Ukunqoba Kwami 1977TC 2500.
Le 1977 2500 Triumph TC ithengwe ngamadola ayi-1500 kuphela futhi isetshenziswa njengemoto yansuku zonke.
UPatrick Harrison uthenge i-Triumph 1977 TC yakhe yango-2500 (ene-twin carburetors) ngamadola ayi-1500 kuphela futhi manje useyisebenzisa njengomshayeli wansuku zonke.
Ekuqaleni, uPatrick wayefuna iValiant kusukela ngasekupheleni kweminyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa. "Ngagibela ezimbalwa zazo, kodwa zazizwa zisindwa futhi angizange ngihlabeke umxhwele." Uthi. Khona-ke, njengoba kwenzeka njalo ngezimoto zakudala, wabona isikhangiso se-Triumph futhi wathola ukuthi isendaweni elandelayo.
“Le moto inabanikazi abathathu kanti iqale yalethwa eSouth Australia. Isimo sasiphakathi kweminyaka yakhe. Izinto eziyisisekelo zazilungile, injini yayilungile, nomsebenzi womzimba obomvu wawumuhle, kodwa umnikazi wenze ukulungisa okuncane futhi wakhetha ukusebenzisa i-bluetack njengesibophezelo,” uPatrick uyakhumbula.
Ezinyangeni ezintathu ezalandela, uPatrick noyise bawulungisa ngokuphelele, lapho ukumiswa nengaphakathi kwashintshwa. “Ngathenga ingaphakathi eliphelele ngo-$100 kuphela ngase ngengeza amakhethini efasiteleni elingemuva,” kusho uPatrick ngokuziqhenya. Bengingeke ngikwazi ukukwenza ngaphandle kosizo lukababa,” uyanezela.
I-Triumph of Victoria club inikeze izeluleko eziningi nokusekelwa ngesikhathi sokubuyiselwa, ikakhulukazi ekutholeni izingxenye nolwazi. “Ngiyilungu labo elincane kunawo wonke,” kusho uPatrick.
Ikhishwe okokuqala e-UK ngasekupheleni kuka-1963 inguqulo yamalitha amabili, i-Triumph 2000 kwakuyimoto ehlonishwayo engamasilinda ayisithupha okuhloswe ngayo emakethe yabaphathi abaphakathi. Ngokumiswa okuzimele kwangemuva, amabhuleki ediski anamandla angaphambili, iphaneli yensimbi enephaneli ngokhuni, indawo yokuhlala ephezulu kanye nesitayela esivela ku-Italian Giovanni Michelotti, i-Triumph ibe yimpumelelo ngokushesha. Okuthuthukisiwe ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kufaka phakathi i-75kW 2.5L straight-six futhi yaklanywa kabusha ngaphambili nangemuva.
Imoto kaPatrick ine- four-speed manual transmission kanye ne-power steering option engajwayelekile. “Ihamba njengemoto yekhulu lama-21,” kusho uPatrick. "Angikaze ngibe nezinkinga zemishini ngayo."
Ngesinye isikhathi, umhlangano wase-Australia we-Triumph wakhiqizwa yi-Australian Motor Industries (AMI) eMelbourne. I-AMI iphinde yakhiqiza iToyota, Mercedes Benz kanye ne-American Ramblers. Imoto kaPatrick kungenzeka ibe ngeyokugcina engu-2500TCs ukuphuma emugqeni wokuhlanganisa kusukela ukukhiqizwa kwanqanyulwa ngo-1978.
Le moto idonsa amehlo ngombala wayo obomvu obabazekayo. “Baningi abantu abake bame bakhulume nami. Abanye baze banginikeza ukheshi ngaso leso sikhathi,” kusho uPatrick etshela iCarsguide. Akadayisi, kodwa ucabanga ngeklasi lakhe elilandelayo. Uthi: “Bengicabanga ngokuthola inyamazane.
UDavid Burrell, umhleli www.retroautos.com.au
