HSV VL Pūʻulu A SS, Tickford TL50 a me nā kaʻa ʻē aʻe o Australia i waiwai nui i ke kālā i kēia lā akā ʻaʻole hiki ke kūʻai ʻia ma nā papa hōʻikeʻike ma mua.

E manaʻoʻiʻo a ʻaʻole paha, i kekahi manawa ua paʻakikī kekahi mau mea kūʻai Holden e kūʻai aku i nā ʻāpana ma HSV VL Group A SS.

ʻO ke kūʻai aku nei he $1.3 miliona o ka Ford Falcon GT-HO Phase III e hōʻoia i kekahi mau mea. 

ʻO ka mea mua, ʻoiai ka emi ʻana o ka mākeke no ka Phase III kaao ma kahi o 50% he ʻumi makahiki i hala ma muli o ka GFC a me kahi mākeke overheated i noho ʻia e nā poʻe manaʻo ʻino, ua mau ke kaʻa ponoʻī, a ʻo ia hoʻi, he mea hōʻiliʻili 24-carat. .

ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, me ka paʻi ʻana o 300 wale nō a me ke kuleana e haʻaheo e pili ana i ka lanakila ʻana ma Bathurst i kahi manawa i manaʻo maoli ʻia i kahi mea hana, ʻo ka GT-HO Phase III he kumu hoʻohālike i mahalo ʻia i hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻia he mea ʻohi. mea.

Akā ʻaʻole pili kēia i nā metala hōʻiliʻili a pau o Australia. Manaʻoʻiʻo a ʻaʻole paha, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kekahi o nā kaʻa hōʻiliʻili wela loa o Australia i kēia manawa. 

ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, pili ka huaʻōlelo kahiko "ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hāʻawi" i kekahi mau mele kahiko o Australia e kūʻai aku nei no ka hapaha miliona kālā i kekahi mau hihia.

HSV VL Pūʻulu A SS

puaʻa paʻa.

ʻO nā mea hoʻolaha no kēia hanana ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo ia nā huahana muscle HSV mua loa, ka 1988 SS Group A (aka Walkinshaw). Eia hou, ʻo ia ka manawa i hoʻokumu ʻia ai nā kaʻa i heihei i ka makahiki Bathurst Classic ma luna o nā kaʻa kaʻa, no laila, ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi ʻano alanui o kahi lanakila ʻo Bathurst he mea nui loa ia.

Me kāna pahu kino ahiu i komo pū me kahi mea hao hope nui a me kahi puʻupuʻu puʻupuʻu me nā ea makani, ʻo ka Walkinshaw kahi mākaʻikaʻi maka. Akā, ʻoiai ke kumu kūʻai he $45,000, me kēia hoʻoilina heihei, ʻo nā mea kūʻai aku i ʻike i ka hānau ʻana o kahi ʻāpana o ka mōʻaukala heihei kaʻa kaʻa o Australia i kāʻili i ka 500 HSV mua e pono ai e kūkulu e homologate i ke kaʻa no ka hana heihei. ʻO kēia kahi kahi i kapa ʻia ʻo HSV i lawa.

ʻAʻole naʻe. Ua makemake ʻo ia a hoʻoholo i ka honua e pono ai he 250 Walkinshaws hou aʻe. I kēlā manawa, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hoʻomaka mua ke kāhea ʻana i ka inoa, a ua loaʻa i ke kaʻa ka inoa "Plastic Pig" no kona ʻano ʻino. Eia hou, 'a'ole 'o ia i lanakila 'o Bathurst (i ka makahiki 1990 wale nō ia), a ua hā'ule koke kona helu lehulehu.

