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Paul Halter, 54, si North Arm na Sunshine Coast, nwetara aha otutu ya site n'afọ nke ịtụgharị ụgbọ ala America, ọkachasị ndị Pontiac, gaa n'aka nri.

Ọ na-ekwu na ya eweghachila, gbanwee, rere ma nwekwa ụgbọ ala 600 n'ime afọ, ma ugbu a nwere ụgbọ ala iri na abụọ n'azụ ụlọ ya na n'ọba ya, yana ọtụtụ ọrụ mweghachi nke ndị mmekọ nwere. O kwuru, sị: “Anakọtara m ụgbọ ala ná ndụ m niile. — Mgbe m lụrụ di afọ 35 gara aga, nwunye m tụrụ egwu na ọ bụrụ na m nwetakwuo ụgbọala, na ya ga-ahapụ m. Ọ ka nọ ebe a.

Halter nwetara ụgbọ ala mbụ ya mgbe ọ dị afọ 11. "Papa m zụtara Mk V Jag, ree taya na batrị ma nye m nke fọdụrụ," ka ọ na-ekwu. "Erere m ya wee zụta '48 Ford Prefect maka $40."

Ụgbọ ala ya kwa ụbọchị gụnyere 2005 CVZ Monaro, 2007 Holden Rodeo na 2008 Honda Civic, ebe ụgbọ ala ndị na-anakọta ya gụnyere 1976 Chrysler VK Valiant Hemi, 1968 Pontiac Firebird Convertible, 1959 Plymouth Suburban egwuregwu wagon, 1960 Chrysler VK Valiant Hemi. 1962 Pontiac Trans Am ụgbọ ala.

Ọ zụtara Trans Am maka $ 2000 wee tụgharịa ya ka ọ bụrụ ụgbọ ala ịgba ọsọ, wepụ engine Chevy 305 na nnyefe akpaka anọ na-agba ọsọ ma dochie ha na Gen III Commodore 5.7-lita V8, Tremec ọsọ ọsọ isii, na ịgbakwunye GT. -R. Nkwusioru n'azụ Skyline na breeki. Ọ na-ekwu na gburugburu 350 horsepower na azụ wiil.

Ọrụ ya ugbu a bụ Plymouth, nke ọ zụtara afọ abụọ gara aga maka $8500. O nwere oche itoolu, gụnyere ahịrị chere ihu n'azụ. Ọ na-edobe ya draịva aka ekpe mana jiri 440 V8 ọ zụtara n'ịntanetị dochie injin ahụ. "Amaghị m ihe ihe a nile ga-eri," ka ọ na-ekwu. "Ọ ga-akara m mma ịmara n'ihi na ọ nwere ike ịdị ọnụ.

"Ọ bụ obere ihe ị ga-azụta na-agbakwunye." N'ime afọ isii gara aga, o mefuru ihe ruru $40,000 na mweghachi ịhụnanya nke Ventura, nke ọ zụtara maka $11,000, ma na-ezube imefu ihe dị ka $30,000 "ma ọ bụ ihe dị otú ahụ" na S Series Valiant. "Mgbe ị na-eme ya ntakịrị oge, ọ dịghị ka ọ dị oke ọnụ," ka ọ na-ekwu.

Ọ na-ezube ịkwado injin silinda isii nke Valiant 225 nwere ntụtụ mmanụ na turbocharging. "Ike ya bụ 145 hp. (108 kW), mana echere m na m nwere ike nweta ya n'etiti 300, "ka ọ na-ekwu. "M na-arụ ọrụ igwe niile n'onwe m, mana ime ime, agba na arụ ọrụ ahụ bụ ndị ọkachamara na-arụ."

Halter bụ onye ọkwọ ụgbọ oloko tozuru etozu nke si Victoria kwaga Queensland afọ 21 gara aga wee malite azụmahịa ya na-atụgharị ụgbọ ala aka nri. O nwekwara azụmaahịa na-ebubata ụgbọ ala Nissan Laurel sedan nwere ọnụ ụzọ anọ, mana ọ chọpụtara na iwu nnabata na-agbanwe ugboro ugboro. Ọ zụtara aha Autobarn afọ isii gara aga na ọzọ otu afọ ka e mesịrị.

Azụmahịa ga-adị mma n'ihi na Halter nwere ike itinye mmasị ya n'ụgbọ ala ndị America site n'ịga ọtụtụ njem na US ịzụta ụgbọ ala na ibuga ha n'ụlọ maka ntụgharị na mweghachi.

Na Halter na-ele anya mgbe niile maka ọrụ ya ọzọ. Ọ na-eche ugbu a ịzụ ahịa Firebird ya maka Grand Prix, ọ na-enwekwa ebe dị nro maka Valiant Charger, n'agbanyeghị na ọ kwenyere na ha dị oke ọnụ ụbọchị ndị a, yana ụfọdụ ruru $ 300,000.