Wanga Lancia Fulvia 1600cc V4 HF
Tony Kovacevic adagula Lancia Fulvia 1.6 HF Coupe yakeyake ku 1996, yomwe adayibwezeretsa (yowonetsedwa pamwambapa).
Mutha kuwonetsa zowoneka bwino ngati Rolex, koma ngati mukufuna ulemu wa ochepa omwe amadziwa, mudzakhala ndi IWC yabwino, yabata komanso yowoneka bwino. Lancia Fulvia anali wotchuka koma osati wotchuka kwambiri panthawi yake; sitepe patsogolo kuchokera Fiat, sitepe kutali ndi Alfa Romeo. Unali chitsanzo chomwe chinapititsa patsogolo mbiri ya Lancia ya luso lazopangapanga komanso kupambana kwa mipikisano.
Mtundu wa Turin unayambitsa zatsopano monga thupi la monocoque, kuyimitsidwa kodziyimira pawokha kutsogolo, kufala kwa ma 6-liwiro, serial V4 ndi V1950 injini. Imayendetsedwa kumanja (ndiye chizindikiro cha galimoto yotchuka) mpaka m'ma XNUMX. Fulvia wothamanga, yemwe ali ndi Formula One m'zaka khumi zimenezo, adawonjezera Lancia pamipikisano yapadziko lonse lapansi.
Komabe, Lancia wakhala akukhalabe, makamaka m'dziko lino, chinthu chamtundu wachipembedzo, zomwe ubwino wake ndi kutchuka zinayamikiridwa ndi okonda zenizeni monga Prime Minister wakale Malcolm Fraser.
"Ankakonda kuwuluka helikopita yake pamsonkhano wa Lancia," akutero Kovacevich. "Timakhala ndi chiwonetsero chachikulu zaka ziwiri zilizonse zomwe zimawakokera ku America, UK ndi New Zealand."
Chithumwa cha Lancia chimakhalabe cholimba kwa iwo omwe akudziwa. Ndipo ku Shannons Inshuwalansi, Kovacevic amadziwa magalimoto ake olemekezeka, okwera mtengo.
“Si mtundu wotchuka. Koma mu 1996, pamene mndandanda wa magalimoto 100 otchuka kwambiri adapangidwa kuti akondwerere zaka 100 zoyambirira zamakampani opanga magalimoto, zitsanzo zisanu ndi chimodzi za Lancia zinaphatikizidwa. Izi ndizoposa wopanga wina aliyense. Lingaliro la kutsogola ndi mbiri imeneyi ndi losangalatsa kwambiri,” akufotokoza motero.
Kovacevic, Purezidenti wa Lancia Auto Club ku New South Wales, amawona 1600cc V4 HF imodzi mwa miyala yamtengo wapatali.
"HF ndi galimoto yosowa kwambiri," akutero. "Amangomanga pafupifupi 1250 HFs ndipo mwina 200 aiwo anali oyendetsa kumanja. Pamene iwo anatuluka koyamba, anali makina wokongola ozizira, ndi mawilo mag, manja fiberglass, 10.5:1 injini compression. Wamphamvu kwambiri. Inamangidwa ngati msonkhano wapadera womwe ungalole Lancia kuthamanga mpikisano wamasewera a ku Europe ndi World Rally.
Choncho, buku, anagulidwa ndi Kovacevich mu 1996, anachita nawo mpikisano. "Ndinali ndi mbiri ndi Fiats, ndinali ndi oposa 30," akutero. "Ndidaganiza zosinthira ku chinthu china choyenga komanso chosangalatsa, komabe Chitaliyana. Ndimakonda magalimoto aku Italy."
Mu 2000, Kovacevich bwino anabwezeretsa bodywork Lancia. Tsopano siliva wonyezimira wa HF ndi gawo lofunikira kwambiri pamagulu a kilabu, kuphatikiza msonkhano wazaka ziwiri, womwe umakopa opikisana nawo ku US ndi UK. "Ndidauyendetsa kupita ku Castlemaine ku Victoria komwe msonkhano wa Lancia umachitikira. Ndayiyendetsa ku Queensland kawiri ndipo mayendedwe ang'onoang'ono am'deralo omwe tili nawo," akutero.
“Ndi yamphamvu. Ili ndi torque yambiri kotero mumangoponda pa pedal ndipo imapita. Injini ya injini yagalimoto yanga idasinthidwa kuti igwirizane ndi mpikisano. Ili ndi mabuleki akuluakulu ndipo galasi lakutsogolo ndilo galasi lokha m'galimoto. Magalimotowo anachokera ku fakitale yokhala ndi mitengo ya aluminiyamu ndi zitseko, kotero kuti anali opepuka kwambiri. Pa nthawi ina anali patsogolo ndithu: chimbale mabuleki pa mawilo anayi, makina asanu-liwiro. Ndipo zinali zokwera mtengo kwambiri - pafupifupi kuwirikiza kawiri kuposa Holden panthawiyo. "
Ndipo izi zikugwiranso ntchito kwa Holdens lero, kupatsidwa mtengo womwe Commodore Omega watsopano akugunda zombo. "Posachedwa tagulitsa Fulvia ku Shannons $53,000. Ndikuwona akutsatsa ku Europe kwa € 50,000 yomwe ndi yochulukirapo, koma ku Australia zikhala pakati pa $50,000 ndi $60,000."
Izi zikhala zambiri kuposa Lancia Delta yatsopano ngati mtunduwo uganiza zotsegulanso ku Australia. "Delta yafika ku Europe ndipo oyang'anira akuti akufuna kubwereranso kumisika ya RHD," akuwonjezera Kovacevich. "Chinthu choyendetsa dzanja lamanja ichi chikubwerera ku magaleta achiroma - woyendetsa anali kumanja nthawi zonse."