ʻO ka hopena, ʻo ka hope loa o kēlā mau kaʻa he 250 i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i nā mea kūʻai aku ʻo Holden e like me nā ʻīlio uliuli puaʻa i loko o ka pukaaniani hale kūʻai holoholona. ʻAʻohe mea i makemake iā lākou, a ke hoʻomaka nei ke kumukūʻai $47,000 e nahu. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ua kāʻili nā mea kūʻai aku ʻo Holden i nā pahu kino Group A mai nā kaʻa a hoʻāʻo e kūʻai aku iā lākou ma ke ʻano he mea ʻē aʻe ma Walkinshaw. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia hoʻi ua pena hou ʻia kekahi mau kaʻa e nā mea kūʻai aku i makemake nui e wehe i nā kohu "puaʻa plastik" mai ko lākou lumi hōʻikeʻike.

I kēia manawa, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua huli nā mea āpau i nā degere 180 piha, a ua lilo ʻo Walkinshaw i hoʻokahi o nā tikiki hōʻiliʻili kaulana loa ma ke kūlanakauhale. Hiki ke piʻi nā kumukūʻai i $250,000 a i ʻole $300,000 no nā kaʻa maikaʻi maoli. Ka mea i waiho i hoʻokahi nīnau i pane ʻole ʻia: he aha ka mea i loaʻa i kēlā mau pahu kino a pau i lawe ʻia e nā mea kūʻai aku i ko lākou manawa?

Tickford TE / TS / TL50

Mai 1999 a 2002, loaʻa iā Tickford nā mea hoʻokūkū HSV maoli.

I kekahi manawa, ki'i ka mea hana ka'a i ka pahu hopu pono'ī, a e lilo ana kekahi kaʻa i mea ʻoluʻolu mālie. ʻO kahi hiʻohiʻona nui o kēia i hoʻokani ʻia e ka māhele haʻuki ʻo Ford, ʻo Tickford.

He mea nui loa iā Tickford ke kū a nānā i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ikaika o HSV a hoʻomaka ʻo ia e huki i nā mea pāʻani no ka ʻeke. No laila, ua lawe ʻo ia i ka laulā aloha ʻole o ka AU Falcon a manaʻo e lanakila iā HSV ma kāna pāʻani ponoʻī; e kūkulu i kahi sedan nui elima noho e hiki ke huki i ka waʻa a i ʻole ke ʻaʻa i ka ʻāina i ka lele hoʻokahi. Ua hoʻokipa maikaʻi ʻia ka manaʻo a e lawe i kahi mana i hoʻolako maikaʻi ʻia o ka AU Falcon a me Fairlane a hoʻopili ʻia me ka ʻenekini nui loa i ka papa inoa a laila hoʻololi hou aʻe no nā dynamics hou.

ʻAʻohe pilikia me kekahi o kēia, akā ʻo ke kuhi hewa ʻana o Tickford ke kūʻai aku. Ma kahi o ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka hele wāwae a me ka wāwae me HSV, ʻo ka hōʻike hoʻolaha a Tickford i manaʻo e hāʻawi i kahi mea maʻalahi no ka mea i manaʻo ʻole i ka pono e kū i waho. ʻO ia ka mea i lanakila maikaʻi i ke kumu o ia mau kaʻa. ʻO ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e kūʻai aku i kaʻa no ka hoʻohana ʻana a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i ka wā ʻo HSV pipi ka mea hoʻokūkū he hihia maʻamau o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka pahi i ka pū.

Hoʻopilikia hou kēia ala iā Tickford no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke hoʻohana i ka ʻaoʻao mua ʻehā-poʻo mua o ka pae XR liʻiliʻi o Falcon. ʻAʻole, he moloā loa ka hapalua. No laila, ua loaʻa i nā hiʻohiʻona TE, TS a me TL kahi mana i hoʻomaikaʻi iki ʻia o ka interface Fairmont maʻamau weliweli. ʻO ka hopena, ʻo ia kekahi mau kaʻa i hana maikaʻi loa akā ʻaʻole kūʻai wale ʻia ma kahi mākeke e pili ana i nā manawa hapaha mile. ʻO kahi mana hoʻomohala kūloko o ka 5.0-lita V8 me kahi ʻenekini i hoʻonui i ka mana i ka hoʻokūkū 5.6-lita HSV ʻaʻole i hiki ke hoʻohuli i ka lehulehu, a ua noho ʻole nā ​​Tickfords i nā mea kūʻai aku no ka manawa lōʻihi.

