Kukunda kwangu Spitfire 1965 Mk4 Makore maviri

... paLakeside uye akapinda musango 360 kutendeuka mune yake 1965 Kukunda Spitfire Mk4 2.

Mota yemitambo yeBritish yakarovera kumadziro pasi pebhiriji ndokupedza Ezzy's club sprint day.

“Ndakarova 101.01 mph (162.6 km/h) asi ndakasuduruka ndokunorovera kumadziro.

"Asi ndinogona kuenda naye kumba."

Gold Coater, makumi mashanu nemanomwe, akatengera mota iyi nemadhora makumi mashanu chete pane imwe nzvimbo yejunkyard muna 57 kuitira hanzvadzi yake.

“Aizotora rezinesi uye taida motokari yekuti akwanise kutyaira, saka ndakamutengera,” anodaro.

“Ipapo akaroorwa uye akanga asingadi, naizvozvo ndakaramba ndichienda makore ose aya, ndichivaka, kuvaka, kuvaka, kushandisa nokuvandudza.

"Ndakambogadzira bhasikoro rekuratidzira reHarley uye ndaida kugadzira mota."

Ezzy paakaiwana, iyo Spitfire yaive yaparara, saka akatenga chimwe chitunha muMelbourne ndokutanga kubvisa ngura nekutsiva mapaneru kusvika ave nemota yakazara.

Akazoitamba nekuinyoresa muna 1982 uye anga achiichovha kubva ipapo.

Yekutanga Spitfire yaive yakapendwa chena ine tsvuku tsvuku, iine giya bhokisi rinomhanya mana uye 1147cc mana-cylinder injini inosvika 47 kW uye kumhanya kwepamusoro kwe96 mph (155 km/h).

Ezzy akapenda iyo Spitfire yebhuruu yake yaanofarira, akaboora injini kusvika ingangoita 1300cc. gearbox mushure mekutanga kurongedza panguva ye'13 Speed paTweed sprint makwikwi.

“Ndinoita basa rangu rose pachangu,” anodaro.

"Inomhanya pa4000 rpm, asi ini ndinongoda kudonhedza mutsauko kubva pa4.875 kusvika 4.1."

Mavara acho akanaka, mabheji haasi ese epakutanga, uye haana zvese zviridzwa zveJaeger.

Asi, sezvinotaura Ezzy, "mari yose iri pasi."

Vhura iyo hombe-chidimbu kumberi uye iwe unowana injini mune inopenya chrome.

"Chrome yese inotaridzika zvakanaka, asi inochengeta kupisa mukati, saka ndinofanira kutonhora zvakanaka. Mune ramangwana, ndichashandisa simbi dzakakwenenzverwa kupfuura dzechrome,” anodaro.

"Chrome inotora simba rakawanda kuti igare yakachena."

Kune zvakare hombe yemhepo ndiro pasi iyo inomhanya kubva kumberi kuenda kumashure.

“Yakanaka pashoo yavanoiisa parift nekuti hauoni gearbox nemamwe magadzirirwo,” anodaro. "Inotaridzika zvakanyanya kuchena."

Kufamba kwemusango kuLakeside kwakatungamirira kune mamwe maviri ekugadzirisa mushure mekunge agadzirisa pani yakasvibiswa; chinodzimisa moto pauriri hwepamberi uye roll bar.

“Inenge 99 muzana yezvandinoda,” anodaro. "Ndinoitasva nepandinogona napo, mamiriro ekunze achibvumira."

Kana mamiriro ekunze anyanya kuipa, anogona kushandisa chivharo chehunde kana kuti hardtop yefiberglass.

“Kanoverengeka ndakamboedzwa kuti nditengese, asi chii chandinofanira kuita pashure pacho?” akabvunza. “Ndakapihwa $22,000 30,0000, asi ndakanga ndatorega kuchengeta cheki ye$XNUMX XNUMX.”

“Kuzvivaraidza uye chikamu chehupenyu hwangu. Ini handina kuroora, handina mwana, saka mwana wangu uyu."