UBrock Monza kanye ne-VK Group 3 yomuntu siqu izothengiswa endalini

Abalandeli bakaPeter Brock bazothola ukudla okungavamile endalini yaseShannons Autumn ngoMsombuluko, 30 Meyi.

Cishe eminyakeni eyi-10 ngemva kokushona okushaqisayo kweNkosi yaseNtabeni, abaqoqi bama ujenga ukuze bafake isicelo ku-VK Commodore SS Group 1984 sedan yango-3 okwakuyimoto ka-Brocky yomuntu siqu ngesikhathi ese-HDT Special Vehicles.

I-VK SS ekuqaleni kwakuyimoto yenkampani yakwaGM-H ebolekwe uPeter Brock njengemoto yakhe siqu, wabe eseyiguqulela eqenjini lokuqala ngo-1984 ngo-Agasti XNUMX.

Yayisetshenziselwa ukukhululwa kwabezindaba okusemthethweni kanye nesithombe se-studio futhi yavela esembozweni sikamagazini i-Wheels ngo-Okthoba 1984.

Njengoba kuqinisekisiwe encwadini kaPeter Brock, imoto yabe isidayiselwe i-HDT, futhi u-Brock yena waqhubeka nokusebenzisa imoto njengemoto yomuntu siqu, namasondo ashintshiwe futhi i-hood scoop yasuswa.

Ngenxa yokubaluleka kwayo, uShannon ulindele ukuthi iCommodore idayise ngaphezu kuka-$100,000.

Kodwa esihlokweni esiphindwe kabili, mhlawumbe okuthakazelisa nakakhulu i-Opel Monza Coupe ka-1984 u-Brock ayeyithuthukisa njengesibonelo semoto ekhethekile ye-HDT yesikhathi esizayo.

Lesi siqeshana esiyingqayizivele somlando wezimoto wase-Australia ukuphela kwephrojekthi ye-Monza eyazalwa ishonile, amazwibela alokho obekungaba khona kanye nemoto emangalisayo eqoqekayo.

Indaba ithi u-Brock wagqugquzelwa ngokuqasha i-coupe ye-Opel Monza ngesikhathi egijima eLe Mans ngo-1981.

Lo mfanekiso unconywe abezindaba, lapho iModern Motor ichaza iMonza "njengemoto ethokozisayo kunazo zonke ekhiqizwe iworkshop yase-Australia eminyakeni edlule."

Uthole i-Opel fastback imoto eyinkimbinkimbi kunomzala wakhe uCommodore.

Ngamabhuleki ediski nxazonke kanye nokulengiswa kwangemuva okuzimele ngokugcwele, u-Brock washeshe wabona amandla okuthuthukisa ukusebenza kwe-Monza nge-Aussie grunt yangempela futhi imoto yangeniswa isuka eJalimane ngo-Okthoba 1983 ukuze ithole ukwelashwa okugcwele kwe-HDT.

Lokhu kufaka phakathi i-Group Three-spec 5.0-litre V8 iqhubekela phambili ku-chassis ukuze kusatshalaliswe kangcono isisindo (i-curved-eight empeleni yayilula kune-straight-six eyashintshayo), i-Borg-Warner T5G edonsa ngamagiya amahlanu, irack kanye nesiteringi se-pinion. ngegiya kanye nomehluko wokuzikhiya.

Amabhuleki amakhulu kanye nokumiswa okuqinile kuhlanganisa uhlu lokuthuthukiswa kwemishini.

Lo mfanekiso unconywe abezindaba, lapho iModern Motor ichaza iMonza "njengemoto ethokozisayo kunazo zonke ekhiqizwe iworkshop yase-Australia eminyakeni edlule."

Ngenani elihlongozwayo elilinganiselwa ku-$45,000, i-HDT Monza yayihloselwe imakethe ekhethekile, nezimoto zesitoko ezidingekayo ukuze zibe nohlu olude lwemishini yokunethezeka evamile.

Naphezu kwezicelo zezintatheli nomphakathi, i-HDT Monza yahlala ingashintshile ngenxa yezinkinga zesikhathi namanye amaphrojekthi agcina ewele ezandleni zangasese.

Kulindeleke ukuthi ibize kufikela ku-$120,000 futhi amalayisense ayo e-Brock 1 azothengiswa ngokuhlukana.