I kēia manawa, ʻoiaʻiʻo, aia ke aloha hou no nā Tickford Falcons, i hui pū ʻia me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo ka AU paha ka paepae momona loa a Ford Australia i hana ai. Ke piʻi nei nā kumukūʻai ma muli o ka hopena, me kahi TE a i ʻole TS50 maikaʻi i kēia manawa e kūʻai ana ma kahi o $30,000, me nā mana Series nui-engined i ʻoi aku ma mua o ka pālua.

ʻO Holden a me Ford nā coupes nui

Inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai aku i nā Falcons hardtop, e kau wale i kekahi mau mea hoʻopili Cobra ma luna o lākou. (Kiʻi kiʻi: Mitchell Talk)

ʻO ia ka waena o nā makahiki 70 a ke haʻalele nei nā kānaka i ka mākeke coupe nui i hana ʻia ma ka ʻāina. ʻO ka piʻi ʻana o nā kumukūʻai kinoea ma waena o ka pilikia wahie (ʻaʻole i hana maoli ʻia, akā naʻe ...) ʻo ia ka manaʻo o nā kaʻa ʻelua puka ʻelua V8 piha piha e like me Holden Monaro a me Ford Falcon Hardtop ma waho o ka papa kuhikuhi no ka hapa nui o nā kānaka. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ma kahi o 1976, ʻo ke kaʻa ʻelua-puka kūʻai maikaʻi loa ʻo Holden he kaʻa kaʻa i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Belmont. I ka hihia o ka Holden a me Ford coupes, ua waiho ʻia nā mea hana ʻelua me kahi waihona o nā kino ʻelua-puka me ka manaʻolana ʻole e hoʻohuli iā lākou i Monaros a i ʻole GTs.

ʻO ia ka manawa i ulu ai nā keʻena kūʻai. Ma ka hihia o Holden, ʻo ka hoʻonā he kumu hoʻohālike i kapa ʻia ʻo Monaro LE, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka makahiki 1976 e komo i ka hope o kēia mau ʻano kino. I kēlā manawa, he kaʻa ʻālohilohi ia me nā huila Polycast gula, pena metala burgundy a me nā kaha gula. Aia i loko he mau ʻeka o ka velor trim a, he mea kupanaha, he kaʻa pahu pahu ʻewalu ala. Mechanically, loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi 5.0-lita V8, kahi hoʻouna ʻokoʻa ʻekolu-wikiwiki, a me kahi ʻokoʻa paʻa ponoʻī. Ua kuhikuhi ʻia ke kaʻa i nā pahuhopu kiʻekiʻe, a me ke kumukūʻai o ka $11,000 wale nō, hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i kahi Monaro GTS "maʻamau" a me ka ʻeke ma kahi o ʻekolu kaukani hoʻololi. ʻO ka hopena, ua hana ʻia a kūʻai ʻia aku ka LE Coupe 580, a ua hoʻopau maikaʻi ʻo Holden i nā manaʻo nui ʻelua-puka a hiki i ka 2001 i ka wā i hōʻea ai ka Monaro i nā lumi hōʻikeʻike. ʻAʻole hiki iā lākou ke kūʻai aku i kēia manawa, akā ke hana lākou, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻolilo maʻalahi i $150,000 ma nā mea maikaʻi loa.

Holden HX Monaro. (Kiʻi kiʻi: James Cleary)

I kēia manawa, loaʻa iā Ford ka pilikia like. Ma kahi like o ka mōʻaukala (1978), ua ʻike ʻo Ford i nā kino Falcon Hardtop 400 e hūnā ana a ʻaʻohe ala maoli e wehe ai iā lākou. A hiki i ka wā i hoʻoholo ʻia ai e lawe i kahi lau mai ke ʻano o ʻAmelika ʻĀkau a hana i kahi mana kūloko o ka Cobra Coupe. ʻAʻole ia he mea kuhi wale ʻo Edsel Ford II ka luna hoʻokele o ka Ford Oz i kēlā manawa. ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻoholo inā ua pau nā kaʻa ʻo Cobra Liver o Allan Moffat i ka hui C i hoʻokahi a ʻelua ma Bathurst i ka makahiki i hala.

