My Brock HDT Commodore
Jim Middleton anoti Commodore wake aifambiswa nemukuru weHolden timu yaBrock isati yaigadzirisa seye prototype.
Zvinowanzogamuchirwa kuti ese ane mashoma edition 1980 Brock HDT Commodores akauya ari chena, tsvuku kana nhema chete. Asi Jim ane girinhi, chaizvo maviri-toni yegirini, yaanoti ndeyechokwadi uye ine nhoroondo inonakidza.
Uye anofanira kuziva, nekuti akaiwana kubva kuchikwata chaPeter Brock, akaitengesa, ndokuzoitenga zvakare. Peter Brock akapinda mukugadzirwa kwemotokari dzakakosha muna 1979 mushure mekunge Holden aenda pamudyandigere ndokumusiya kuti amhanye timu yake. Brock akahaya vatengesi veHolden munyika yose, avo vaakagadzira ine mashoma edition VC Commodore.
Zvakare, rutsigiro rwemutengesi rwakabatsira mari yemabasa emujaho. Middleton anoti: “Mota 500 dzokutanga dzakanga dzakatsvuka, chena kana kuti nhema. Asi paivewo nemaprototypes maviri, bhuruu negirinhi."
Iwo prototypes, bhuku rebhuruu uye girini otomatiki, yaive yekutanga VB modhi. “Mota yangu inhamba yekutanga. Painjini pakanga pasina zita rezita. Dzaive dzakaverengwa pachidhiraivho. Nhamba yangu inoti 001 pachidhiraivho."
Yakatanga hupenyu seyakajeka girini 4.2 litre VB SL Commodore yakavakwa muna Chivabvu 1979. Middleton anoti pakutanga yaifambiswa nemukuru weHolden timu yaBrock isati yaitenga uye kuigadzirisa senge prototype.
“Mota yakasvika paBrock ichibva kuGeneral Motors. Panguva iyoyo, yaive mota yaJohn Harvey (Brock's teammate). Iyo 5-litre V8 HDT Commodores yakagamuchira mavharuvhu akakura, akagadziridzwa anogovera uye carburetor, basa rekumisa, kit yemuviri inosanganisira yekumashure spoiler nekudzipwa kumberi, pamwe netsika Irmscher mavhiri kubva kuGermany uye yakakosha pendi basa, pakati pedzimwe shanduko.
Mukugadzirisa uku, vakakurumidza kusvika ku 0 km / h mumasekonzi zana, uye injini dzakabudisa 100 kW uye 8.4 Nm torque. Vakatengesa ne$160 ($450 zvishoma pamurayiridzo) uye vakakurumidza kutorwa nevatambi vanoda kwazvo. Middleton anoti mota idzi dzava kuita madhora zviuru makumi manomwe kusvika makumi masere ezviuru, uye mufananidzo wake usingawanzo wanikwa unogona kuita madhora makumi masere ezviuru.
Middleton akashandira Holden mutengesi Les Wagga muPennant Hills, Sydney, mumwe wevatengesi veHDT. Anoti muna 1982, Brock naHarvey vakashanyira mutengesi uyu vachienda kumujaho weAmaru Park, uko vakabvumirana nemutengesi kuti vatengese mufananidzo wegirinhi uyu nekuti vaive vasisade. Panguva iyoyo, timu yaBrock yakanga ichigadzira iyo yaitevera ine mashoma edition, iyo VH Commodore.
“Kupera kwevhiki ikoko, ndakaitengesa kushamwari yababa vangu. Ndakaitenga kwaari muna Nyamavhuvhu 1993." Middleton anoti mota yanga yafamba makiromita anopfuura 100,000 panguva iyoyo uye yaida kugadziriswa.
"Yakanga iri chirongwa chinononoka kupora pasi rose," anodaro nezvebasa raakapedza gore rino. “Ndakanga ndisiri kukurumidzira. Ndakaziva kuti ndiyo yaiva mota yangu yekutanga. Yakanga iine kukuvara kudiki kubva kunopaka mota. Zvaitoda kupatsanurwa uye kuiswa pamwe chete. "
Middleton akabva aisa mapaneru matsva, mafuremu emusuwo matsva, magadhi matsva nehood itsva, uye akavandudza injini uye kutapurirana. Gore rino, akaiendesa kuchiitiko cheMuscle Car Masters kuEastern Creek, uko Harvey akaiona ndokuityaira nepadedhi.
"Akabva angomuziva," anodaro Middleton. Kupera kwesvondo rino, varidzi ve70 HDT vanobva kumativi ese enyika vachaungana muAlbury kuzopemberera makore makumi matatu emotokari mumusangano unozivikanwa seBrocks paBorder.
Middleton anoti inenge hafu yemotokari dzemumigwagwa mazana mashanu dzichiripo. Dzimwe gumi nembiri dzakavakwa semotokari dzemujaho wemujaho wega wega paCalder mukutsigira 500 Australian Grand Prix. Zvimwe zvacho zvichiripo.
Middleton anoti angangotengesa mota, iyo yanga isati yatyairwa nguva pfupi yadarika. "Lucky kufamba 300 kusvika 400 km mumakore gumi nemanomwe."
