Ford Bronco yotchuka "Big Oly" idagulitsidwa $1.87 miliyoni.

Big Oly ndi Ford Bronco yotchuka kwambiri m'mbiri yonse popeza idapambana Baja 1000 koyambirira kwa '70s kwa zaka ziwiri zotsatizana, ndikumaliza koyamba pazotsatira zina zoyendetsedwa ndi Parnelly Jones.

Pali zithunzi zazikulu mu mbiri ya motorsport, ndipo Big Oli ndi imodzi mwa izo. Ndi SUV yozikidwa pa Ford Bronco ya 1969 yomwe imadziwika bwino chifukwa chopambana Baja 1000 mu 1971 pomwe idayendetsedwa ndi Parnelli Jones, m'modzi mwa oyendetsa mipikisano otchuka kwambiri m'mbiri. Koma izi sizikanakhala zopambana zake zokha, "Big Oli" adapambananso mpikisano womwewo chaka chotsatira ndipo adapambana Baja 500 ndi Mint 400 mu 1973. Mosakayikira, chidutswa chodabwitsa chomwe chinagulitsidwa masiku angapo apitawo ku Mecum Auction pa 34th Dana Mecum Spring Show yomwe inachitikira May 14-22 ku Indianapolis.

Mtengo womaliza unali $ 1.87 miliyoni, yomwe ndi mbiri ya galimoto yamtunduwu. Ndalama zapafupi kwambiri mu gawoli zidabwera zaka ziwiri zapitazo ndi Mercedes G63 AMG 6x6 yogulitsidwa ndi Barrett-Jackson kwa $ 1.21 miliyoni. Chochitika chomwe "Big Oli" chinagulitsidwa zitsanzo zapadera za 2500, zambiri kuchokera kumagulu apadera monga galimoto iyi, yomwe inali yokopa kwambiri pamutu wa Parnelli Jones, yomwe inaphatikizapo. Anapeza ma Ford Mustangs awiri a 2007 (imodzi yokhala ndi nambala 001), Ford Mustang STV Cobra ya 1994 (komanso nambala 1 ya mayunitsi 1000 opangidwa), ndi 1927 Ford T-Bucket Track Roadster, pakati pa chuma china chomwe chinagulitsidwanso.

Chiwerengero chodabwitsa chomwe adapeza sichinangotengera cholowa chake monga gawo la mbiri yamagalimoto, komanso ndi mwini wake wakale, Parnelli Jones, m'modzi mwa oyendetsa odabwitsa kwambiri. Wopambana pa mpikisano wapamsewu komanso pamanjanji ambiri, samadziwa zopinga kapena njira zokhazikika pankhani yoyendetsa. Ngakhale adapuma pantchito, Parnelli Jones ali ndi ntchito yayitali monga mwiniwake wa gulu lake la Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing, lomwe lachita nawo mipikisano ingapo, ngakhale kuyerekeza kupambana kwake ndi "Big Oli".

Ford Bronco "Big Oly", wotchulidwa chifukwa cha thandizo lomwe adalandira kuchokera ku Olympia Brewing Company, amadziwikanso pomaliza Baja 1000 mu maola 14 ndi mphindi 59, nthawi yodabwitsa ya nthawiyo chifukwa inaphwanya mbiri. Ola limodzi kale. . Kupambana kwake kwa Big Oli kunadziwika ndi makhalidwe atatu omwe Parnelli Jones adafuna pamene adalenga ndipo akhalabe m'mapangidwe a magalimotowa kuyambira nthawi imeneyo: mofulumira, mwamphamvu komanso mopepuka.

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