ʻO kaʻu Morris Sport 850
ʻAʻohe mea i ʻike i ka nui o nā mea i hana ʻia, paʻakikī ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā mea kumu mai nā mea hoʻopunipuni, ʻehiku wale nō i ʻike ʻia e koe, a ua hoʻāla pū ʻia nā ʻōlelo hoʻopiʻi mua o ka hoʻopunipuni ma ka heihei kaʻa ʻo Bathurst-Phillip Island 500. mea pohihihi i ka poe puni kaa.
ʻIke ʻia ʻaʻole kēia he kaʻa BMC mana, akā he pahu holo wikiwiki i hoʻohui ʻia e kekahi mau mea kūʻai aku a kūʻai ʻia paha ma luna o ke kaʻa no ka mīkini home e hoʻomaikaʻi i kāna waihona 850. Akā ua hāʻawi ʻia ka pahu me ka pōmaikaʻi o BMC. .
Ma waho aʻe o nā hōʻailona, nā mea hoʻopaʻa triangular kūikawā ma ka puʻu a me ke kumu, a me kahi grille chrome a me ka piko o ka pauku, aia nā mea hoʻonui maoli ma lalo o ka puʻu. ʻO ka hoʻopunipuni nui, ʻo ia ka hui pū ʻana o nā carburetors māhoe me kahi manifold i hoʻolālā hou ʻia, ka hoʻoheheʻe manuahi a me kahi muffler hou e hiki ai i ka ʻenekini ke hanu ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ke kumu hoʻohālike.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hōʻike ʻia kahi hoʻāʻo alanui magazine ma 1962 i ka wikiwiki o ke kaʻa i 0 mph he ʻeiwa kekona ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ke kaʻa maʻamau, a piʻi ka wikiwiki kiʻekiʻe e ʻehiku mph (100 km/h).
ʻAʻohe hoʻololi i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia a i ʻole nā pale, ʻo ia ka mea e pili ana i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka mana mīkini a me kahi hiʻohiʻona haʻuki. ʻO ka māmā kiʻekiʻe o ka mīkini liʻiliʻi 848cc aia ma lalo o 80 mph (128 km / h), kahi manaʻo weliweli i kēia lā i hāʻawi ʻia i nā pahu liʻiliʻi, nele i kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona palekana o kēia lā, a me ke ʻano o nā alanui i kēlā manawa.
Ua hoʻopau kahi hōʻike makasina AMSA: "ʻO kēia ka manawa mua i hana ai kekahi hui Australia i kahi kaʻa i hoʻololi ʻia no ka mea hoihoi nona nā kuleana ʻohana e pale iā ia mai ke kūʻai ʻana i kahi kaʻa haʻuki. Manaʻo mākou e mahalo nui ʻo ia a hāʻawi ʻia i ke kumukūʻai o 790, makemake maoli ʻo ia.
ʻO kekahi kanaka hoihoi loa i kēia lā, ʻo ia ʻo Sydney mini-fan ʻo Robert Diamante, nona kekahi o nā Sports 850s loaʻa ʻole.
Ua loli nā mea a pau i ʻekolu makahiki i hala aku nei i kona lohe ʻana e pili ana i ke kūʻai ʻana o kahi kaʻa ma kahi mahiʻai ma Forbes. “Ua loaʻa iā mākou ke kaʻa e kū ana ma lalo o kahi kumulāʻau. ʻAʻole i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia mai ka makahiki 1981."
“I koʻu ʻike ʻana i ka hōʻailona, ʻōlelo wau pono iaʻu. Ua uku au i $300 no ia mea. He hana iki. Ua pā ʻo ia ma ke kua. Ua hoʻohana kā lākou mau keiki kāne iā ia ma ke ʻano he paddock beater."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Diamante ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻo ia i ke kaʻa a ua hoʻolilo ʻo ia ma kahi o 12 mau mahina meticulously hana hou i ke kaʻa liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo ka mea nona ka kaʻa he kanaka mahiʻai Forbes i make i kekahi mau makahiki i hala. Ua hana ʻo ia no kahi mea kūʻai aku ʻo Sydney BMC P a me R Williams nāna i kūʻai aku a hoʻokomo i nā kime a kūʻai mai i kaʻa mai lākou.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, kūʻai ʻo ia i ʻelua. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Diamante, ʻo ka kaʻa mua āna i kūʻai ai i ka makahiki 1962, ua ʻaihue ʻia a ua hoʻololi ʻo ia me kahi kaʻa hoʻohālike o ka makahiki 1963 i loaʻa iā Diamante i kēia manawa.
He ʻelua paipu hoʻopau kēia kaʻa, ʻōlelo ʻo ia he mea maʻamau. Hōʻike pū ʻia ʻaʻole i kūʻai piha ʻia nā pahu haʻuki 850. Ua loli nā koho a me nā hiʻohiʻona i kūpono i nā kaʻa mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka pahu i ka makahiki 1962 (a i ʻole 1961, ma muli o ka mea āu e kamaʻilio nei).
ʻAʻole emi iki ka moʻolelo heihei o ke kaʻa. Poina ʻia ka inoa o Neil Johannesen ma ka moʻolelo o Bathurst-Phillip Island 500 mōʻaukala, akā ʻo ia ka mea mua i ka heihei Mini.
Ma ka hanana 850, ua lawe mai ʻo ia i kahi hoʻohālike 1961 me nā carburetors māhoe. Akā i ka wā i hoʻopiʻi ai nā luna iā ia no ka hoʻopunipuni, ua hoʻopuka ʻo ia i kahi kelepona mai BMC e ʻōlelo ana he kānāwai ka hoʻololi.
Ua kauoha ʻia ke kaʻa ma waho o ka mānoanoa a pono kāna hui e hoʻololi iā lākou me kahi carburettor waiwai mai kahi Spectator Mini. I ka wā i uhaʻi ai kekahi pōhaku i kona pale makani, ua lawe ʻo ia i kahi pani mai ka Mini hoʻokahi a hoʻomau.
Ua kūʻē ʻia ka neʻe ʻana e nā luna a ua kāpae ʻia ʻo ia akā ua hoʻihoʻi ʻia ma kahi hope. Akā ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia ka wikiwiki a Johannesen's 850 Sports i hōʻike ʻia. Ua hoʻomaka ka poʻe e ʻike i ka Mini liʻiliʻi he ikaika heihei.
ʻElima 850 Sports kükohu i hoʻokûkû i ka makahiki aʻe, a ʻelima mau makahiki wale nō ma hope o ko Johannesen hoʻopaʻapaʻa mua, ua hele pololei ka Minis i nā kūlana ʻeiwa kiʻekiʻe ma Bathurst i ka makahiki 1966.
Ua lilo nā pōhaku liʻiliʻi i mea kaulana a makemake ʻo Diamante e hoʻokele iā ia me 42,000 mau mile (67,500 km) wale nō ma ka uaki. 'Ōleloʻo ia, "He holo mālie loa ia. ʻAʻole ia he moku rocket, akā ke holo maikaʻi nei.
