{"id":1598,"date":"2015-11-23T13:56:25","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T13:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eyjolfur.is\/?page_id=1598"},"modified":"2020-07-20T12:41:26","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T12:41:26","slug":"59-thunderbird","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/eyjolfur.is\/?page_id=1598","title":{"rendered":"2 – 1959 Thunderbird"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00c1 \u00feessum t\u00edma voru innflutningsh\u00f6mlur og gjaldeyrish\u00f6ft, og \u00feurfti kj\u00e1nalega bakalei\u00f0 til a\u00f0 koma b\u00edlnum til \u00cdslands. Brasi, br\u00f3\u00f0ir Rannveigar, var \u00fe\u00e1 vi\u00f0 n\u00e1m \u00ed flugvirkjun \u00ed Tulsa Oklahoma, og t\u00f3k a\u00f0 s\u00e9r a\u00f0 leppa kaupin, og var b\u00edllinn fluttur \u00ed hans nafni heim. Brasi st\u00f3\u00f0 sig l\u00edka vel \u00ed \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 hj\u00e1lpa til me\u00f0 kaup \u00e1 varahlutum eftir a\u00f0 b\u00edllinn var kominn heim.<\/span>Eftir a\u00f0 \u00e9g byrja\u00f0i a\u00f0 vinna hj\u00e1 T\u00e9kkneska bifrei\u00f0aumbo\u00f0inu, sem f\u00e9kk svo nafni\u00f0 J\u00f6fur hf., t\u00f3ku vi\u00f0 margar vi\u00f0skiptafer\u00f0ir, m.a. til Bandar\u00edkjanna. \u00c1ri\u00f0 1980, \u00ed einni fer\u00f0inni me\u00f0 Ragnari \u00feanga\u00f0, t\u00f3k \u00e9g hann me\u00f0 m\u00e9r \u00e1 s\u00fdningu Thunderbird kl\u00fabbs \u00ed Pennsylvania, en \u00e9g var me\u00f0limur \u00ed \u00feeim kl\u00fabbi \u00e1 \u00feessum t\u00edma. Vi\u00f0 h\u00f6f\u00f0um m.a. veri\u00f0 a\u00f0 heims\u00e6kja framlei\u00f0anda s\u00f3la\u00f0ra dekkja \u00ed Harrisonburg Virginia (Ray Carr Tires). \u00c1 s\u00fdningunni hitti \u00e9g John Pizzi, og kom \u00ed lj\u00f3s a\u00f0 hann \u00e1tti heima hj\u00e1 s\u00e9r 59 Thunderbird bl\u00e6jub\u00edl, sem \u00fe\u00e1 var efstur \u00e1 vins\u00e6ldalista hj\u00e1 m\u00e9r. Vi\u00f0 Ragnar renndum svo vi\u00f0 hj\u00e1 honum \u00e1 Lippincott Avenue, Maple Shade, New Jersey, til a\u00f0 sko\u00f0a gripinn. Sami\u00f0 var um 1.500 dollara grei\u00f0slu, og John t\u00f3k a\u00f0 s\u00e9r a\u00f0 koma honum til hafnar \u00ed Norfolk Va., en \u00fear var Eimskip me\u00f0 m\u00f3tt\u00f6ku.
\n\u00c9g f\u00e9kk sitt hva\u00f0 af d\u00f3ti me\u00f0 honum, og John var jafnframt hj\u00e1lplegur eftir a\u00f0 b\u00edllinn var kominn heim, t.d. \u00fatvega\u00f0i hann m\u00e9r n\u00fdja bl\u00e6ju \u00e1 hann ofl.<\/p>\n

