Mbiri mbiri dzeBritish classics dzinodhura
Kana iwe ukarota yemhando yeFord uye usingade kushandisa yakakura, funga nezvaMark II Cortina.
Kana iwe uchitsvaga mota dzemhando yepamusoro dzeBritish nemutengo unonzwisisika, usatarise kumberi kune Vauxhall, kunyanya iyo Detroit-yakafemerwa "PA" modhi dzekupedzisira 50s uye kutanga 60s uye Ford Cortina Mark II yepakati-makumi matanhatu.
Kuenzaniswa neHolden neFalcon yenguva imwe chete, Vauxhall vaive mberi zvakanyanya maererano neumbozha, midziyo uye simba. Vaivewo kumberi chaiko. Usaite chikanganiso, mota idzi dzakamira. Iine mahwindo akatenderedzwa zvakanyanya kumberi nekumashure uye zvimbi zvemuswe zvichikwira pamusoro pemadhaka ekumashure, iyo PA Vauxhall yaienderana nemazano emazuva ano ekuAmerica.
Paive nemhando mbiri mumutsara dzaitengeswa kuburikidza neHolden vatengesi: base Velox uye yakanyanya upmarket Cresta. Kunyange iyo Velox yakagadzira zvigaro zvevinyl uye mameti erabha pasi, Cresta yakapa vatengi sarudzo yedehwe rechokwadi kana zvigaro zvenaironi zvakasanganiswa nekapeti uye inopenya trim.
Mavhezheni asati asvika 1960 aive nemafafitera emashure matatu, akashandiswawo pa1957 Oldsmobile neBuick mota. Vanouya ne 2.2-liter six-cylinder injini uye giya bhokisi rakanyatso wiriraniswa. Mota dzakagadzirwa mushure me1960 dzine injini ye 2.6 litres.
A matatu-speed manual transmission yaive standard. Chii chakaita kuti vataridzike mumusika weko vaive Hydramatic transmission options uye simba remberi disc mabhureki. Muchidimbu, Velox neCresta vakatora nzvimbo yekushambadzira pamusoro peHolden Special kusvika Mutungamiriri aburitswa muna 1962.
Zvikamu zvemotokari idzi zviri nyore kuwana, kunyanya kubva kuUK neNew Zealand uko kune mawebhusaiti uye vatengesi vezvikamu zvakatsaurirwa kumhando dzePA. Mitengo inosiyana zvichienderana nemamiriro emotokari, asi hapana munhu anofanirwa kubhadhara mari inodarika zviuru gumi zvemadhora kune imwe, uye mienzaniso inonzwisisika inogona kuwanikwa inotenderedza $10,000.
Zvisinei, kana mutengo wakaderera, mukana wokuti ngura unowedzerawo. Motokari dzePA Vauxhall dzine nzvimbo dzakawanda dzemanooks nema crannies umo mvura netsvina zvinopinda. Zvichakadaro, kana iwe uchida yekare Ford uye usingade kushandisa yakakura, funga nezvaMark II Cortina. Kuberekwa kwechipiri kweakakurumbira Cortina kwakaburitswa muAustralia muna 1967 uye kwakagadzirwa kusvika 1972.
Idzi mota dzepeppy four-cylinder dziri kuita mukurumbira nekuti dzakavakwa zvakanaka, maparts ari kuwanda, uye mari yekutenga nekuva nayo inokwanisika kune avo vanoda kupinda mumotokari yemhando yepamusoro vasingashandisi mari yakawanda.
Nezve $3,000 iwe unowana yepamusoro-yekupedzisira Cortina 440 (ine magonhi mana). A maviri-masuo 240 anoenda kune imwe chete mari. Mota dzinoda ngura shoma uye kugadzirisa pendi dzinogona kuwanikwa nemari inosvika zviuru zana nemakumi mashanu. Hunter British Ford Group nderimwe remapoka akawanda ari kukura ari kubata Cortinas nedzimwe mota dzeFord dzakagadzirwa neBritish.
