Kutolera kwanga zakale
“Ndimakonda kunena kuti ndimagulitsa magalimoto amene ndimawakonda, osati akale. Tsoka ilo, ndimawakonda kwambiri,” akutero mkulu wazaka 44 waku Southport. “Ndi vuto kukhala wogulitsa wamkulu; muli mu sitolo ndi ma lollipops onsewa akulowa pakhomo lakumaso. Inu mukuti, “Kodi ndigula izi kuti ndizisunga kapena kugulitsa? Mukutani? Ndizovuta pamene mumakonda magalimoto. Zotsatira zake, mudzakhala ndi zosonkhanitsa.
Zosonkhanitsa za Dean nthawi zambiri zimakhala ndi magalimoto omwe adagubuduza pamakoma achipinda chake chachinyamata ndikulowa mu garaja yake. Pakati pawo: 1966 Austin Healey Sprite, "wakuda, understated ndi wokongola" 1970 Fiat 124 BC Sport, 1982 Lancia Beta Coupe, amene "n'zosadabwitsa kuti dzimbiri kulibe m'malo onse olakwika", Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III, Honda 1970. Civic yokhala ndi makilomita 20,000 okha, eni eni 1972 VW Beetle, ngolo ya m'mphepete mwa nyanja ya Meyers Manx ya 1968, Nissan S-cargo ya 1990s "mkazi wanga amatcha Daisy" minivan, 1988 kukwera phiri Corolla komanso osowa Lancia Delta Integrale zaka 1988. HF 4WD valavu eyiti.
Iye anati: “Ndangogulanso Integrale ina ku Japan yomwe ilibe dzimbiri. "Koma ndiyenera kusiya zoseweretsa zanga zina monga Beta, Veedub ndi Civic."
Akukonzekera kutenga Integrale yachiwiri ndikuyisintha kukhala chifaniziro cha galimoto yoyera ya Martini, yofanana ndi yomwe imayendetsedwa mu World Rally Championships asanu ndi limodzi m'ma 1980 ndi 90 ndi madalaivala monga Juha Kankkunen ndi Miki Biasion. Ili ndi 16-valve two-lita turbo, koma ngakhale ili ndi turbo yocheperako kuposa valve yanga eyiti, ilibe kuchedwa kwambiri. "Mutha kupeza mphamvu zokwana 700 (522 kW) mwa iwo, zomwe ndikuganiza kuti zingakhale zochititsa mantha."
Akukonzekera kuyendetsa Lancia m'mipikisano yothamanga kwambiri monga Tweed on Speed, Leyburn Sprints ndi Cootha Classic yaposachedwa. Pakadali pano, akukankhira Corolla yake kwambiri mu Queensland Hill Climb Championship, yomwe adapambana masabata angapo apitawo.
"Ndidalowa mu izi pafupifupi zaka zitatu zapitazo kudzera mwa mnzanga wina yemwe anali ndi Alpha yemwe anali kundisakaza nthawi zonse," akutero. “Ndinazisiya chifukwa uyenera kudzipereka, koma tsiku lina ndidachita ku Mount Cotton ndipo ndidakopeka. Iwo ndi gulu lalikulu la anyamata. Si kwenikweni masewera a magazi.
Corolla yake imayendetsedwa ndi injini yothamanga kwambiri ya Toyota 4AGE 20-valve yomwe imakhala ndi mphamvu ya 89kW pamawilo.
"Koma ili ndi torque yochulukirapo, yomwe ndi yabwino kukwera mapiri," akutero. Anagula $1500 ndipo anaisintha kukhala projekiti ya $28,000 yothamanga. Ndi galimoto yokha yomwe imayenera kundigwira mpaka nditalowa mu chilombo cha Evo," akutero. "Koma simungadumphe ndikugunda njanji ndi chinthu chomwe chili ndi mawilo 350kW. Ndizowopsa pang'ono. Ndinagula Corolla kuti ndikweze kukhala Evo koma ndinaikonda ndipo Evo akadali pamenepo. Pakadali pano, ndinapunthwa pa Integrale ndipo tsopano ndikugula ina. Ndi matenda".
Anagula Delta ya 134kW ku Western Australia kwa $ 15,000 "atathamangitsa imodzi" kwa zaka zingapo. "Ili ndi akasupe a ma coil, idadulidwa, ndidasinthiratu ndikutulutsa utsi, ndipo idasamalidwa mwachikondi komanso mwachikondi ... ndipo inali pafupifupi $5000. Ndimagwiritsa ntchito pazochitika zapadera, osati mpikisano waukulu. Ndili ndi nkhawa pang'ono. sindikufuna kuyiyika pakhoma.
