Brock HDT Commodore wanga
Jim Middleton akuti Commodore wake adayendetsedwa ndi wamkulu wa Holden gulu la Brock lisanasinthe ngati fanizo.
Ndizovomerezeka kuti zolemba zonse zochepa za 1980 Brock HDT Commodores zidabwera zoyera, zofiira kapena zakuda zokha. Koma Jim ali ndi zobiriwira, zobiriwira zamitundu iwiri, zomwe amati ndizowona komanso zili ndi mbiri yochititsa chidwi.
Ndipo ayenera kudziwa, chifukwa adachipeza kuchokera ku timu ya Peter Brock, adachigulitsa, kenako ndikuchigulanso. Peter Brock adalowa mukupanga magalimoto apadera mu 1979 Holden atapuma pantchito ku motorsport ndikumusiya kuti aziyendetsa timu yake. Brock adalemba ganyu ogulitsa Holden m'dziko lonselo, omwe adawapangira makina ochepa a VC Commodore.
M'malo mwake, chithandizo chamankhwala chinathandizira kulipira ntchito zake zothamanga. Middleton anati: “Magalimoto 500 oyambirira anali ofiira, oyera kapena akuda. Koma panalinso ma prototypes awiri, abuluu ndi obiriwira."
Ma prototypes, bukhu labuluu komanso zobiriwira zobiriwira, anali mtundu wakale wa VB. “Galimoto yanga ndi nambala wani. Panalibe dzina pa injini. Anaziwerenga pa chiwongolero. Nambala yanga ndi 001 pa chiwongolero. "
Inayamba moyo ngati wobiriwira wobiriwira wa 4.2 lita VB SL Commodore yomangidwa mu Meyi 1979. Middleton akuti idayendetsedwa ndi wamkulu wa Holden gulu la Brock lisanagule ndikulisintha ngati fanizo.
"Galimotoyo idabwera kwa Brock kuchokera ku General Motors. Panthawiyo, inali galimoto ya John Harvey (mnzake wa Brock). Ma 5-lita V8 HDT Commodores adalandira ma valve akuluakulu, ogawa osinthidwa ndi ma carburetors, ntchito yoyimitsidwa, zida za thupi kuphatikizapo chowononga chakumbuyo ndi kutsokomola kutsogolo, komanso mawilo a Irmscher ochokera ku Germany ndi ntchito yapadera ya utoto, pakati pa kusintha kwina.
Mu kasinthidwe awa, iwo inapita ku 0 Km / h mu masekondi 100, ndi injini opangidwa 8.4 kW ndi 160 Nm makokedwe. Anagulitsa $450 ($20,000 kuchepera pa malangizo) ndipo mwamsanga analandidwa ndi osewera ofunitsitsa. Middleton akuti magalimoto tsopano amawononga pakati pa $200 ndi $70,000, ndipo mawonekedwe ake osowa amatha kufika $80,000.
Middleton adagwira ntchito ku Holden dealer Les Wagga ku Pennant Hills, Sydney, m'modzi mwa ogulitsa HDT. Akuti mu 1982, Brock ndi Harvey adayendera wogulitsa paulendo wopita ku mpikisano wa Amaru Park, komwe adagwirizana ndi wogulitsa kuti agulitse mawonekedwe obiriwira chifukwa safunikiranso. Panthawiyo, gulu la Brock linali kupanga mtundu wochepera wotsatira, VH Commodore.
“Kumapeto kwa mlungu umenewo, ndinaugulitsa kwa mnzanga wa abambo anga. Ndinagula kwa iye mu August 1993." Middleton akuti galimotoyo inali itayenda makilomita oposa 100,000 panthawiyo ndipo iyenera kusinthidwa.
"Inali pulogalamu yochepetsetsa kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi," akutero ponena za ntchito yomwe adamaliza chaka chino. “Sindinali wofulumira. Ndinadziwa kuti inali galimoto yanga yoyamba. Zinawonongeka pang'ono kuchokera kumalo oimika magalimoto. Zinafunikadi kuzilekanitsa ndi kuzibwezeretsanso.”
Middleton ndiye anaika mapanelo atsopano, mafelemu atsopano a zitseko, alonda atsopano ndi hood yatsopano, ndikukonzanso injini ndi kutumiza. Chaka chino, adapita nawo ku chochitika cha Muscle Car Masters ku Eastern Creek, komwe Harvey adachiwona ndikuchiyendetsa.
"Anamuzindikira nthawi yomweyo," akutero Middleton. Sabata ino, eni eni a 70 HDT ochokera kudera lonselo adzasonkhana ku Albury kukondwerera zaka 30 zamagalimoto pamsonkhano wotchedwa Brocks pa Border.
Middleton akuti pafupifupi theka la magalimoto oyambira 500 akadalipo. Enanso 12 adamangidwa ngati magalimoto othamangira pampikisano womwewo ku Calder pothandizira mpikisano wa 1980 Australian Grand Prix. Ena a iwo adakalipobe.
Middleton akuti akhoza kugulitsa galimotoyo, yomwe siinayendetsedwe posachedwapa. "Mwayi kuyenda 300 mpaka 400 km m'zaka 17."
