I-HSV VL Group A SS, i-Tickford TL50 nezinye izimoto zakudala zase-Australia ezibiza imali eshisiwe namuhla kodwa ebezingadayiswa kuma-showroom floor ngaphambilini.

Uyakholwa noma ungakholwa, ngesinye isikhathi abathengisi bakwa-Holden bakuthola kunzima ukuthengisa amasheya ku-HSV VL Group A SS.

Ukuthengiswa kwakamuva kwe-$ 1.3 million ye-Ford Falcon GT-HO Phase III kuqinisekisa izinto ezimbalwa. 

Okokuqala, naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi imakethe yeSigaba III esidumile yehle cishe ngo-50% eminyakeni eyishumi edlule ngenxa ye-GFC kanye nemakethe eshisa ngokweqile egcwele abaqageli abanonya, imoto ngokwayo ibilokhu iyinto futhi isalokhu iyinto yomqoqi we-24-carat.

Eqinisweni, ngamakhophi angu-300 kuphela aphrintiwe kanye nelungelo lokuqhosha ngokuwina e-Bathurst esikhathini lapho kwakusho okuthile ngempela kumkhiqizi, i-GT-HO Phase III ibilokhu iyimodeli ehlonishwayo eqinisekisiwe ukuthi iyinto yomqoqi.

Kodwa lokhu akusebenzi kuzo zonke izinsimbi eziqoqiwe zase-Australia. Uyakholwa noma ungakholwa, ezinye zezimoto eziqoqwayo ezishisa izikhotha e-Australia zibe nesiqalo esingesihle okwamanje. 

Eqinisweni, igama elidala elithi "awukwazanga ukukunikeza" lisebenza kokwakudala kwe-Australia okumbalwa manje athengiswa ngekota yesigidi samadola kwezinye izimo.

I-HSV VL Group A SS

Ingulube yepulasitiki.

Amaphosta alesi simo kufanele abe yimikhiqizo yokuqala yemisipha ye-HSV, i-1988 SS Group A (aka Walkinshaw). Futhi, lokhu kwakungesikhathi lapho izimoto ezigijima ku-Bathurst Classic yaminyaka yonke kwadingeka zisekelwe ezimotweni zesitoko, ngakho ukuba nenguqulo yomgwaqo yalowo owayengase awine i-Bathurst kwakuyinto enkulu.

Ngekhithi yayo yomzimba yasendle ehlanganisa ispoiler esikhulu sangemuva kanye ne-hood scoop enama-air vents, i-Walkinshaw ibingumkhangeli wamehlo onamandla. Kodwa naphezu kwenani lika-$45,000, ngaleli gugu lemijaho, abathengi abangabona ukuzalwa kwesiqephu somlando wemijaho yezimoto yase-Australia bathathe i-HSV yokuqala engu-500 edingekayo ukuze kwakhiwe ukuhlanganisa imoto ngezinjongo zomjaho. Lena ngempela indawo lapho i-HSV bekufanele ibize ngokwanele.

Kodwa akunjalo. Waba nomhobholo futhi wanquma ukuthi umhlaba udinga amanye ama-Walkinshaw angama-250. Ngaleso sikhathi, yiqiniso, ukubizwa kwamagama kwase kuqalile, futhi imoto yayithole isihloko esithi "Plastic Pig" ngenxa yokubukeka kwayo okucasulayo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, wayengakanqobi i-Bathurst (kwenzeka kuphela ngo-1990), futhi isilinganiso sakhe somphakathi sasehla ngokushesha.

Ngenxa yalokho, eyokugcina yalezo zimoto ezengeziwe ezingu-250 zibambeke ezitolo zakwa-Holden njengemidlwane eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka efasiteleni lesitolo sezilwane. Akekho owayezifuna, futhi ithegi yentengo engu-$47,000 yayisivele iqala ukuluma. Phela, abathengisi bakwa-Holden bebekhumula amakhithi e-Group A ezimotweni futhi bezama ukuwathengisa njengokunye ngaphandle kwe-Walkinshaw. Kuke kwaba namahlebezi okuthi ezinye izimoto zipendwe kabusha ngokuphelele ngabadayisi abebefisa ukususa amabala “engulube yepulasitiki” ezindaweni zabo zokubukisa.

