Wanga Austin Healy 1962 MkII BT3000 '7
Umu ndi momwe injiniya wakale Keith Bailey adasankhira kuyika mwambowu. Bailey adabwera ku Australia mu 1964 ndipo adagwira ntchito ku South Australia's Woomera Missile Range, komwe ndi malo akulu kwambiri oyeserera zachitetezo padziko lonse lapansi komanso kukula kwake kwa dziko la Bailey ku England. “Kufikira 1972, ndinali injiniya wa injini ya injini ya injini ya Rolllls-Royce,” iye anatero.
Ngakhale akukhala ku Australia kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, Bailey ali ndi chidwi chokongola cha Chingerezi ngati chitsanzo ichi. Imayendetsedwa ndi injini ya 2912cc inline-six yomwe imatha kuthamanga kwambiri 112.9 mph (181.7 km/h), kuthamanga kwa 0 mpaka 100 km/h kwa masekondi 10.9 ndikugwiritsa ntchito mafuta 23.5 mpg (12 l/100 km). ). Iyi ndiye Austin Healey 3000 yokhayo yokhala ndi ma carburetors atatu a SU HS4.
Thupi lagalimoto yaku Britain yamasewera lidapangidwa ndi Jensen Motors ndipo magalimotowo adasonkhanitsidwa pamalo opangira ma British Motor Corporation ku Abingdon. Mitundu 11,564 ya MkII idamangidwa, pomwe 5096 inali BT7 MkIIs. Ambiri adathamanga padziko lonse lapansi ndipo adachita nawo mpikisano ku Bathurst. Adagula $1362 yatsopano, koma Bailey adagula $1994 pa $17,500.
Galimotoyo idatumizidwa kuchokera ku US pamodzi ndi otolera ena awiri a Brisbane. "US ndiye malo abwino kwambiri kuwagulira chifukwa ambiri a iwo anapita kumeneko," adatero Bailey. “Anali mumkhalidwe woyenera. Inali yoyendetsa kumanzere ndipo ndimayenera kuyisintha zomwe sizinali zovuta chifukwa zonse zidatsekedwa. Chifukwa ndi Chingelezi, mabowo onse ndi zomangira zilipo kale pa chiwongolero chakumanja, koma dashboard iyenera kusinthidwa.
Bailey akudzitamandira kuti adagwira ntchito yambiri yekha. Komabe, penti yokongola yamitundu iwiri ndi mapanelo adapangidwa ndi gulu lokonzanso la Brisbane's Sleeping Beauty. Kubwezeretsa ndikolondola mpaka ku Luca magneto woyambirira, ma wipers, nyanga, kuyatsa ndi jenereta. Kampani yamagetsi yamagetsi ya Birmingham nthawi zambiri imatchedwa Prince of Darkness chifukwa chakulephera kwake, koma Bailey akadali wowona.
"Sizinandikhumudwitse mpaka pano," akutero. "Anthu amakonda kunyoza Lucas - pazifukwa zomveka ndikuganiza - koma ndege zambiri zawagwiritsa ntchito. "Sindikudziwa za masiku ano."
