Riaan Ungalenzi iphutha ngakho, bub, iSouthern California iyizwe lezimoto.
Ngakho umdayisi wezimoto u-Calvin Coolidge Worthington unqume ukuzijabulisa kancane, ahehe abantu, futhi athulule inkatho yakhe ngezikhangisi ze-TV ze-“My Dog Spot” ezibonisa bukhoma, umsindo ohlabayo. i-gorilla.
Izentengiso, lapho aphinde asebenzisa khona ezinye izilwane njengenja ebizwa ngokuthi iSpot – penguin, ikamela, indlovu, ibhere, ibhubesi, imvubu, kanye nengwe – yasiza iWorthington ukwakha umbuso wezindawo ezingama-27 ezidayise izimoto ezingaphezu kwesigidi.
Isitolo se-Worthington Ford ngoMgqibelo.
(UFrancine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Eziningi zalezo zikhangiso zaqoshwa ngaphansi kophawu olukhulu oluthi “Worthington Ford eLong Beach” endaweni yokuthengisa ayithenga ngo-1963.
Manje leso sibonakaliso sesifikile ukuphawula ukuphela kwenkathi. Umndeni kaWorthington uthe usulidayisile leli bhizinisi elingamahektha amathathu, okuyisitolo sokugcina esinegama lomdayisi wezimoto owashona ngo-2012.
“Kuyadabukisa kakhulu,” kusho uNick Worthington, umzukulu kaCal engxoxweni naye ABC7. “Abasebenzi bethu sebehlale nathi iminyaka engu-40 nangaphezulu.
“Kuyingxenye yobuntwana nempilo yawo wonke umuntu ekhulela lapha,” wengeza. “Kunzima ukuvala leyo ncwadi kuwo wonke umuntu.”
NgoMgqibelo, uShawn Abdallah, umqondisi wezezimali kule ndawo, uthe izindaba zokudayiswa “zishaqise, nakuba bekunamahlebezi izinyanga ezimbalwa okuthi into efana nalena iyasebenza.”
“La mahemuhemu aqinisekisiwe ngoLwesine,” esho, “lapho uNick ethi wonke umuntu uhlangane egumbini lengqungquthela lapha ukuze athole umyalezo obalulekile.
Wathi, ‘Mhlawumbe niwezwile amahlebezi futhi namuhla ngikhona ukuze ngiwaqinisekise.’ ” kukhumbula u-Abdallah. “Ubephatheke kabi emoyeni. Futhi, kwakukhona izinyembezi nxazonke. “
Umthengi, iNouri/Shaver Automobile Group, ihlela ukugcina bonke abasebenzi baseWorthington Ford, kodwa kuzomele baphinde bafake izicelo zabo zomsebenzi, kusho u-Abdallah.
Uphawu olukhulu oluluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka oluthi “Worthington” olubheke eBellflower Boulevard, u-Abdallah uthe, “ngeke lwehliswe kuze kube umhla lu-1 kuNdasa.”
Isitolo se-Worthington Ford ngoMgqibelo.
(UFrancine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Okwamanje, izivakashi akudingeki ziye kude ukuze zibone izikhumbuzi zemigilingwane ewubukhazikhazi esetshenziswa ukufakelwa kwe-Oklahoma ukuze kudayiswe kanzima phakathi neminyaka engama-65 yokusebenza okumenze isithonjana sesiko elixakile laseNingizimu California.
Igumbi lombukiso lamamodeli amasha acwebezelayo akwa-Ford, ngokwesibonelo, linesithombe esisuka phansi sibheke ophahleni se-Worthington esihlathini sibheka esihlathini esinengwe: engumuntu othanda ukudlula zonke izilwane ezimsize ukwakha ihlelo.
Kuyisikhumbuzo senkathi exakile lapho abathengisi bezimoto lapha, enhloko-dolobha yezimoto nomgwaqo onguthelawayeka, begqoke njengoNapoleon, begqoka ama-halos, futhi bamukela izilwane ezingavamile ezithengiswayo.
Amagimmikhi esiginesha ka-Worthington kwakuyizikhangiso ze-“Dog Spot”, ezaqala ukuvela emoyeni ngo-1971. Ekuqaleni zazihloselwe ukuba izimbangi zabaqhudelani ababili: u-Ralph Williams noFletcher Jones.
UWilliams wayeqale umkhankaso wesikhangiso nomalusi waseJalimane ogama lakhe linguStorm, futhi uJones wavela kumabonakude egona imidlwane.
U-Anthony Crawford ubheka izimoto ezintsha eWorthington Ford ngoMgqibelo.
(UFrancine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
“Nganquma ukuzilingisa,” kukhumbula uWorthington engxoxweni. Ngakho waboleka i-gorilla, wayibophela kubhampa wemoto futhi wadedela amakhamera.
Izama ukubonakala ingaphathekile kahle, umshayeli wesibhamu oyisigqoko ophethe isigqoko senkomo kanye nokusineka kwendlebe kwethula lelo qhinga lesintu ngamagama okwamukela: “Sawubona, nginguCal Worthington futhi lena yinja yami iSpot.”
“Ngithole lo mfana omncane ephawundini,” enezela, emamatheka, “futhi ugcwele uthando.”
Abanikazi abasha besitolo bazoshintsha igama libe yi-BP Ford.
