Kuv sau ntawm classics
“Kuv nyiam hais tias kuv muag kuv lub tsheb uas kuv nyiam, tsis siv. Hmoov tsis zoo, kuv hlub lawv ntau dhau lawm, "hais tias tus thawj coj ntawm Southport 44 xyoo. “Nws yog ib qho teeb meem nrog kev ua tus muag khoom sab saum toj; koj nyob hauv ib lub khw nrog tag nrho cov lollipops los ntawm lub qhov rooj. Koj hais tias, "Kuv puas yuav qhov no los khaws lossis muag?" Koj ua dab tsi? Nws nyuaj thaum koj nyiam tsheb. Yog li ntawd, koj yuav muaj kev sau.
Dean cov khoom sau feem ntau muaj cov tsheb uas tau dov tawm ntawm phab ntsa ntawm nws cov tub ntxhais hluas chav pw thiab mus rau hauv nws lub chaw nres tsheb. Ntawm lawv: 1966 Austin Healey Sprite, "dub, understated thiab zoo nraug" 1970 Fiat 124 BC Kev ua si nawv, 1982 Lancia Beta Coupe, uas "tsis xav tsis thoob, xeb tsis nyob hauv txhua qhov chaw tsis raug", Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III, Honda 1970. Civic nrog tsuas yog 20,000 mais ntawm nws, ib tus tswv 1972 VW Beetle, 1968 Meyers Manx beach buggy, 1990s "kuv tus poj niam hu Daisy" Nissan S-cargo minivan, 1988 roob nce toj Corolla, thiab tsis tshua muaj Lancia Delta Integrale 1988 xyoo. qub. HF 4WD yim-valve.
"Kuv nyuam qhuav yuav lwm Integrale los ntawm Nyiv uas zoo li tsis muaj xeb," nws hais. "Tab sis kuv yuav tsum tso qee yam ntawm kuv cov khoom ua si xws li Beta, Veedub thiab Civic."
Nws npaj yuav coj tus thib ob Integrale sib nrug thiab tig mus rau hauv lub tsheb dawb Martini rally tsheb, zoo ib yam li cov uas tau tsav nyob rau hauv rau lub ntiaj teb Rally Championships nyob rau hauv 1980s thiab 90s los ntawm cov neeg tsav tsheb xws li Juha Kankkunen thiab Miki Biasion. Nws muaj 16-valve ob-liter turbo, tab sis txawm tias muaj tsawg turbo dua kuv yim-valve, nws tsis muaj ntau lag. "Koj tuaj yeem tau txais txog 700 horsepower (522 kW) tawm ntawm lawv, uas kuv xav tias tuaj yeem ntshai heev."
Nws npaj yuav tsav Lancia hauv keeb kwm kev sib tw khiav xws li Tweed ntawm Ceev, Leyburn Sprints thiab Cootha Classic tsis ntev los no. Lub caij no, nws tab tom thawb nws Corolla tiag tiag hauv Queensland Hill Climb Championship, uas nws yeej ob peb lub lis piam dhau los.
Nws hais tias "Kuv tau nkag mus rau qhov no txog peb xyoos dhau los los ntawm ib tus phooj ywg ntawm kuv nrog me ntsis Alpha uas tab tom nrhiav thiab nrhiav kuv txhua lub sijhawm," nws hais. "Kuv muab nws tso tseg vim koj yuav tsum tau cog lus tseg, tab sis muaj ib hnub kuv tau ua nws ntawm Mount Paj Rwb thiab kuv tau txuas. Lawv yog ib pab neeg zoo heev. Nws tsis yog kev ua kis las ntshav tiag tiag.
Nws Corolla yog powered los ntawm kev sib tw-txhim kho Toyota 4AGE 20-valve plaub-lub tog raj kheej ib txwm aspirated cav xa 89kW ntawm lub zog rau lub log.
"Tab sis nws muaj lub zog ntau dua, uas yog qhov zoo rau kev nce toj," nws hais. Nws yuav nws rau $ 1500 thiab hloov mus rau $ 28,000 kev sib tw. Nws tsuas yog lub tsheb uas yuav tsum tuav kuv mus txog thaum kuv nkag mus rau hauv dab Evo, "nws hais. "Tab sis koj tsuas yog dhia tsis tau thiab ntaus txoj kev nrog qee yam uas muaj 350kW ntawm lub log. Nws yog me ntsis txaus ntshai. Kuv yuav Corolla los hloov kho rau Evo tab sis kuv poob rau hauv kev hlub nrog nws thiab Evo tseem zaum nyob ntawd. Nyob rau lub sijhawm no, kuv dawm rau Integrale thiab tam sim no kuv yuav lwm tus. Nws yog kab mob".
Nws yuav 134kW Delta hauv Western Australia rau $ 15,000 tom qab "chasing ib" rau ntau xyoo. "Nws muaj cov kauj vab, nws tau chipped, Kuv hloov lub manifold thiab tso pa tawm, thiab nws tau tu siab thiab hlub tshua ... thiab nws yog kwv yees li $ 5000 siv rau nws. Kuv tsuas yog siv rau cov xwm txheej tshwj xeeb, tsis yog kev sib tw loj. Kuv txhawj xeeb me ntsis. Kuv tsis xav muab nws lo rau ntawm phab ntsa. "
