Kuv Austin Healy 1962 MkII BT3000 '7
Ntawm no yog li cas qub engineer Keith Bailey tau xaiv los kos lub ntees. Bailey tuaj rau Australia xyoo 1964 thiab tau ua haujlwm ntawm South Australia's Woomera Missile Range, uas yog qhov chaw tiv thaiv av loj tshaj plaws thiab chaw sim dav hlau hauv ntiaj teb thiab kwv yees li qhov loj ntawm Bailey lub teb chaws hauv tebchaws Askiv. "Txog xyoo 1972 kuv yog Rollls-Royce turbine engine engineer," nws hais.
Txawm hais tias nyob hauv Australia txij thaum ntawd los, Bailey muaj lub siab xav paub lus Askiv zoo nkauj zoo li tus qauv no. Nws yog powered los ntawm 2912 cc inline rau-lub tog raj kheej cav muaj peev xwm ntawm qhov siab tshaj plaws ntawm 112.9 mph (181.7 km / h), 0 txog 100 km / h acceleration hauv 10.9 vib nas this thiab roj noj ntawm 23.5 mpg (12 l / 100 km) .). Qhov no tsuas yog Austin Healey 3000 nrog triple SU HS4 carburetor.
Lub cev ntawm lub tsheb kis las British tau tsim los ntawm Jensen Motors, thiab cov tsheb tau sib sau ua ke ntawm British Motor Corporation cog hauv Abingdon. 11,564 MkII qauv tau tsim, ntawm 5096 yog BT7 MkIIs. Ntau tus tau sib tw thoob plaws ntiaj teb thiab txawm sib tw hauv Bathurst. Lawv raug nqi $ 1362 tshiab, tab sis Bailey yuav nws hauv $ 1994 rau $ 17,500.
Lub tsheb tau los ntawm Teb Chaws Asmeskas nrog rau ob tus neeg sau khoom hauv Brisbane. Bailey tau hais tias "Tebchaws Asmeskas yog qhov chaw zoo tshaj plaws los yuav lawv vim lawv feem ntau mus rau ntawd," Bailey hais. “Nws nyob hauv lub xeev raug. Nws yog sab laug tes tsav thiab kuv yuav tsum tau hloov nws, uas tsis yog qhov nyuaj vim nws tag nrho cov bolted rau. Vim hais tias nws yog lus Askiv, tag nrho cov qhov thiab fittings twb muaj nyob rau hauv txoj cai kauj log, tab sis lub dashboard yuav tsum tau hloov. "
Bailey khav theeb tias nws tau ua feem ntau ntawm nws tus kheej. Txawm li cas los xij, cov xim zoo nkauj ob lub suab thiab cov vaj huam sib luag tau ua los ntawm Sleeping Beauty's Brisbane remodelers. Kev kho dua tshiab yog qhov tseeb mus rau qhov qub Luca magneto, wipers, horn, teeb pom kev zoo thiab lub tshuab hluav taws xob. Lub tuam txhab Birmingham lub tuam txhab hluav taws xob hluav taws xob feem ntau tau hu ua Prince of Darkness vim nws qhov tsis ua haujlwm siab, tab sis Bailey tseem muaj tseeb.
"Tam sim no nws tseem tsis tau tso kuv tseg," nws hais. "Tib neeg nyiam ua phem rau Lucas - vim li cas kuv twv - tab sis ntau lub dav hlau tau siv lawv. "Kuv tsis paub meej txog hnub no."
