aiki tare da karamar kungiyar Queensland Morris. "Mun sami damar shirya ranar demo a Cibiyar Heritage RAF Amberley a ranar 18 ga Mayu," in ji shi. "Rundunar Sojin Sama ta Royal ta ba mu damar baje kolin motocinmu tare da dukkan jiragensu na wasan kwaikwayo da suka hada da mayakan Saber, Mirage da F111, jirage masu saukar ungulu na Sioux da Iroquois."

Wannan dama da ba kasafai ta riga ta jawo hankalin motoci sama da 50 don halartar taron. Za a gabatar da duk bambance-bambancen Ƙananan Ƙananan: Sedan kofa biyu da huɗu, masu canzawa, kekunan tashar matafiya da, ba shakka, Lance's Utility.

David Burrell, editan www.retroautos.com.au