Wanga 1970 Hillman Hunter
Osatinso pano. Tsopano yachulukitsa mphamvu zake kuwirikiza kawiri ndipo ndiyopikisana nawo kwambiri pa malo achisanu ndi chinayi mu Gulu N la Queensland Cup lamasewera akale omwe adamangidwa 1972 isanakwane.
Akadasankha galimoto yabwinoko kuti athamangire, koma wamkulu wazaka 44 sakanatha kuyang'ana kavalo wamphatso mkamwa. Iye anati: “Mkazi wanga Trudy anapatsidwa galimoto ndi amalume awo a Charlie ndi a Mabel Perarson. Anaigula yatsopano mu 1970 pamtengo wa $1950 ndipo anaiyendetsa makilomita 42,000 (67,500 km) asanaipereke kwa Trudy mu 1990.
“Trudy anatenga udindo wake woyamba wa uphunzitsi ku Longreach, ndipo m’pamene ndinakumana naye. Panthawiyo ndinali ndi mashaka ndipo ndinali wodabwitsa kwambiri ndipo aliyense amati anandinyamula kuti ndizimuyang'anira galimoto yake. " Osati kuti galimotoyo inkafuna chisamaliro chapadera.
“Tinapanga maulendo angapo bwerera ndi mtsogolo ku Brisbane, tikuliyendetsa m’misewu yafumbi kupita ku nyumba ndi kupita patchuthi kuchokera ku Longreach kupita ku Rocky, Townsville, Cairns, Hughendon ndi Winton ndipo mavuto okha amene tinali nawo anali a galimoto yachingerezi. adakweza malita anayi amafuta ndikufunikira jenereta yatsopano,” akutero. "Kupanda kutero zonse zidayenda bwino kwambiri."
Trudy atamaliza ntchito yake ya uphunzitsi, okwatiranawo anabwerera ku Brisbane ndi kusiya Hillman m’nyumba ya amayi awo ku Toowoomba kwa miyezi pafupifupi 18. “Kenako amayi ake a Trudy anandiimbira foni ndi kundipempha kuti ndiwachotse,” iye akutero. "Ndinaikonda kwambiri kotero kuti tidayigwiritsa ntchito ngati galimoto yachiwiri kwa zaka zinayi, kenako ndidapeza udindo woyang'anira ndipo Hillman adapuma pantchito."
“Cha m’ma 2000, ndinayamba kuyendetsa galimoto ndikugwiritsa ntchito galimoto imeneyi. Ndinangoveka kagenda kaja ndikupita." West ali ndi mpikisano wothamanga chifukwa cha abambo ake Graham, omwe amayendetsa nawo Dean Rainsford mu Porsche 911 ndipo adamaliza wachiwiri mu 1976 Australian Rally Championship kumbuyo kwa timu ya fakitale ya Nissan Japan.
Abambo ake analinso oyendetsa nawo mlendo woyendetsa bwino Stig Blomqvist mu 1978 pa Saab EMS pomwe anali kuno ku Canberra Rally. “Chotero mpikisano uli m’magazi mwanga,” iye akutero. West anayamba ntchito yake mu motorsport ndi sprints ndi kukwera mapiri, mayesero nthawi ndi zochepa Hillman zosinthidwa. M'kupita kwa nthawi, West anakhala "mwamsanga ndi bwino", ndi galimoto pang'onopang'ono analandira zosintha kwambiri monga anasamukira mu anagona kwambiri "zoopsa".
Gulu la mbiri yakale limalola kusinthidwa kochepa, kotero mpikisano wa Hillman Hunter tsopano uli ndi zododometsa za Koni; kuyimitsidwa kasupe kutsogolo, chosinthika kwa Castor, camber ndi kutalika; injini yoyenera komanso yoganizira; zopangira manja; dzitani nokha kudya mochuluka; mpweya wolowera kutsogolo zimbale Cortina; mapasa 45mm Webbers; ndi injini ya 1725 cc ya masilinda anayi. masentimita anali okulirapo pang'ono mpaka pafupifupi 1730 cc.
Poyamba idatulutsa 53kW ku flywheel ndipo tsopano imatulutsa pafupifupi 93kW kumawilo akumbuyo. “Ndinali woseketsa pamene ndinawonekera koyamba ku Hillman,” akutero West. “Palibe amene anachitapo zimenezi. Ambiri ananena kuti sankamvetsa chifukwa chake n’zosatheka, koma ambiri ankati n’zosatheka.
"Ndinayenera kudzipangira ndekha njira yonse. Simungagule zinthu pashelefu. Kwa zaka zambiri ndakhala ndikupeza malo ndikupambana. Tsopano ndi galimoto yampikisano. Palibe amene amasekanso," akutero West. "Ichi ndi chassis yabwino pantchitoyo. Koma Lucas magetsi ndizovuta; amamutcha Lucas Kalonga wa Mdima."
"Injini yaku Britain komanso kutumiza ndikwabwino kuyendetsa mafuta akutuluka ndipo malinga ndi malamulo sindiloledwa kuthira mafuta panjanji kotero ndidaphunzira kuyimitsa." Chodzinenera cha Hillman chofuna kupambana mpikisano chinali kupambana mpikisano woyamba kuchokera ku London kupita ku Sydney mu 1968 ndi dalaivala waku Britain Andrew Cowan, yemwe pambuyo pake adasamukira ku Mitsubishi Ralliart.
Kumadzulo amati mwayi waukulu wa Hillman ndikuti ndi waukulu komanso wopepuka. Ndilitali pafupifupi 40mm kuposa Escort ndipo ili ndi liwiro labwino pamakona. Koma nditha kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zambiri pamahatchi. ”
"Cholepheretsa chachikulu ndi gearbox. Ndiyenera kupita pansi. Ndili mkati molandira katemera wa Escort limited diff. Kenako ndimatha kugwiritsa ntchito matayala abwinoko ndikuyenda mwachangu kwambiri. Nthawi zina ndimakhumudwa pang'ono ndi zolephera zake, koma pamene ndimakonda mpikisano wothamanga, ndimakondanso chitukuko ndi luso la mpikisano.
"Iyi ndiye Hunter woyamba komanso yekhayo yemwe adalembetsedwa ngati Galimoto ya Gulu N ku Australia, ndiye ndidayika zomwe zidalipo. Ndipo mwina womaliza."