Manje, yiqiniso, yonke into isiphenduke amadigri angu-180 agcwele, futhi i-Walkinshaw isibe yinye yamathikithi aqoqwa kakhulu edolobheni. Izintengo zingakhuphukela ku-$250,000 noma ngisho no-$300,000 ezimotweni ezinhle ngempela, zangempela. Okushiya umbuzo owodwa ungaphenduliwe: kwenzekani kuwo wonke lawo makhithi omzimba abathengisi abawathatha ngesikhathi sabo?

I-Tickford TE/TS/TL50

Kusukela ngo-1999 kuya ku-2002, u-Tickford wayenabaqhudelana nabo bangempela be-HSV.

Ngezinye izikhathi umenzi wezimoto uzenzela igoli elishaqisayo, okuholela ekutheni imoto ehlonipheke ibe ubumnandi obuthule. Isibonelo esihle salokhu sadlalwa yiqembu lezemidlalo lakwaFord, uTickford.

Kube nzima ukuthi u-Tickford ame eduze abukele njengoba i-HSV ithola umfutho futhi iqala ukugijima kubadlali ifuna isikhwama. Ngakho, wathatha uhla olungathandwa lwe-AU Falcon futhi wahlose ukushaya i-HSV emdlalweni wakhe; yakha i-sedan enkulu enezihlalo ezinhlanu ekwazi ukudonsa isikebhe noma iwele izwekazi ngokugxuma okukodwa. Umqondo wamukelwe kahle futhi bekuwukuthatha inguqulo ehlonyiswe kahle ye-AU Falcon kanye ne-Fairlane bese ihlanganisa nenjini enkulu kunazo zonke kukhathalogi bese uyilungisa kancane ukuze uthole amandla engeziwe.

Azikho izinkinga nganoma yikuphi kwalokhu, kodwa iphutha lika-Tickford kwaba ukumaketha. Esikhundleni sokunikeza ukuya ezinzwaneni nge-HSV, isethulo sokuphromotha sika-Tickford sasihloselwe ukunikeza okuthile okucashile kumuntu ongazange azizwe enesidingo sokugqama. Okwayihlula kahle inhloso yezimoto ezinjalo. Ukuzama ukuthengisa imoto ukuze iphathwe futhi ilungiswe ngesikhathi i-HSV yenkomo isiqhudelana naye kwakuyicala lokusebenzisa ummese lapho kudutshulwana.

Le ndlela iphinde yaphazamisa u-Tickford ngoba kwakusho ukuthi ngeke akwazi ukusebenzisa amalambu amane angaphambili angaphambili ohla lwe-XR olususelwa ku-Falcon. Cha, ingxenye yalokho kungaba ukuvilapha kakhulu. Ngakho-ke esikhundleni salokho, amamodeli e-TE, TS kanye ne-TL athole inguqulo ethuthukisiwe kancane yesixhumi esibonakalayo esesabekayo se-Fairmont. Umphumela waba inombolo yezimoto ezenze kahle kakhulu kodwa ezingazange zithengiswe emakethe ngokuphathelene nezikhathi zekota yemayela. Ngisho nenguqulo yakuleli engu-5.0 litre V8 enenjini enyuse amandla embangini ye-HSV engu-5.6 litre ihlulekile wukunyakazisa umphakathi, kanti abakwaTickford bahlala isikhathi eside bengenzi lutho ezinkampanini ezidayisayo.

