HSV VL Gulu A SS, Tickford TL50 ndi magalimoto ena akale aku Australia omwe ndi amtengo wapatali masiku ano koma osagulitsidwa m'malo owonetsera kale.

Khulupirirani kapena ayi, nthawi ina ogulitsa Holden adapeza zovuta kugulitsa magawo mu HSV VL Gulu A SS.

Kugulitsa kwaposachedwa kwa $ 1.3 miliyoni kwa Ford Falcon GT-HO Phase III kumatsimikizira zinthu zingapo. 

Choyamba, ngakhale kuti msika wodziwika bwino wa Gawo lachitatu udachepa pafupifupi 50% zaka khumi zapitazo chifukwa cha GFC komanso msika wotenthedwa wodzaza ndi anthu olosera zoyipa, galimotoyo idakhalabe ndipo imakhalabe chinthu cha otolera 24-carat.

M'malo mwake, ndi makope a 300 okha omwe adasindikizidwa komanso ufulu wodzitamandira kuti adapambana ku Bathurst munthawi yomwe zidatanthauza kanthu kwa wopanga, GT-HO Phase III nthawi zonse yakhala chitsanzo cholemekezeka chomwe chidatsimikiziridwa kukhala chinthu cha otolera.

Koma izi sizikugwira ntchito ku zitsulo zonse zaku Australia zophatikizika. Khulupirirani kapena ayi, ena mwa magalimoto otentha kwambiri ku Australia adayamba bwino pompano. 

M'malo mwake, mawu akale akuti "simukanatha kuwapereka" amagwira ntchito kumagulu angapo aku Australia omwe tsopano akugulitsidwa ndi kotala la miliyoni miliyoni nthawi zina.

HSV VL Gulu A SS

Nkhumba yapulasitiki.

Zithunzi za chodabwitsa ichi ziyenera kukhala zoyamba za minofu ya HSV, 1988 SS Group A (aka Walkinshaw). Apanso, iyi inali nthawi yomwe magalimoto omwe amathamanga mu Bathurst Classic yapachaka amayenera kukhazikitsidwa ndi magalimoto amtundu, kotero kukhala ndi njira ya msewu wa wopambana wa Bathurst kunali chinthu chachikulu.

Ndi zida zake zakutchire zomwe zimaphatikizanso chowononga chakumbuyo chakumbuyo ndi hood yokhala ndi ma air vents, Walkinshaw anali wokopa kwambiri maso. Koma ngakhale mtengo wa $45,000, ndi cholowa chothamangachi, ogula omwe amatha kuwona kubadwa kwa mbiri ya mpikisano wamagalimoto aku Australia adatenga ma HSV 500 oyamba omwe amafunikira kuti amange kuti azitha kuyendetsa galimotoyo. Awa ndi malo omwe HSV imayenera kuyitanitsa mokwanira.

Koma sichoncho. Anakhala wadyera ndipo adaganiza kuti dziko lapansi likufunika ma Walkinshaw enanso 250. Panthawi imeneyo, ndithudi, kutchula dzina kunali kutayamba kale, ndipo galimotoyo inali italandira dzina lakuti "Plastic Pig" chifukwa cha maonekedwe ake onyansa. Kuonjezera apo, anali asanapambane Bathurst (zinangochitika mu 1990), ndipo chiwerengero chake cha anthu chinali kutsika mofulumira.

Zotsatira zake, omaliza mwa magalimoto owonjezera 250 aja ali m'malo ogulitsa Holden ngati ana agalu abuluu pawindo la sitolo ya ziweto. Palibe amene ankawafuna, ndipo mtengo wa $47,000 unali utayamba kale kuluma. Kupatula apo, ogulitsa a Holden anali kuvula zida zamagulu a Gulu A m'magalimoto ndikuyesera kuwagulitsa ngati chinthu china osati Walkinshaw. Panalinso mphekesera zoti magalimoto ena adakonzedwanso ndi ogulitsa omwe anali ofunitsitsa kuchotsa madontho a "nkhumba ya pulasitiki" m'zipinda zawo zowonetsera.

Tsopano, ndithudi, chirichonse chasintha madigiri a 180, ndipo Walkinshaw yakhala imodzi mwa matikiti otchuka kwambiri mumzindawu. Mitengo imatha kukwera mpaka $250,000 kapena $300,000 pamagalimoto abwino kwambiri, oyamba. Zomwe zimasiya funso limodzi losayankhidwa: zidatani ndi zida zonse za thupi zomwe ogulitsa adazichotsa munthawi yawo?

Tickford TE/TS/TL50

Kuyambira 1999 mpaka 2002, Tickford anali ndi mpikisano weniweni wa HSV.

Nthawi zina wopanga amapeza chigoli chake modzidzimutsa, zomwe zimachititsa kuti galimoto yaulemuyo ikhale yabata. Chitsanzo chabwino cha izi chidaseweredwa ndi gulu lamasewera la Ford, Tickford.

Zinali zochulukira kwa Tickford kuyimilira ndikuwona momwe HSV idakulirakulira ndikuyamba kuthamangitsa osewera kuti atenge chikwama. Kotero, iye anatenga mtundu wosakondedwa wa AU Falcon ndipo adafuna kumenya HSV pamasewera ake; kumanga sedan yayikulu yokhala ndi mipando isanu yomwe imatha kukoka bwato kapena kuwoloka kontinenti imodzi modumphadumpha. Lingalirolo lidalandiridwa bwino ndipo linali kutenga mawonekedwe okonzekera bwino a AU Falcon ndi Fairlane ndikuyiyika ndi injini yayikulu kwambiri m'kabukhu ndikuyisintha pang'ono kuti ipangitse mphamvu zowonjezera.

