ʻO kaʻu 1991 Ferrari 328 GTS.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Len Watson, 63, ka mea nona Ferrari he nui, ua noho ʻole nā Ferraris haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa no ka lōʻihi loa. "He mau kaʻa hilinaʻi maoli kēia e hāʻawi ʻole iā ʻoe i nā pilikia inā ʻoe e hoʻohana mau iā lākou," wahi āna. "ʻO ka pilikia ka mālama ʻana o nā kānaka iā lākou i loko o nā hale kaʻa wai a hele maikaʻi nā kaʻa a loaʻa nā ʻōhule a loaʻa ka pōʻino. ʻAʻole maikaʻi nā kaʻa me nā mile mile haʻahaʻa loa e like me nā kaʻa me nā mile kiʻekiʻe.
"Ua kau au i 70,000 mau mile ma kaʻu 328 (1991 Ferrari 328 GTS) - mau mile paʻakikī loa - a ua hoʻohana wale mākou ma kahi o 2000 (ma kahi o $ 3875) i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana ma kahi o 12 mau makahiki." Ke kamaʻilio ʻo ia e pili ana i nā mile paʻakikī, ʻo ia ke ʻano o nā mile paʻakikī i nā lā ala, nā piʻi puʻu a me nā heihei maʻamau. Ke hoʻokūkū nei ʻo ia i nā hanana hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū ʻo Queensland Drivers' Championship ma kahi 1980 Ferrari 308 GTB. I ka makahiki aʻe, manaʻo ʻo ia e hoʻokani me ka ikaika piha.
Ua hoʻomaka ka mea nona ka ʻoihana lako polokalamu UK i hoʻomaha i kāna aloha me nā kaʻa kahiko me kāna Frisky Pelekane ʻekolu huila mua me kahi ʻenekini kaʻa Villiers ʻelua 250cc ʻelua ma hope. He 18 (ma kahi o $34) i ka makahiki 1966 a he 100 wale nō i hana ʻia.
"He mea ʻokoʻa loa ia ʻoiai ʻo kona wikiwiki kiʻekiʻe he 70 mph (112 km/h) i mua a me 70 mph i hope," wahi āna. “Ua hiki au ma kahi o 40 mau mile i kēlā me kēia hola (64 km/h) ma hope. "Ke kaʻa nei ʻo ia ma hope i ka wā i hoʻōki ai ʻoe iā ia a hoʻomaka i ka ʻenekini ma hope. ʻEhā mau māmā ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua. Ua hoʻololi ʻia i "ʻO kā mākou Metropolitan", "a laila aia nā kaʻa ʻoluʻolu no ka manawa lōʻihi."
ʻO ka kaʻa hou hope loa āna i kūʻai ai he 1979 Triumph TR7, a laila ua hoʻololi ʻo ia i kahi Porsche 924 Turbo, a ma 1983 makemake ʻo ia e "hoʻonui" i kahi 911. "Ua inaina wau iā lākou. I ka makahiki 80, ʻaʻole i hana ʻo Porsche, "wahi āna. "Ua ʻōlelo kaʻu wahine no ke aha ʻoe e kūʻai ʻole ai i Ferrari, no laila ua kūʻai au i kahi 2+2 Mondial 8 i ʻelua mau makahiki," wahi a Watson. "Ua loaʻa iaʻu no hoʻokahi makahiki a laila kūʻai au i ka 3.2 lita Mondial QV (Quattrovalvole) ma ke ʻano he kaʻa ʻoihana. Ua pipiʻi lākou, akā i kēlā mau lā ʻaʻole ʻoe i hoʻopau i ke kālā ma kahi Ferrari.
"Akā, ua hoʻomaka ka pahu kaʻa maʻamau i ka hopena o nā makahiki 80 a ke kūʻai aku nei nā kānaka i nā kaʻa no ke kālā naʻaupō, no laila he naʻaupō ka hele ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku i kahi Ferrari maʻamau no ka mea ua manaʻo lākou ua ʻaihue ʻoe iā lākou. No laila ua hoʻololi au i kahi Porsche 928 ma ke ʻano he kaʻa ʻoihana.
Eia naʻe, ua hoʻi ka hewa o Ferrari i ka makahiki 1991 i kona kūʻai ʻana i Ferrari 328 GTS, āna i hoʻohana ai a hoʻomāinoino ʻia ma ke ala, ka hoʻokūkū a me nā lā piʻi puʻu. "Ma hope o nā mea a pau, he kaʻa wale nō ia," wahi āna. “Hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia nā kaʻa e like me nā mea i kūkulu ʻia ma luna o ka chassis me nā ʻeke. ʻO nā kaʻa o kēia wā e wili a nui ke kumukūʻai e hoʻoponopono ai.
Ma kahi o ʻelima mau makahiki i hala, ua neʻe ʻo Watson i Australia, kūʻai aku i kahi 328 a lawe pū me ia i ka lima hema F40 āna i heihei ai i ka Classic Adelaide Rally. I kona neʻe ʻana i Queensland, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke hoʻopaʻa inoa i ke kaʻa me ka hoʻololi ʻole ʻana i ka kaʻa lima ʻākau. "No ka mea, ua hana ʻia ke kaʻa me ka fiber carbon, aneane hiki ʻole ke hoʻololi, no laila ua loaʻa iaʻu nā ʻae kūikawā i ʻelua mau manawa," wahi āna. "Akā inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokele, ʻaʻole pono iaʻu, no laila ua hoʻihoʻi au i ʻEnelani a kūʻai aku."
ʻAʻole ʻo ia he Ferrari no ʻelua mau makahiki a laila hoʻi i UK i 2007 e heihei i ka moʻolelo maʻamau a loaʻa i kāna laikini heihei honua, no laila ua kūʻai ʻo ia i 1980 "invisible" 308 GTB. He kuhihewa. Ua luhi ka ʻenekini a pono e hoʻoponopono hou ʻia, "wahi a Watson. "Akā, aia nō iaʻu. ʻO ke kumu i loaʻa iaʻu kahi Ferrari kahiko no ka mea kūpono ia no ka heihei mōʻaukala a ʻoi aku ka nui o nā manawa no ka heihei mōʻaukala ma mua o ka heihei maʻamau. "
ʻO kāna hoʻolālā no ka laikini honua ʻo ia ke heihei i ka $15 miliona Ferrari 250 GTO o kāna hoaaloha ma Le Mans. Eia naʻe, ua hoʻoholo kona hoa he "ʻoi aku ka pipiʻi o ke kaʻa no ka pilikia o ka heihei". ʻAʻole i komo ka manaʻo i ko Watson noʻonoʻo ʻoiai ʻo ia e lawe ana i kāna 328 i ke kaapuni ʻo Queensland no ka hoʻolauleʻa Motorsport Italia mua loa, ʻOkakopa 2-4.
