I-My Austin Healy 1962 MkII BT3000 '7
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I-My Austin Healy 1962 MkII BT3000 '7

26.05.2022 /

Nansi indlela unjiniyela wangaphambili u-Keith Bailey akhethe ngayo ukumaka umcimbi. U-Bailey wafika e-Australia ngo-1964 futhi wasebenza e-Woomera Missile Range yaseNingizimu Australia, okuyindawo enkulu kunazo zonke yokuhlola indawo yokuvikela umhlaba kanye ne-aerospace emhlabeni futhi elingana nezwe lakubo i-Bailey e-England. “Kuze kube ngu-1972 bengingunjiniyela wezinjini eziphehla ugesi iRollls-Royce,” esho.

Naphezu kokuhlala e-Australia kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, u-Bailey unomqondo ojulile wobuhle besiNgisi njengale modeli. Isebenza ngenjini engu-2912 cc inline six-cylinder enamandla amakhulu angu-112.9 mph (181.7 km/h), ijubane elisuka ku-0 iye ku-100 km/h ngemizuzwana engu-10.9 kanye nokusebenzisa uphethiloli ku-23.5 mpg (12 l/100 km). .). Lena ukuphela kwe-Austin Healey 3000 enama-carburetor amathathu e-SU HS4.

Isidumbu semoto yezemidlalo yaseBrithani sakhiqizwa ngabakwaJensen Motors, kwathi izimoto zaqoqwa embonini yeBritish Motor Corporation e-Abingdon. Kwakhiwe amamodeli e-MkII angu-11,564, okuyi-5096 kuwo ama-BT7 MkIIs. Abaningi sebegijime emhlabeni wonke baze baqhudelana naseBathurst. Abiza u-$1362 amasha, kodwa uBailey wathenga eyakhe ngo-$1994 ngo-$17,500.

Imoto yangeniswa eMelika kanye nabanye ababili abaqoqi baseBrisbane. "I-US iyindawo engcono kakhulu yokuzithenga ngoba iningi labo liye lapho," kusho uBailey. “Ubesesimeni esifanele. Bekuyidrayivu yesokunxele futhi bekufanele ngiyiguqule, obekungenzima kangako njengoba ibifakwe ngamabhawudi. Ngenxa yokuthi ngelesiNgisi, zonke izimbobo nezinto ezifakwayo sezikhona isiteringi esifanele, kodwa kuzomele kushintshwe ideshibhodi.”

U-Bailey uyaziqhenya ngokuthi wenza umsebenzi omningi ngokwakhe. Kodwa-ke, upende oluhle olunamathoni amabili kanye nephaneli kwenziwa abalungisi be-Sleeping Beauty's Brisbane. Ukubuyiselwa kulungile kuze kufike ku-Luca magneto yasekuqaleni, ama-wiper, uphondo, izibani kanye nejeneretha. Inkampani yaseBirmingham motor electronics ijwayele ukubizwa ngokuthi iNkosana Yobumnyama ngenxa yezinga layo eliphezulu lokuhluleka, kodwa i-Bailey ihlala iyiqiniso.

“Kuze kube manje ayikangiphoxi,” usho kanje. “Abantu bajwayele ukumthethisa uLucas - ngesizathu esihle ngiyacabanga - kodwa izindiza eziningi ziwasebenzisile. "Anginaso isiqiniseko ngalezi zinsuku."

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