Heilmiki\u00f0 ger\u00f0i \u00e9g vi\u00f0 b\u00edlinn, reif hann ni\u00f0ur n\u00e1nast \u00ed frumeindir, n\u00fdja s\u00edlsa \u00feurfti hann og fleira. \u00c9g keypti undir hann TruSpoke teinafelgur, og helling af \u00f6\u00f0rum hlutum, og svo bl\u00e6juna, eins og \u00e1\u00f0ur var nefnt. Hann f\u00e9kk n\u00fdja kl\u00e6\u00f0ningu, n\u00fd teppi, n\u00fdtt \u00ed skotti\u00f0, og sitthva\u00f0 \u00feurfti a\u00f0 kr\u00f3ma. Rannveig valdi \u00e1 hann bleika litinn, \u00fe\u00f3 aldrei au\u00f0na\u00f0ist henni a\u00f0 sj\u00e1 hann eftir a\u00f0 hann var m\u00e1la\u00f0ur. \u00deegar TruSpoke felgurnar komu, kom \u00ed lj\u00f3s a\u00f0 \u00ferj\u00e1r \u00feeirra voru me\u00f0 5 boltag\u00f6tum, en ein bara me\u00f0 fj\u00f3rum. Var \u00fe\u00e1 brug\u00f0i\u00f0 \u00e1 \u00fea\u00f0 r\u00e1\u00f0 a\u00f0 f\u00e1 Baldur Hl\u00f6\u00f0vers (verkst\u00e6\u00f0isforma\u00f0ur hj\u00e1 m\u00e9r \u00ed J\u00f6fur) til a\u00f0 bora \u00fe\u00e1 felgu, og mig minnir a\u00f0 Gu\u00f0mundur Bjarna hafi hj\u00e1lpa\u00f0 til. \u00c9g \u00e1tti oft stafla af bj\u00f3rk\u00f6ssum \u00ed kjallaranum \u00ed J\u00f6fur \u00e1 \u00feessum t\u00edma sem \u00e9g versla\u00f0i af smyglurum, og Baldur og f\u00e9lagar fengu a\u00f0 ganga \u00ed staflann me\u00f0an verki\u00f0 var kl\u00e1ra\u00f0. Hvort sem bj\u00f3rnum er a\u00f0 \u00feakka e\u00f0a einhverju \u00f6\u00f0ru, t\u00f3kst svo lj\u00f3mandi vel til, a\u00f0 aldrei skalf felga undir honum.<\/p>\n

Til gamans m\u00e1 geta \u00feess, a\u00f0 nokkrum \u00e1rum eftir a\u00f0 \u00e9g hitti John Pizzi fyrst, \u00e1tti \u00e9g lei\u00f0 um sv\u00e6\u00f0i\u00f0, v\u00e6ntanlega \u00e1ri\u00f0 1983, og \u00fe\u00e1 me\u00f0 m\u00e9r Steina, Binni G\u00edsli og Kjartan. Renndi \u00e9g \u00fe\u00e1 vi\u00f0 hj\u00e1 honum og f\u00e6r\u00f0i honum eintak af bla\u00f0i Fornb\u00edlakl\u00fabbsins, me\u00f0 mynd af b\u00edlnum \u00e1 fors\u00ed\u00f0u.<\/p>\n

Hann vakti mikla athygli, b\u00e6\u00f0i \u00ed akstri og \u00e1 s\u00fdningum, og f\u00f3rum vi\u00f0 \u00e1 honum \u00ed allmargar fer\u00f0ir me\u00f0 Fornb\u00edlakl\u00fabbnum, svo og \u00e1 r\u00fantinn. Eitt kv\u00f6ld a\u00f0 vetrarlagi f\u00f3rum vi\u00f0 \u00e1 honum \u00e1 r\u00fantinn vi\u00f0 Hilmar og Halli (b\u00e1\u00f0ir vinnuf\u00e9lagar m\u00ednir og st\u00f6rfu\u00f0u \u00ed s\u00f6ludeild J\u00f6furs), \u00e1\u00f0ur en bl\u00e6jan var komin \u00e1 hann, \u00ed brunagaddi. Haf\u00f0i l\u00f6greglan s\u00e9rstaklega gaman af a\u00f0 sj\u00e1 okkur skj\u00e1lfandi af kulda \u00ed b\u00edlnum. \u00cd anna\u00f0 skipti var \u00e9g me\u00f0 Steinu \u00e1 r\u00fantinum og Adda \u00ed bur\u00f0arr\u00fami \u00ed afturs\u00e6tinu. Vi\u00f0 heyr\u00f0um \u00e1lengdar \u00ed ungum konum sem s\u00f6g\u00f0ust gjarna vilja vita hvers konar ma\u00f0ur \u00e6ki svona b\u00edl, og hneykslu\u00f0ust miki\u00f0 \u00feegar \u00fe\u00e6r s\u00e1u bur\u00f0arr\u00fami\u00f0 og s\u00f6g\u00f0u: “\u00feetta er bara fj\u00f6lskylduma\u00f0ur”!<\/p>\n

\u00deegar kreppti a\u00f0 l\u00e9t \u00e9g hann fr\u00e1 m\u00e9r eins og alla hina, og J\u00f3hann Oddgeirsson, kalla\u00f0ur J\u00f3i \u00ed Ry\u00f0v\u00f6rn, keypti hann af m\u00e9r, en seldi hann s\u00ed\u00f0ar. Enn m\u00e1 sj\u00e1 hann \u00e1 b\u00edlas\u00fdningum, og er ekki anna\u00f0 a\u00f0 sj\u00e1 en a\u00f0 hann s\u00e9 \u00ed g\u00f3\u00f0u standi.<\/p>\n