Yangu Lancia Aurelia 1954.
“Ndichiri kudzidzira kuityaira nokuti haisi nyore kutyaira sezvakaita Yaris yangu,” Aurelia anodaro nezvaLancia wake.
Yave mukugadzirwa kweanopfuura makore makumi maviri nerimwe chete, nepo Lancia Aurelia yanga ichigadzirwa kweanenge makore makumi maviri. Vakasangana mukupera kwegore rapfuura apo chiItalian classic yaive chipo chinoshamisa chemazuva makumi maviri nerimwe kubva kuvabereki vaAurelia Harry naMonique Connelly.
Saga iri rakatanga muna 1990 apo shamwari uye mugadzirisi wemotokari Wolf Grodd weThe Sleeping Beauties akanzwa kuti Connelly akanga abhabhatidza mwanasikana wake Aurelia, mushure memutambo weItaly wakakurumbira uye motokari yemujaho.
“Ndakanga ndisingazivi kuti motokari iyi chii uye kuti yakaita sei, asi ndakanzwa kuti imotokari yerally,” anodaro Connelly, aimbova mutyairi akabatsira pakumhanya kumakwikwi eWorld Rally Championship kuAustralia uye akaremekedzwa muRoyal Race. . Rondedzero yemazita ekuremekedzwa kwemasevhisi kune motorsport.
"Wulf akati tinofanira kutenga imwe uye kupa Aurelia yekuzvarwa kwake makumi maviri nerimwe," akadaro.
Mota iyi yakabva kuEngland uye yakawanikwa mune junkyard muWoy Woy muna 1990. Connelly akabhadhara $10,000 nokuda kwechikepe chine ngura. Mushure memakore 20 ekudzorerwa muSleeping Beauties, ikozvino yave neinishuwarenzi ye $140,000. Aurelia akanga asingazivi nezvemotokari yacho kusvikira ava nemakore mashanu.
“Ipapo vakandivanzira kusvikira zuva rangu rokuzvarwa,” anodaro. "Handina kukanganwa nezvazvo, asi handina kuziva kuti chaizova chipo changu chechi21."
B20 Aurelia ine 2.5-liter pushrod alloy V6 injini, mapatya-line downdraft Weber carburetor, dhiramu mabhureki (mukati kumashure), mana-speed column shift H-type transmission uye inokwanisa kumhanya kusvika 200 km/ h.
“Ndichiri kudzidzira kuityaira nekuti haisi nyore kutyaira seYaris yangu,” anodaro. "Zviri kuenda kugehena, asi hazvina kumira zvakanaka."
Lancia yakagadzirwa kubva 1950 kusvika 58 uye akapinda mumisangano ine mukurumbira uye mijaho yakadai seMonte Carlo, Mille Miglia, Targa Florio naLe Mans. Muna 1954 dzakaita 4200 6550 ($5000 7800) muAustralia, nepo Rolls-Royce yaiita XNUMX XNUMX ($XNUMX XNUMX). Kudzorera kungave kwakatora nguva refu, asi kwairwadza uye kwaida zvikamu zvakawanda zvakagadzirwa nemaoko zvakadai sehunde nedashboard.
“Vakaita zvishoma gore negore, uye nguva yose yainge yakagara kuseri kwegaraji ravo,” anodaro Connelly. "Zvino shamisa; unogona kuwana zvikamu kubva kuEngland, Italy uye kunyange Australia.
Aurelia anoti acharatidza mota pamitambo yemhando yepamusoro uye kuenda kuLancia Club zviitiko.
“Ndinofarira zvemotorsport zvikuru uye ndakapinda mumakwikwi epasi rose nemakwikwi eFormula 1 kubvira kare. Asi ini ndiri muhurongwa pane kukwikwidza,” anodaro mumwe mudzidzi weMA muOrganization Psychology aimhanya neWRC stage media centre kuchamhembe kweNew South Wales muna2009.
Connelly ndiSachigaro weFIA'Stewards uye anopinda zviitiko zvinomwe zveF1 pagore. Iye zvakare inhengo yeFIA Institute for Safety Research muMotorsport. Akasiya basa kubva kuWRC pakupera kwa2009.
1954 INOTANGA AURELIA
Gore: 1954
Mutengo mutsva$4200 ($6550)
Price now: insured ye $140,000
Injiniya: 104 kW, 2.5-litre V6
Housing: 2-gonhi coupe
Trance: 4-kumhanya gearbox, kumashure-vhiri dhiraivha.
Waizviziva here: Lancia Aurelia akaunza injini yepamberi, dhiraivha yekumashure gare gare yakashandiswa naFerrari, Alfa Romeo, Porsche, GM, uye Maserati, pamwe neiyo V6 injini.
