ULancia Aurelia wami 1954.

“Ngisafunda ukuyishayela ngoba akulula ukuyishayela njengeYaris yami,” kusho u-Aurelia ngoLancia wakhe.

Sekuyiminyaka engaphezudlwana kwengama-21 yenziwa, kuyilapho iLancia Aurelia isineminyaka engaba ngu-20 yenziwa. Bahlangana ngasekupheleni konyaka odlule lapho okwakudala kwe-Italian kwakuyisipho esimangalisayo sosuku lokuzalwa esivela kubazali baka-Aurelia u-Harry noMonique Connelly.

Indaba yaqala ngo-1990 lapho umngane kanye nomvuseleli wezimoto u-Wolf Grodd we-The Sleeping Beauties ezwa ukuthi u-Connelly ubhapathize indodakazi yakhe u-Aurelia, ngemva komhlangano odumile wase-Italy kanye nemoto yomjaho.

“Ngangingazi ukuthi imoto iyini nokuthi ibukeka kanjani, kodwa ngezwa ukuthi imoto yerally,” kusho uConnelly, owayengumshayeli owasiza ekugijimeni imizuliswano yeWorld Rally Championship yase-Australia futhi wahlonishwa kuRoyal Race ngo-2009. Uhlu lwezihloko zokuhlonishwa zezinsizakalo ze-motorsport.

"U-Wulf uthe kufanele sithenge eyodwa bese sinikeza u-Aurelia ngosuku lwakhe lokuzalwa ehlanganisa iminyaka engu-21," esho.

Imoto yayivela eNgilandi futhi yatholakala endaweni engcolile eWoy Woy ngo-1990. UConnelly ukhokhe u-$10,000 ngomkhumbi ogqwalile. Ngemuva kweminyaka eyi-20 yokubuyiselwa e-Sleeping Beauties, manje isifakwe umshwalense we-$140,000. U-Aurelia wayengazi ngemoto kwaze kwaba yilapho eseneminyaka emihlanu ubudala.

Uthi: “Babe sebengifihlela kwaze kwaba usuku lwami lokuzalwa. "Angizange ngikhohlwe ngakho, kodwa bengingazi ukuthi kuzoba isipho sami sama-21."

I-B20 Aurelia inenjini engu-2.5 litre pushrod alloy V6, i-dual-flow downdraft Weber carburetor, amabhuleki esigubhu (yangaphakathi ngemuva), engu-Four-speed column shift shift H-type transmission futhi ikwazi ukuhamba ngesivinini esifika ku-200 km/ h.

“Ngisafunda ukuyishayela ngoba akulula ukuyishayela njengeYaris yami,” usho kanje. "Kuhamba kahle, kodwa akukumisi kahle lokho."

I-Lancia yakhiqizwa kusukela ngo-1950 kuya ku-58 futhi yabamba iqhaza emibuthanweni nemijaho edumile efana ne-Monte Carlo, Mille Miglia, Targa Florio kanye ne-Le Mans. Ngo-1954 abiza u-4200 6550 (amaRandi angu-5000 7800) e-Australia, kuyilapho i-Rolls-Royce yayibiza u-XNUMX XNUMX (amaRandi angu-XNUMX XNUMX). Ukubuyisela kungenzeka kube yinqubo ende, kodwa kwakubuhlungu futhi kudinga izingxenye eziningi ezenziwe ngesandla njengesiqu nedeshibhodi.

“Babenza kancane njalo ngonyaka, futhi isikhathi esisele babehlezi ngemuva kwegalaji labo,” kusho uConnelly. "Kuyamangalisa; usengathola izingxenye ezivela eNgilandi, e-Italy nase-Australia imbala."

U-Aurelia uthi uzokhangisa ngemoto emibukisweni yezimoto zakudala futhi ahambele imicimbi yeLancia Club.

“Ngiwuthanda kakhulu umdlalo wezimoto futhi sengike ngabamba iqhaza emiqhudelwaneni yomhlaba nasemiqhudelwaneni yeFormula 1 kusukela kudala. Kodwa mina ngigxile kakhulu ekuhleleni kunokuncintisana,” kusho umfundi we-MA kwisayensi yezengqondo yenhlangano owayephethe isikhungo sezindaba se-WRC enyakatho yeNew South Wales ngo-2009.

UConnelly unguSihlalo we-FIA ​​Stewards futhi uhambela imicimbi eyisikhombisa ye-F1 ngonyaka. Uphinde abe yilungu le-FIA ​​Institute for Safety Research in Motorsport. Ushiye phansi i-WRC ekupheleni kuka-2009.

1954 YETHULA I-AURELIA

I-Год: 1954

Intengo entshaIntengo: $4200 ($ 6550)

Intengo manje: kufakwe umshwalense nge-$140,000

IZIZINJINI: 104 kW, 2.5-litre V6

Izindlu: I-coupe enezicabha ezi-2

I-Trance: U-gearbox ongu-4-speed, odonsa ngamasondo angemuva.

Uthi bewazi: U-Lancia Aurelia wethule injini yangaphambili, ukucushwa kwedrayivu yangemuva kamuva eyasetshenziswa i-Ferrari, i-Alfa Romeo, i-Porsche, i-GM, ne-Maserati, kanye nenjini ye-V6.