Wanga 1991 Ferrari 328 GTS.
Eni ake angapo a Ferrari a Len Watson, 63, akuti Ferraris wazaka zotsika akhala akukhala kwanthawi yayitali. Iye anati: “Izi ndi magalimoto odalirika kwambiri moti sizingakubweretsereni vuto lililonse ngati muziwagwiritsa ntchito pafupipafupi. “Vuto anthu amawasunga m’magalaja achinyezi ndipo matayala amawonongeka ndipo matayala amakhala ndi dazi ndipo amavuta kwambiri. Magalimoto otsika kwambiri siabwino ngati magalimoto okwera kwambiri. ”
"Ndinayika makilomita 70,000 pa 328 yanga (1991 Ferrari 328 GTS) - mailosi ovuta kwambiri - ndipo tinangogwiritsa ntchito pafupifupi 2000 (pafupifupi $ 3875) pokonza pafupifupi zaka 12." Akamalankhula za mailosi ovuta, amatanthauza mailosi ovuta pamasiku olondola, kukwera mapiri ndi mipikisano yapamwamba. Pakali pano amapikisana nawo muzochitika zosiyanasiyana za Queensland Drivers 'Championship mu 1980 Ferrari 308 GTB. Chaka chamawa akufuna kuchita zonse mphamvu.
Mwiniwake wakampani yaku UK yopuma pantchito adayamba kukondana ndi magalimoto akale ndi Brisky yake yoyamba yamawilo atatu yaku Britain yokhala ndi injini yanjinga yamoto ya 250cc yokhala ndi mikwingwirima iwiri ya Villiers kumbuyo. Zinamutengera 18 (pafupifupi $34) mu 1966 ndipo pafupifupi 100 zokha zidapangidwa.
"Zinali zachilendo kwambiri chifukwa liwiro lake lalikulu linali 70 mph (112 km / h) kutsogolo ndi 70 mph kumbuyo," akutero. “Ndinakwera makilomita pafupifupi 40 pa ola kubwerera kumbuyo. “Anali akuyendetsa cham’mbuyo pamene munamuimitsa n’kuyamba injini mobwerera. Panali maulendo anayi mbali zonse ziwiri. Anasintha kukhala "Metropolitan Wathu", "ndiye panali magalimoto otopetsa kwa nthawi yayitali."
Galimoto yatsopano yomaliza yomwe adagula inali 1979 Triumph TR7, kenako adasinthira ku Porsche 924 Turbo, ndipo mu 1983 adafuna "kukweza" ku 911. "Ndinawada. M'zaka za m'ma 80, Porsche sinagwire ntchito konse, "adatero. “Mkazi wanga anati bwanji osagula Ferrari, ndiye ndinagula 2+2 Mondial 8 yomwe inali ndi zaka zingapo,” akutero Watson. “Ndidakhala nayo kwa chaka chimodzi kenako ndidagula 3.2 litre Mondial QV (Quattrovalvole) ngati galimoto yakampani. Zinali zodula, koma masiku amenewo simunawononge ndalama pa Ferrari. "
"Komabe, kuwira kwa magalimoto apamwamba kunayamba chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 80 ndipo anthu anali kugula magalimoto ndi ndalama zopusa, kotero kupita kwa makasitomala mu Ferrari yapamwamba kunali kupusa pang'ono chifukwa ankaganiza kuti mumawabera. Chifukwa chake ndidasinthira ku Porsche 928 ngati galimoto yamakampani.
Komabe, kulakwitsa kwa Ferrari kudabweranso mu 1991 pomwe adagula Ferrari 328 GTS, yomwe adagwiritsa ntchito ndikuizunza panjanji, mpikisano komanso masiku okwera mapiri. Iye anati: “Pajatu ndi galimoto chabe. “Magalimoto ngati omwe amamangidwa pa chassis amatha kusinthidwa ndi mileme. Magalimoto amakono amanjenjemera ndipo kumawononga ndalama zambiri kukonza.”
Pafupifupi zaka zisanu zapitazo, Watson adasamukira ku Australia, adagulitsa 328 ndipo adabwera ndi F40 yakumanzere komwe adapikisana nawo mu Classic Adelaide Rally. Pamene anasamukira ku Queensland, sakanatha kulembetsa galimoto popanda kuisintha kuti ikhale yoyendetsa dzanja lamanja. "Chifukwa chakuti galimotoyo imapangidwa ndi carbon fiber, n'zosatheka kuisintha, choncho ndinalandira zilolezo zapadera kangapo," akutero. "Koma ngati sungathe kuyendetsa galimoto, sindikufuna, choncho ndinaitumiza ku England ndikuigulitsa."
Iye sanali "Ferrari" kwa zaka ziwiri kenako anabwerera ku UK mu 2007 mpikisano tingachipeze powerenga mndandanda ndi kupeza chiphaso chake mayiko anagona, kotero iye anagula 1980 "wosaoneka" 308 GTB. Kunali kulakwitsa. Injiniyo inatha ndipo inafunika kukonzedwanso,” akutero Watson. Koma ndikadali nacho. Chifukwa chomwe ndili ndi Ferrari yakale ndichifukwa ndiyoyenera kuthamanga kwa mbiri yakale ndipo pali mipata yambiri yothamanga kuposa kuthamanga wamba."
Dongosolo lake lokhala ndi laisensi yapadziko lonse lapansi linali kuthamangitsa mnzake wa Ferrari 15 GTO wa $250 miliyoni ku Le Mans. Komabe, mnzakeyo anaganiza kuti galimotoyo inali "yokwera mtengo kwambiri kuti iwononge mpikisano". Lingaliro silimadutsanso m'maganizo mwa Watson pamene akutenga 328 yake kupita ku Queensland mpikisano woyamba wa Italy Motorsport Festival, October 2-4.
