I-My Triumph Spitfire 1965 Mk4 2 iminyaka

… eLakeside futhi wangena ku-Wild 360 ku-Triumph Spitfire Mk1965 4 yakhe yango-2.

Imoto yezemidlalo yaseBrithani yashayisa udonga ngaphansi kwebhuloho futhi yaqeda usuku lwe-Ezzy's club sprint.

“Ngishaye u-101.01 mph (162.6 km/h) kodwa ngasuka ngashayisa udonga.

"Kodwa ngisengamyisa ekhaya."

UGold Coater, 57, wathengela udadewabo le moto ngama-dollar angu-50 nje kuphela endaweni ka-junkyard ngo-1978.

“Wayezoyithola ilayisensi futhi sasidinga imoto ukuze akwazi ukushayela, ngase ngimthengela yona,” usho kanje.

“Wabe eseshada futhi engafuni, ngakho ngangiqhubeka yonke le minyaka, ngakha, ngakha, ngakha, ngisebenzisa imali futhi ngithuthukisa.

"Ngake ngenza ibhayisikili lombukiso we-Harley futhi ngangihlale ngifuna ukwenza imoto."

Lapho u-Ezzy eyithola, iSpitfire yayiyibhilidi eligqwalile, ngakho wathenga esinye isidumbu eMelbourne futhi waqala ukukhumula ukugqwala futhi washintsha amaphaneli waze waba nemoto ephelele.

Ugcine eyethule wayibhalisa ngo-1982 kanti uselokhu eyigibele.

I-Spitfire yasekuqaleni yayipendwe ngombala omhlophe obomvu, ino-gearbox onamagiya amane kanye nenjini engu-1147cc four-cylinder enamandla afinyelela ku-47 kW kanye nesivinini esiphezulu esingu-96 mph (155 km/h).

U-Ezzy upende i-Spitfire eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ayintandokazi yakhe, wabhora injini yacishe yaba ngu-1300cc. i-gearbox ngemuva kokuyipakisha okokuqala ngesikhathi somncintiswano we-'13 Speed ​​​​on Tweed sprint.

Uthi: “Ngizenzela wonke umsebenzi wami.

"Igijima ku-4000 rpm, kodwa ngifuna nje ukwehlisa umehluko ukusuka ku-4.875 kuya ku-4.1."

Umbala muhle, amabheji akuwona wonke owokuqala, futhi akanazo zonke izinsimbi ze-Jaeger.

Kodwa, njengoba u-Ezzy esho, "yonke imali iphansi."

Vula leyo front-piece enkulu futhi uzothola injini ku-chrome ecwebezelayo.

“Yonke i-chrome ibukeka iyinhle, kodwa igcina ukushisa ngaphakathi, ngakho ngidinga ukukumisa kahle ukupholisa. Ngokuzayo ngizosebenzisa insimbi engagqwali ephucuziwe kune-chrome,” usho kanje.

"I-Chrome ithatha umzamo omkhulu ukuyigcina ihlanzekile."

Kukhona nepuleti lomoya elikhulu ngaphansi elisuka phambili liye emuva.

“Kuhle ukuthi kube nombukiso abawufaka ku-lift ngoba awuwuboni u-gearbox nezinye izinto,” usho kanje. "Kubukeka kuhlanzekile kakhulu."

Lokho kugibela okungalawuleki eLakeside kwaholela kwezinye izinguquko ezimbili ngemva kokulungisa iphaneli eboshiwe; isicishamlilo esitezi esingaphambili kanye ne-roll bar.

Uthi: “Cishe amaphesenti angu-99 alokho engikufunayo. “Ngiyigibela ngangokunokwenzeka, isimo sezulu sivuma.”

Lapho isimo sezulu siba sibi ngempela, angasebenzisa isivalo se-trunk noma i-fiberglass hardtop.

Sekukaningi ngalingeka ukuba ngiyidayise, kodwa yini okufanele ngiyenze ngokulandelayo? ebuza. “Nganikezwa u-$22,000, kodwa ngase ngiyekile ukugcina amasheke ngo-$30,0000.”

“Kuyinto yokuzilibazisa futhi kuyingxenye yempilo yami. Angishadile, anginazingane ngakho-ke ingane yami lena."