Panalibe vuto lililonse mwa izi, koma kulakwitsa kwa Tickford kunali kutsatsa. M'malo mopereka chala-to-chala ndi HSV, zotsatsira za Tickford zinali ndi cholinga chopereka china chake chobisika kwa munthu yemwe sanamve kufunika kowonekera. Zomwe zinagonjetseratu cholinga cha magalimoto otere. Kuyesera kugulitsa galimoto kuti igwire ntchito ndi kukonzanso pamene HSV ya ng'ombe inali mpikisano inali njira yachikale yogwiritsira ntchito mpeni pomenyana ndi mfuti.

Njirayi idasokonezanso Tickford chifukwa zikutanthauza kuti sakanatha kugwiritsa ntchito nyali zapamwamba zinayi zakutsogolo kwa mtundu wawung'ono wa Falcon-based XR. Ayi, theka limenelo lingakhale laulesi kwambiri. Chifukwa chake, mitundu ya TE, TS ndi TL idapeza mawonekedwe osinthika pang'ono a mawonekedwe owopsa a Fairmont. Zotsatira zake zinali magalimoto angapo omwe adachita bwino kwambiri koma sanagulitse pamsika akukhudzidwa kwambiri ndi kotala mailosi. Ngakhale mtundu wopangidwa kwanuko wa 5.0-lita V8 wokhala ndi injini yomwe idakulitsa mphamvu ku mpikisano wa HSV wa 5.6-lita idalephera kukopa anthu wamba, ndipo a Tickfords adakhala osagwira ntchito kwa nthawi yayitali.

Tsopano, ndithudi, pali chikondi chatsopano cha Tickford Falcons, kuphatikizapo mfundo yakuti AU mwina inali nsanja yokoma kwambiri ya Ford Australia yomwe idapangapo. Mitengo ikukwera chifukwa chake, ndi TE kapena TS50 yabwino yomwe tsopano ikuwononga pafupifupi $ 30,000, ndi mitundu yokulirapo ya Series Series yokwera mtengo kuposa kuwirikiza kawiri.

Holden ndi Ford zazikulu coupes

Ngati simungathe kugulitsa Falcons zolimba, ingomamatirani zomata za Cobra. (Chithunzi: Mitchell Talk)

Ndi chapakati pa zaka za m'ma 70 ndipo anthu akuchoka pamsika waukulu wa coupe wopangidwa m'deralo. Kukwera kwa mitengo ya gasi pakati pavuto la mafuta (zomwe sizinachitike kwenikweni, koma komabe ...) zikutanthauza kuti magalimoto akuluakulu, V8-powered two-doors monga Holden Monaro ndi Ford Falcon Hardtop anali pa mndandanda wa anthu ambiri. M'malo mwake, pofika cha m'ma 1976, galimoto ya Holden yazitseko ziwiri yomwe idagulidwa kwambiri inali yokhazikika ku Belmont. Pankhani ya Coupes Holden ndi Ford, onse opanga magalimoto adasiyidwa ndi matupi a zitseko ziwiri popanda chiyembekezo chenicheni chowasandutsa Monaros kapena GTs.

Apa ndipamene madipatimenti otsatsa adapanga. Pankhani ya Holden, yankho linali lachitsanzo lotchedwa Monaro LE, lomwe linatulutsidwa mu 1976 kuti litenge mawonekedwe omaliza a thupi. Panthawiyo inali galimoto yonyezimira kwambiri yokhala ndi mawilo agolide a Polycast, utoto wachitsulo wa burgundy ndi mikwingwirima yagolide. Mkati mwake munali maekala a velor trim ndipo, modabwitsa, galimoto yama cartridge eyiti. Mechanically, inu kupeza 5.0-lita V8, atatu-liwiro automatic transmission, ndi kudziletsa kudziletsa kusiyana. Galimotoyo inalinso ndi zolinga zapamwamba, ndipo ndi mtengo wamtengo wapatali woposa $ 11,000, mutha kugula "Monaro" GTS "yokhazikika" ndi thumba la kusintha kwa zikwi zitatu. Pambuyo pake, LE Coupe ya 580 idapangidwa ndikugulitsidwa, ndipo izi zidathetsa zilakolako zazikulu za Holden za zitseko ziwiri mpaka 2001 pomwe Monaro adatsitsimutsidwa paziwonetsero. Sakuwoneka kuti akugulitsidwa pano, koma akatero, mutha kugwiritsa ntchito $150,000 pa zabwino kwambiri.

Holden HX Monaro. (Chithunzi: James Cleary)

Panthawiyi, Ford anali ndi vuto lomwelo. Panthawi yofananira m'mbiri (1978), Ford idapeza matupi 400 a Falcon Hardtop akubisalira ndipo panalibe njira yeniyeni yowatsitsa. Mpaka lingaliro lidapangidwa kuti atenge tsamba kuchokera ku North America ndikupanga mtundu wamba wa Cobra Coupe. Sizodabwitsa kuti Edsel Ford II anali woyang'anira wamkulu wa Ford Oz panthawiyo. Chisankhochi chikadakhala chophweka ngati magalimoto a Allan Moffat a Cobra Liver a Gulu C atamaliza chimodzi mwa ziwiri ku Bathurst chaka chatha.

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Pafupifupi 2000 Superbirds anamangidwa.

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