Chevrolet Corvette 1970 Bayani
Kuma wannan wani abu ne na 1970 mai Corvette Glen Jackson ya sani sosai. Ko dai kyakyawan idanun sha'awa da hassada, da kukan inji mai raɗaɗi, ko jin kunyar zama na musamman a kan hanya, ko kuma abin kunyar tashe-tashen hankula a lokacin gaggawa a ɗaya daga cikin manyan titunan Sydney.
Ga Jackson, ɗaukar mummuna tare da mai kyau ya bar shi ya makale kuma ya kusan yin nadamar siyan sa. "Lokacin da na fara samo shi, lokacin da na fara ɗauka, ya karye a cikin rami na M5," in ji shi. “Matsalar zafi ce. Na makale a cikin cunkoson ababen hawa na M5, ya haifar da barna."
“Na kasance cikin firgici, babu inda zan dosa a cikin wannan rami, kuma abin ya yi zafi sosai. Ni dai na bi ta daya bangaren, nesa da zirga-zirga. Hakan bai faranta min rai ba ko kadan."
Wani sabon radiator da sauran aikin da ya kai $6000 sun sanya Corvette abin dogaro sosai don fitar da Jackson zai iya jin daɗin siyan $34,000.
“Ina wasa da motoci tun na kammala makarantar sakandare,” in ji shi. “A cikin wannan motar da kuke tafiya mutane suna kallo. Yana game da nuna aikin fasaha ne. Ina tuƙi a cikin motoci kuma ina saduwa da mutane, yawanci yara, waɗanda ke ɗaukar hotuna.
Amma zane-zanen Jackson bai gama gamawa ba tukuna. Ya yi shirin kashe wasu dala 6000 zuwa dala 10,000 wajen gyaran jiki da gyaran jiki, wanda yake sa ran zai dauki wasu watanni 12.
Jackson ya ce samfuran Corvette na 1968 zuwa 1973 sune aka fi nema saboda suna da injin 350 mai ƙarfi.
Samfuran da suka biyo baya suna da ƙarancin wutar lantarki saboda ƙa'idodin ƙazanta.
Kuma duk da cewa injinsa ba na asali ba ne, injin Chev 350 ne wanda ke samar da HP 350 iri daya.
Lokacin da Jackson ya sayi tsohuwar motarsa ta farko fiye da shekara guda da ta wuce, ya riga ya kasance a Ostiraliya na akalla shekaru 14.
"Yana cikin gareji," in ji shi. "Lokacin da na ɗauka, an yi watsi da shi kuma sai na sake farawa."
Yayin da Jackson ya kasance kuma ya kasance mai sha'awar Holden, yana raba sha'awa tare da iyalinsa, ya rabu, yana haɓaka sha'awar tsokar Amurka kimanin shekaru uku da suka wuce.
An dauki shekaru da dama ana neman wannan mutumin.
"Ina son salo, kamanni da siffa," in ji shi. "An gina kusan motoci 17,000 a Amurka, don haka duk an shigo da su nan."
Jackson ya ce Corvette nasa yana da T-top kuma taga na baya yana buɗewa.
"Ba daidai ba ne mai iya canzawa, amma yana da wannan tunanin," in ji shi.
Motar Jackson ta fara rayuwa a matsayin tuƙin hannun hagu, amma an canza ta zuwa tuƙin hannun dama zuwa Ostiraliya. Ya ce duk da shekarunsa, har yanzu yana tuƙi da kuma sarrafa “da kyau” idan ya hau motar sau ɗaya ko sau biyu a wata.
An sanya wa Corvette sunan wani nau'in jirgin ruwa a cikin sojojin ruwan Burtaniya da aka sani da saurin sa.
An fara gabatar da su zuwa Amurka a cikin 1953, kuma a shekara ta 1970 sun fito da dogon hanci, mafi tsayin hanci, fitilun fitilu a gefen gefuna na gaba, da chrome bumpers.
Hakanan samfurin Jackson yana da wasu abubuwan taɓawa na zamani, waɗanda suka haɗa da sarrafa wutar lantarki da na'urar CD, waɗanda aka ƙara a cikin motar.
Bayan 'yan watannin da suka wuce, ya yi tunanin sayar da Corvette nasa akan dala 50,000, amma da kyawunsa na haskakawa a cikin mota, ya canza shawara da sauri.
"Na tallata shi amma na canza shawara bayan makonni biyu. Na yanke shawarar cewa ina son shi sosai. Don haka ba zan sayar da shi yanzu ba,” in ji matashin mai shekaru 27. Duk da yake bai samu amincewar mahaifiyarsa ba lokacin da ta ga hotunan, Jackson ta ce ta ji dadi lokacin da ta ga ainihin abin.
A kan hanya, Corvette ja yana zaune a ƙasa sosai. Jackson ya ce tana da ɗan matsi a ciki, tabbas ba motar da ta fi dacewa ga mutum mai tsayin mita XNUMX ba.
Amma hakan bai hana shi sarrafa ta ba. Kuma da kujeru biyu kawai, ya sami ƙarin illa na rashin iya ɗaukar abokai.
Abokansa za su yi yawo ne kawai ko kuma su nemo mawaƙa, tun da har yanzu Jackson yana da ƙarfi sosai ga kyakkyawa mai ja.
Duk da haka, ba zai daɗe da ja ba, saboda Jackson yana shirin ba shi ɗan ƙaramin rai kuma ya dawo da shi zuwa kwanakin da ya bar masana'antar shekaru 37 da suka gabata.
Ya ce yana son ja “saboda jajayen suna tafiya da sauri,” amma a zamanin da, Corvette ya kasance shudi ne. Kuma, ta hanyar mayar da shi zuwa asalinsa, Jackson yana da tabbacin cewa zai ƙara darajarsa.
Нимок
1970 Chevrolet Corvette
Farashin sabon yanayi: daga $5469
Farashin yanzu: AU $34,000 don ƙirar tsakiya, kusan AU $60,000 na babban samfurin.
Hukunci: Motar wasanni na 1970 na iya barin ku a makale, amma aƙalla tana yin ta cikin salo. Corvette yana da duk "sanyi" na tsohuwar makaranta wanda ya sa ya zama aikin fasaha na gaske.
