Yangu Rolls-Royce Collection
Dura rake uye pasi peimba yake pazere nemotokari dzakasiyana-siyana dzekare, kunyanya Rolls-Royces, mumhando dzakasiyana dzekudzoreredza. Mugadziri akasiya basa, parizvino ane makore makumi manomwe nemanomwe, anoti haasi kuvadzoreredza kuti vatevedzere. “Ndinongoda kuti vakwanise kumhanya mumugwagwa,” anodaro.
Kuda kwaGargett kwemotokari dzekare kwakatanga paakanga ari mudzidzi paYunivhesiti yeQueensland muna 1954 uye akatenga 1926 Austin 7 utility yemadhora makumi matatu nemashanu. “Kwaiva kunonakidza, asi kwechinyakare. Asi ndakadzidza zvakawanda pamusoro pemakanika nawo,” anodaro.
Asi anoti yake yekutanga "chaiyo mota yevintage" yaive 1928 French Amilcar sports mota, yaakatenga makore gumi nemashanu apedza kudzidza kuyunivhesiti paakabatana neVintage Car Club yeQueensland (VCCQ). , asi kwatiri zvakatora makore akawanda,” anodaro.
Kutenga kwake kwakatevera muna 1961 kwaive 1925 horsepower (20 kW) '15 Rolls-Royce yaiita $220. “Yakanyatsonyoreswa uye injini yemasilinda matanhatu ichiri kufamba zvakanaka,” anodaro. "Handisi kukwira kakawanda sezvandaisiita."
Rudo rwake rweRolls-Royce rwakaenderera mberi muna 1963 ne $1920 700 Silver Ghost. Ini ndakanga ndisiri mumutambo wekuishandisa.
"Ndakabvisa injini uye ndagadzirira kuidzosera." Akabva asiya Rollers, asi kwete kure zvakanyanya, aine 1924 matatu-lita Bentley Speed, yaakatenga ye500.
"Murume wacho akakumbira ruregerero akati hazvina kukosha, asi aida mari." Bentley inoramba yakaoma kutyaira ine accelerator pedal pakati, imwe throttle pachidhiraivho, gear lever kurudyi kwechigaro uye handbrake kunze kwemotokari. Anoti, “Zvinoda kujaira.
Gargett anoti kufarira kwake kuBritish salons kwakabva kuna baba vake, avo "vaigara vachivayemura." “Hazvisi zvavanoita, maitirwo avanozviita,” anodaro. “Havana kuvakoshesa nekuti ini ndave pamudyandigere.
"Nenzira ipi neipi, vanhu vanozoda kushandisa imwe mari kuti vese vadzoke vari mumamiriro akanaka." Iye zvakare ane 1972 Rolls-Royce Corniche ine 189-litre V140 injini inogadzira 6.75 horsepower.
Akaitenga muna 1982 ne$50,000 001 XNUMX uye aiishandisa zuva nezuva kusvika azoisiya nekuda kwekutadza kushanda kweinjini. Iyo mota inotakurawo yekutanga yeQueensland chibvumirano chekunyoresa "Qld Vintage XNUMX".
Mukupera kwema1960, VCCQ yakabvumidza Gargett kukurukura nehurumende mukana wekunyoreswa kwakasarudzika kwemotokari dzakavakwa pamberi pa1930. “Mumazuva iwayo, kana motokari dzacho dzakanga dzisina kunyoreswa zvizere, taifanira kupa mvumo yenguva pfupi pakupera kwevhiki, kusanganisira inishuwarenzi, uye taizodzosa mvumo yacho neMuvhuro,” anodaro.
“Kupambadza nguva nemari, asi hapana zvataigona kuita kunyengetedza Main Road kuti vachinje maitiro avo. Ndinofunga kuti mvumo yacho yakatidyira masheri gumi. Ndakasumwa kumurume weKuhomwe ndokumuudza zvaitinetsa. Akashamisika kuona kuti hurongwa uhu hwaivadyira mari yakawanda kudarika mari yavaichaja.”
Nhaurirano nenhamba huru yevakuru vakuru vehurumende yakaguma nekugadzwa kwekunyoreswa kwakasarudzika kwakavakirwa panhengo mukirabhu yakakodzera, kushandiswa kwezviitiko zvekirabhu, sevhisi kusanganisira kuedzwa mukati mechinhambwe chakanaka kubva mugaraji, uye kubvumidzwa kwezviitiko zvekubatsira.
Nhasi muQueensland kune mota dzinopfuura 15,000 pakunyoresa kwakasarudzika. "Ndinofunga kuti imwe yemotokari dzangu yakanyoreswa seVIN 001 (ikozvino VN 0001) inosimbisa nzvimbo yangu," anodaro.