Me kahi koho o 5.8- a i ʻole 4.9-liter V8 engines a me ka hoʻouna ʻana a i ʻole ka manual, ua hoʻopau maikaʻi ka Cobra Hardtop i ke kūʻai aku ʻana, e lilo ana kēia i hoʻolālā lanakila ma nā ʻano āpau. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo ia nō kahi hihia o ka hoʻā ʻana i ke ahi kūʻai aku ma lalo o kahi pūʻulu o nā kaʻa i ʻike ʻia me he mea lā e hele a puni lākou. ʻOiai inā ʻoe e hele i waho ma ka mana ʻo Bathurst Special o ka Cobra me ka mīkini V8 nui loa a me ka hoʻoili lima wikiwiki ʻehā, ua hoʻohana wale ʻoe i $10,110 i 1978. 400,000 $ 4.9, akā ʻo kahi kope 12-lita me kahi hoʻoili maʻalahi i ke kūlana kūpono hiki ke kūʻai i kahi hapaha miliona. ʻAe, ʻo kēia mau kumukūʻai e pili ana i ka waena o Covid (e like me nā mea ʻē aʻe i kēia moʻolelo) a ke manaʻoʻiʻo ʻia hiki ke kū ka mākeke no nā mahina XNUMX e hiki mai ana. Akā naʻe ...

Plymouth Superbard

Ma kahi o 2000 Superbirds i kūkulu ʻia.

No ka hōʻoia ʻana ʻaʻole ia he mea Australia wale nō, ua hiki nō i nā ʻAmelika ʻĀkau ke hana i nā kaʻa i mālama ʻole ʻia akā ua lilo i mea hiki ke hōʻiliʻili i ka manawa. E like me nā kaʻa Australia, ua homologated kekahi o nā kaʻa koʻikoʻi. ʻO ia ka hihia me ka 1970 Plymouth Superbird, i kūkulu ʻia no ka lanakila ʻana i nā heihei NASCAR, ʻaʻole i kau i nā lumi hōʻikeʻike ʻo Plymouth i ke ahi. Like…

No ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kaʻa i ke kūpaʻa e pono ai ke holo ma nā ala oval i ka wikiwiki a hiki i 320 km/h, ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka Superbird ma luna o ka Plymouth Road Runner akā ua hoʻohui ʻia kahi ihu nui a me kahi ʻēheu nui hope i ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi ma mua o ka Plymouth. Holo Alanui. kaupaku. ʻO ka holoʻokoʻa, ʻo ka ihu wale nō i hoʻohui i 50 cm wale nō i ka lōʻihi holoʻokoʻa. Hoʻohui pū ʻia me nā kukui huna (hou, ma ka inoa o ka aerodynamics), ʻo ka nānā ʻana, uh, kahaha. He mea kupanaha loa ia i ka poʻe kūʻai aku ma US, a ʻoiai he 2000 mau kaʻa i kūkulu ʻia, ua paʻa kekahi o lākou i nā mea kūʻai aku a hiki i 1972.

I ke kaʻina o ka hoʻopau ʻana iā lākou, nui nā mea kūʻai aku i wehe i ka fender hope a i ʻole i hoʻohuli hou iā ia i ke alanui Runner spec. He mea kupanaha loa ia i kēia manawa, ʻoiai ʻo ka Superbird ka mea i hoʻohuli ʻia mai kahi makana hou $4300 i kahi kaʻa ʻohi $300,000 a i ʻole $400,000 i kēia lā. ʻAe, ʻo ka pāpā ʻana iā NASCAR no ka wikiwiki loa, ʻaʻole ia i hōʻeha i ka waiwai Bird...