Manje, vele, sekunothando olusha lwe-Tickford Falcons, kuhlanganiswe neqiniso lokuthi i-AU cishe kwakuyinkundla emnandi kunazo zonke ezake zenziwa iFord Australia. Amanani ayakhuphuka ngenxa yalokho, nge-TE enhle noma i-TS50 manje ebiza cishe u-$30,000, nezinguqulo zochungechunge olunenjini enkulu ezibiza ngaphezu kokuphindwe kabili kwalokho.

I-Holden kanye ne-Ford coupes ezinkulu

Uma ungakwazi ukuthengisa ama-Falcons aqinile, mane unamathisele izitika ze-Cobra kuzo. (Ikhredithi yesithombe: Mitchell Talk)

Kuphakathi kweminyaka yama-70s futhi abantu bashiya imakethe enkulu ye-coupe eyenziwe endaweni ngobuningi. Ukukhuphuka kwentengo yegesi phakathi nenkinga kaphethiloli (okungenzekanga empeleni, kodwa noma kunjalo...) kwakusho ukuthi izimoto ezinosayizi ogcwele, ezinezicabha ezimbili ezine-V8 ezifana neHolden Monaro neFord Falcon Hardtop bezingekho kumenyu yabantu abaningi. Eqinisweni, cishe ngo-1976, imoto ka-Holden enezicabha ezimbili ethengiswa kakhulu kwakuyiveni elizinze eBelmont. Odabeni lwama-coupes e-Holden ne-Ford, bobabili abakhiqizi bezimoto basala nesitokwe semizimba enezicabha ezimbili bengenalo ithemba langempela lokuzenza iMonaros noma ama-GT.

Kungaleso sikhathi lapho iminyango yezokukhangisa yaqala khona ubuciko. Endabeni ka-Holden, ikhambi kwakuyimodeli ebizwa ngokuthi i-Monaro LE, eyakhishwa ngo-1976 ukuze ithathe esokugcina salezi zitayela zomzimba. Ngaleso sikhathi kwakuyimoto ewubukhazikhazi impela enamasondo egolide e-Polycast, upende we-metallic burgundy nemithende yegolide. Ngaphakathi bekunamahektha e-velor trim futhi, okuxakile, nemoto enamathrekhi ayisishiyagalombili. Ngomshini uthola engu-5.0-litre V8, edonsa ngamagiya amathathu azishintshayo kanye ne-self-locking differential. Imoto ibihloselwe nezinto ezihlosiwe eziphezulu, futhi ngenani lentengo elingaphezudlwana kuka-$11,000, ungathenga i-Monaro GTS "evamile" bese ufaka ephaketheni ushintsho olungaba yizinkulungwane ezintathu. Ekugcineni, i-LE Coupe ka-580 yakhiqizwa futhi yathengiswa, futhi lokho kwaqeda kahle izifiso ezinkulu zika-Holden ezineminyango emibili kwaze kwaba ngu-2001 lapho i-Monaro evuselelwe ishaya amagumbi ombukiso. Abasabonakali ukudayiswa manje, kodwa uma sebevela, ungasebenzisa kalula u-$150,000 kwezingcono kakhulu.

Holden HX Monaro. (Ikhredithi yesithombe: James Cleary)

Phakathi naleso sikhathi, abakwaFord babenenkinga efanayo. Ngesikhathi esifanayo emlandweni (1978), abakwaFord bathola izidumbu ezingama-400 ze-Falcon Hardtop zicashe futhi yayingekho indlela yangempela yokuzikhulula. Kuze kube yilapho kwenziwa isinqumo sokuthatha iqabunga esimweni saseNyakatho Melika futhi kwakhiwe inguqulo yendawo yeCobra Coupe. Akuqondakali ukuthi u-Edsel Ford II wayengumqondisi ophethe weFord Oz ngaleso sikhathi. Lesi sinqumo besizoba lula ukube izimoto zika-Allan Moffat zeCobra Liver ezihlome ku-Group C beziqede i-XNUMX-XNUMX eBathurst ngonyaka odlule.

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