Taku 1949 Buick Sedanette
Ki te whakaaro a Tari Justin Hills, he rite tonu tana whakahokinga mai i tetahi motika tawhito o Amerika ki te peita a te kaitoi i te ariā i te tauira kua oti. “Kare rawa te motika hanga e rite ki te ahua o te tuhi aria a te kaitoi,” hei tana.
"Ko nga motuka whakaaro mai i tenei waa he roa ake, he iti ake, he whanui ake. Na ko taku whakaaro mo te motuka ko te hanga waka ariā e hiahia ana ratou ki te hanga engari kaore i mahia."
I hokona e te kaiheke Ingarihi 39 tau te pakeke mo te US $3000 i runga ipurangi i te tau 2004 me te kii he kotahi tau tana mahi mo te motuka.
“Neke atu i te $100,000 tana nama ki ahau, engari karekau ia mo te hoko mena he nui te moni a tetahi,” hei tana. "Ko te utu nui rawa atu ko te whakakikorua chrome, te kuti me nga utu rawa. Neke atu i te $4000 kua pau i a au mo te kiri ngawari kua rongo koe. He tino ngohengohe ka hiahia koe ki te ngau ki roto."
I te wa e rapu ana a Hills i tetahi motuka matarohia hei whakaora mona, kaore ia i te rapu Buick. "I tino rapu ahau mo te '49 James Dean Mercury i tera wa, engari i kite ahau i tenei ka mohio kei te hiahia ahau," e kii ana ia. “Koinei te wa tika me te tirohanga tika; i tohua noa nga pouaka katoa i rapua e au.
"E pai ana ahau ki tana ahua tere. Ko te ara o te tuanui ki raro ki te whenua." I whakanuia e Hills tenei paanga ki te whakatārewatanga hau e heke iho ana i te 15 cm i te wa e tu ana kia tata te pa o nga panui ki te uku.
He tawhiti tenei i te kawanatanga i hokona ai e ia. "E whakapono ana ahau i noho ia i roto i te papa mo nga tau 30, kaore i neke," ko tana korero. “I ki tonu i te puehu. He motuka mai i California, Arizona ranei na te mea he tino maroke engari kaore i waikura.
I tangohia katoatia te miihini ka whakakapihia e te miihini Buick 1953, he rarangi-waru ano me te poraka kotahi engari he nui ake te nekehanga o te 263 inihi pūtoru (4309 cc).
"He pai te pouaka miihini, engari i wehea nga mea katoa ka mahia ano," e kii ana ia. "Kei a ia he pouaka hiko e toru-tere a he pai te taraiwa," ko tana korero.
"Ka mahia e ia nga mea katoa na te mea he hou nga mea katoa. I hangaia e au hei eke, engari kaore au i te eke."
"Mai i taku whakaotinga, he tino aroha ahau ki te taraiwa. He rite ki te kohi mahi toi. Kei roto i te mirumiru pakiwaituhi i roto i taku awheawhe me mahi au kia ma tonu na te mea he pango." Engari, ka peia e ia he Jaguar Mk X 1966 ia ra, e kiia ana ko "te Jaguar tino iti rawa atu i te ao." Aroha ana ahau ki a ratou. He rite tonu ki te Buick — he poti nui kei waho o te motuka,” hei tana.
“Kare au i te pai ki nga motuka hou. He pai ki ahau te ahua o te taraiwa waka tawhito. He maha nga wa me haere ahau ki Poihakena ka mau tonu ahau ki a Jag. Ka mahi ia i tana mahi me te ahua pai."
I timata te kaihanga miihini me te kaiwhakaora mo te hanga waka me te mahi mo nga motuka mo nga kaihoko mai i Darwin ki Dubai.
Ahakoa ki tana whakaaro ko tana Buick te mea pai rawa atu i mahia e ia, ko tana mahi tino utu nui ko te Aston Martin DB1964 convertible 4 i whakahokia e ia mo tetahi kaiwhakahaere panui i Poihakena. "I muri mai ka hokona e ia mo te 275,000 (mo te $555,000) ki te whare taonga o Switzerland."
Engari ehara i te mea mo te moni. Ko tana moemoea he whakaora i tetahi motuka mo te Pebble Beach Hall rongonui. “Koinei taku whainga mahi. He pai te noho hei Bugatti,” hei tana.
