Moya Lancia Fulvia 1600cc V4 HF
Tony Kovacevic akatenga yake Lancia Fulvia 1.6 HF Coupe muna 1996, iyo yaakabva adzorera (inoratidzwa pamusoro).
Iwe unogona kugara uchiratidzira chimwe chinhu chakajeka seRolex, asi kana iwe uchida kuremekedzwa kwevashoma vanonyatsoziva, iwe unenge uine yakanaka, yakanyarara uye inoyevedza IWC. The Lancia Fulvia yakanga yakakurumbira asi isina kunyanya kufarirwa munguva yayo; nhanho kumberi kubva kuFiat, nhanho kubva kuAlfa Romeo. Yakanga iri modhi yakapfuuridzira nhoroondo yaLancia yekuvandudza uye kubudirira kwemijaho.
Mucherechedzo weTurin wakaunza zvitsva zvakadai semuviri wemonocoque, yakazvimiririra yekumiswa kwepamberi, shanu-speed manual transmission, serial V6 uye V4 injini. Yakachengetwa mudhiraivha yekurudyi (ipapo chiratidzo chemotokari yemukurumbira) kusvika kuma1950. Fulvia anomhanyisa, ari wake Formula One mumakore gumi iwayo, akawedzera Lancia kumazita epasi rose.
Zvakangodaro, Lancia yakagara yasara, kunyanya munyika ino, chimwe chinhu cherudzi rwechitendero, icho hunhu uye mukurumbira zvakayemurwa nevanofarira chaivo sevaimbove Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser.
"Aiwanzobhururuka helikopta yake pamusangano weLancia," anodaro Kovacevich. "Tine shoo huru makore maviri ega ega uye inovakwevera kubva kuAmerica, UK neNew Zealand."
Iyo Lancia charm inoramba yakasimba kune avo vanoziva. Uye achishanda kuShannons Inishuwarenzi, Kovacevic anoziva mota dzake dzinoremekedzwa, dzinodhura.
“Harisi zita rine mukurumbira. Asi muna 1996, apo rondedzero ye100 dzemotokari dzine mukurumbira wakaunganidzwa kupemberera makore 100 ekutanga eindasitiri yemotokari, mhando nhanhatu dzeLancia dzakabatanidzwa. Izvi zvakanyanya kudarika chero mumwe mugadziri. Iyi pfungwa yekuvandudza uye nhoroondo inofadza zvikuru, "anotsanangura kudaro.
Kovacevic, purezidhendi weLancia Auto Club muNew South Wales, anotarisa 1600cc V4 HF imwe yematombo anokosha emarque.
"HF imotokari isingawanzoitiki," anodaro. "Vakangovaka vangangoita 1250 HFs uye vangangove mazana maviri avo vaive kutyaira ruoko rwerudyi. Pavakatanga kubuda, waive muchina wakanaka unotonhorera, une mag mavhiri, maoko efiberglass, 200:10.5 kudzvanywa kweinjini. Pretty powerful. Yakavakwa seyakasarudzika yaizobvumira Lancia kukwikwidza muEuropean neWorld Rally Championships. "
Saizvozvowo, kopi, yakatengwa naKovacevich muna 1996, yakabatanidzwa mumakwikwi. “Ndaive nenhoroondo neFiats, ndaiva nevanodarika 30,” anodaro. "Ndakafunga kuchinjira kune chimwe chinhu chakanatswa uye chinonakidza, asi chichiri chekuItaly. Ndinoda motokari dzeItaly."
Muna 2000, Kovacevich akadzorera zvakakwana bodywork yeLancia. Ikozvino sirivheri inopenya HF chikamu chakakosha chedunhu rekirabhu, kusanganisira iyo biennial rally, inokwevera vakwikwidzi kubva kuUS neUK. “Ndakaityaira kuCastlemaine kuVictoria uko kunoitirwa musangano weLancia. Ndakaityaira kuQueensland kaviri uye mijaho yese yemuno yatinayo,” anodaro.
“Ine simba. Iine torque yakawanda saka unongotsika pedal yoenda. Injini yeinjini yemotokari yangu yakagadziridzwa kuitira makwikwi. Iine mabhureki makuru uye windshield ndiyo yega girazi mumotokari. Mota dzakabva kufekitari dzine matrunk ealuminium nemagonhi, saka dzaive dzakareruka. Pane imwe nguva yaive yakakwira zvakanyanya: disc mabhureki pamavhiri mana, mashanu-speed mechanics. Uye yaidhura zvakanyanya - inodhura zvakapetwa kaviri seHolden panguva iyoyo. "
Uye izvo zvinoshanda kune Holdens nhasi, kupihwa mutengo mutsva Commodore Omega inorova ngarava. “Tichangobva kutengesa Fulvia kuShannons nemadhora zviuru makumi mashanu nezvitatu. Ndiri kuona vachishambadzwa kuEurope ne53,000 € iyo yakati wandei, asi muAustralia ichange iri pakati pemadhora makumi mashanu nemakumi matanhatu emadhora.
Izvi zvichave zvakanyanya kupfuura iyo itsva Lancia Delta kana mhando yafunga kuvhurazve muAustralia. "Delta yasvika muEurope uye manejimendi anoti vari kutsvaga kudzokera mumisika yeRHD," Kovacevich anowedzera. "Ichi chekurudyi chekutyaira chinodzokera kungoro dzeRoma - mutyairi aigara ari kurudyi."
