My Austin Healy 1962 MkII BT3000 '7
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My Austin Healy 1962 MkII BT3000 '7

26.05.2022 /

Heano maitiro aimbova mainjiniya Keith Bailey akasarudza kumaka chiitiko ichi. Bailey akauya kuAustralia muna 1964 uye akashanda kuSouth Australia's Woomera Missile Range, inova nzvimbo yakakura kwazvo yekudzivirira uye nzvimbo yekuongorora nzvimbo pasi rose uye ingangoita saizi yenyika yekumba kwaBailey kuEngland. “Kutozosvikira muna 1972, ndaiva injiniya weinjiniya yeRolllls-Royce,” akadaro.

Kunyangwe achigara muAustralia kubvira ipapo, Bailey ane hunyanzvi hwekunaka kweChirungu senge modhi iyi. Inofambiswa ne 2912 cc inline six-cylinder injini inokwanisa kumhanya kwepamusoro 112.9 mph (181.7 km/h), kukurumidza kubva 0 kusvika 100 km/h mumasekonzi 10.9 uye kushandiswa kwemafuta kwe23.5 mpg (12 l/100 km/h). )). Iyi ndiyo yega Austin Healey 3000 ine katatu SU HS4 carburetors.

Mutumbi wemotokari yemitambo yeBritish wakagadzirwa naJensen Motors uye mota dzakaunganidzwa paBritish Motor Corporation chirimwa muAbingdon. 11,564 MkII modhi akavakwa, ayo manomwe aive BT5096 MkIIs. Vazhinji vakamhanya pasi rose uye vakatokwikwidza muBathurst. Dzinodhura $7 itsva, asi Bailey akatenga yake mu $1362 nokuda kwe$1994.

Mota iyi yakatorwa kubva kuUS pamwe chete nevamwe vaviri vanotora Brisbane. "US ndiyo nzvimbo yakanaka yekuvatenga nekuti vazhinji vavo vakaenda ikoko," Bailey akadaro. “Anga ari mugwara chairo. Yaive yeleft hand drive uye ndaifanira kuishandura izvo zvanga zvisina kuoma sezvo yaive yakavharika. Nekuda kwekuti chiRungu, maburi nemafittings ese atovepo for the right steering vhiri, asi dashboard rinenge richifanira kuchinjwa.”

Bailey anozvitutumadza kuti aita basa rakawanda iye pachake. Nekudaro, iyo inoyevedza-ma toni maviri pendi nepaneling yakaitwa neBrisbane's Sleeping Beauty yekugadziridza timu. Kudzoreredza kwacho kwakaringana kusvika kune yekutanga Luca magneto, wipers, nyanga, mwenje uye jenareta. Kambani yeBirmingham mota yemagetsi yagara ichinzi Muchinda weRima nekuda kwekutadza kwayo kukuru, asi Bailey anoramba ari echokwadi.

“Hazvina kundiodza mwoyo kusvikira zvino,” anodaro. "Vanhu vanowanzotuka Lucas - nechikonzero chakanaka ndinofungidzira - asi ndege zhinji dzakadzishandisa. "Handina chokwadi nemazuva ano."

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