ʻO kaʻu fiat 2300 coupe.

• ʻO ka wikiwiki, haʻuki a nani hoʻi, ʻo ka hale noho ʻehā i hoʻolālā ʻia e Maison Ghia ʻo ia ke komo ʻana o Fiat i ka mākeke Pber GT kiʻekiʻe.
• Ua hōʻike mua ʻia ma ke ʻano he prototype ma ka 1960 Turin Motor Show, ʻo ka poʻe a pau i ʻike iā ia i ʻōlelo, "Pono ʻo Fiat e hana i kēia." Pēlā lākou i hana ai, a i ka manawa i loaʻa ai i nā mea kūʻai aku i ka makahiki 1962, ua ʻoi aku ke kumukūʻai ma mua o ka E Type Jaguar hou.
• ʻO nā pou C kū hoʻi hope a me ka pukaaniani hope ʻano fastback he ʻoi a lawa ka lumi no nā kānaka ʻehā me nā ukana.
• E like me kāu e manaʻo ai, paʻakikī ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻāpana Fiat, akā ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻokele kaʻa o 2300 ma mua o ka paʻakikī o ka mālama ʻana ma ke alanui.

• ʻO ka wikiwiki, haʻuki a nani hoʻi, ʻo ka hale noho ʻehā i hoʻolālā ʻia e Maison Ghia ʻo ia ke komo ʻana o Fiat i ka mākeke Pber GT kiʻekiʻe.
• Ua hōʻike mua ʻia ma ke ʻano he prototype ma ka 1960 Turin Motor Show, ʻo ka poʻe a pau i ʻike iā ia i ʻōlelo, "Pono ʻo Fiat e hana i kēia." Pēlā lākou i hana ai, a i ka manawa i loaʻa ai i nā mea kūʻai aku i ka makahiki 1962, ua ʻoi aku ke kumukūʻai ma mua o ka E Type Jaguar hou.
• ʻO nā pou C kū hoʻi hope a me ka pukaaniani hope ʻano fastback he ʻoi a lawa ka lumi no nā kānaka ʻehā me nā ukana.
• E like me kāu e manaʻo ai, paʻakikī ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻāpana Fiat, akā ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻokele kaʻa o 2300 ma mua o ka paʻakikī o ka mālama ʻana ma ke alanui.

ʻO ka wikiwiki, haʻuki a nani hoʻi, ʻo ka hale noho ʻehā i hoʻolālā ʻia e Maison Ghia ʻo ia ke komo ʻana o Fiat i ka mākeke Pber GT kiʻekiʻe. Ua hōʻike mua ʻia ma ke ʻano he prototype ma ka 1960 Turin Motor Show, ʻo ka poʻe a pau i ʻike iā ia i ʻōlelo, "Pono ʻo Fiat e hana i kēia." Pēlā lākou i hana ai, a i ka manawa i paʻi ai i nā mea kūʻai aku i ka makahiki 1962, ʻelua ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kumukūʻai ʻAno Jaguar E hou.

He laʻana ko John Slater i ka makahiki 1964 a ʻo ia kekahi o nā coupe he 20 i manaʻoʻiʻo ʻia aia ma nā alanui o Australia. "Ua hana ʻo Fiat ma kahi o 7000 mau kaʻa ma waena o 1962 a me 1968, a ma kahi o 200 wale nō nā kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa lima ʻākau. Ua manaʻo ʻia aia ma kahi o 70 poʻe i hele i UK a ʻo 40 a 50 paha i hōʻea i Australia. ʻAʻohe mea i ʻike maopopo no ka mea ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia ka coupe i nā helu hana Fiat, "wahi a John. 'O ia ho'i, he ka'a ka'a 'ole kāna 2300s.

Kūkulu ʻia ma ke kiʻi like me ka Fiat 2300 sedan, ua hoʻolālā ʻia ka coupe e Sergio Sartorelli, ʻo ia ka mea hoʻolālā nui o Ghia i kēlā manawa. ʻO Tom Tjaarda lāua ʻo Virgil Exner Jr., nona nā makua kāne he mau moʻolelo hoʻolālā automotive ma US, ua kōkua pū i ke ʻano. ʻO nā pou C kū hoʻi hope a me ka pukaaniani hope ʻano fastback he ʻoi a lawa ka lumi no nā kānaka ʻehā me nā ukana.

"He kaʻa maikaʻi wale nō ia," wahi a John. "Ua hoʻolālā ʻia ka ʻenekini ʻeono-cylinder e ex-Ferrari engineer Aurelio Lampredi, a ua hoʻihoʻi ka poʻe Arbat iā ia i 136 hp ma ke kau ʻana i kahi carburetor Weber hou, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pistons kūikawā a me kahi camshaft i hoʻololi ʻia. Loaʻa iā ia kahi pahu pahu pahu ʻehā-wikiwiki a me ʻehā mau disc brakes, no laila ua kū koke ia.

Hoʻokomo ʻo Fiat i ka manaʻo i ka wā e lawe ai ʻo John iā ia ma kahi moku. "He mea liʻiliʻi ka mea i lawe ʻia mai ma ʻaneʻi a he liʻiliʻi kēia i kēia manawa a puni ka honua, ʻo ia hoʻi ka nui o nā poʻe i ʻike ʻole iā lākou ma mua," wahi āna. No laila, no ke aha he kakaikahi i kēia manawa? Ua wehewehe ʻo John: "I nā makahiki 60, ʻaʻohe pale o Fiat, no laila ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kaʻa ma ʻEulopa."

E like me kāu e manaʻo ai, paʻakikī ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻāpana Fiat, akā ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻokele kaʻa o 2300 ma mua o ka paʻakikī o ka mālama ʻana ma ke alanui. "He kaʻa huakaʻi maikaʻi loa ia," wahi āna.

David Burrell, lunahooponopono o www.retroautos.com.au