ʻO kaʻu hōʻiliʻili o nā mele kahiko

"Makemake au e ʻōlelo e kūʻai aku wau i kaʻu mau kaʻa punahele, ʻaʻole i hoʻohana ʻia. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, aloha nui wau iā lākou, "wahi a ka luna kūʻai aku o Southport, 44 makahiki. “He pilikia me ka lilo ʻana i mea kūʻai nui; Aia ʻoe i loko o kahi hale kūʻai me kēia mau lollipop e komo mai ana ma ka puka mua. 'Ōleloʻoe, "E kūʻai anei au i kēia no ka mālama a kūʻai paha?" He aha kau hana? He paʻakikī ke makemake ʻoe i nā kaʻa. ʻO ka hopena, e loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi hōʻiliʻili.

ʻO ka hōʻiliʻili a Dean ka hapa nui o nā kaʻa i ʻōwili ʻia mai nā paia o kona lumi moe ʻōpio a i loko o kāna hale kaʻa. Ma waena o lākou: 1966 Austin Healey Sprite, "ʻeleʻele, understated a nani" 1970 Fiat 124 BC Sport, 1982 Lancia Beta Coupe, "ʻaʻole ia he mea kupanaha ʻaʻole i loaʻa ka ʻōpala i nā wahi hewa a pau", Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III, Honda. 1970. ʻO Civic me 20,000 mau mile ma luna o ia mea, he mea nona hoʻokahi 1972 VW Beetle, kahi kaʻa kahakai 1968 Meyers Manx, he 1990s "kapa kaʻu wahine iā Daisy" Nissan S-cargo minivan, he 1988 mauna piʻi Corolla, a me kahi Lancia Delta Integrale 1988 makahiki. kahiko. HF 4WD ʻewalu-valve.

"Ua kūʻai aku au i kahi Integrale hou mai Iapana ʻaʻohe ʻōpala," wahi āna. "Akā, pono wau e haʻalele i kekahi o kaʻu mau mea pāʻani e like me Beta, Veedub a me Civic."

Hoʻolālā ʻo ia e hoʻokaʻawale i ka Integrale lua a hoʻohuli iā ia i kahi kaʻa keʻokeʻo Martini rally keʻokeʻo, e like me nā mea i hoʻokele ʻia i ʻeono World Rally Championships i nā makahiki 1980 a me 90 e nā mea hoʻokele e like me Juha Kankkunen a me Miki Biasion. Loaʻa iā ia he 16-valve ʻelua-lita turbo, akā ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka turbo ma mua o kaʻu ʻewalu ʻewalu, ʻaʻole nui ka lag. "Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ma kahi o 700 horsepower (522 kW) mai loko mai o lākou, aʻu e manaʻo nei he mea hoʻoweliweli."

Hoʻolālā ʻo ia e hoʻokele iā Lancia i nā heihei sprint mōʻaukala e like me Tweed on Speed, Leyburn Sprints a me ka Cootha Classic hou. I kēia manawa, ke koi ikaika nei ʻo ia i kāna Corolla i ka Queensland Hill Climb Championship, i lanakila ai ʻo ia i kekahi mau pule i hala.

"Ua komo au i loko o kēia ma kahi o ʻekolu makahiki i hala aku nei ma o kaʻu hoaaloha me kahi Alpha liʻiliʻi e ʻimi nei a e ʻimi nei iaʻu i nā manawa āpau," wahi āna. "Ua hoʻopaneʻe wau no ka mea pono ʻoe e hoʻokō, akā i kekahi lā ua hana wau ma ka mauna Cotton a ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia au. He hui nui lākou o nā kāne. ʻAʻole ia he haʻuki koko.

Hoʻohana ʻia kāna Corolla e ka Toyota 4AGE 20-valve ʻehā-cylinder i hoʻonui ʻia i ka heihei e hāʻawi ana i ka mana 89kW i nā huila.

"Akā, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka torque, maikaʻi ia no ka piʻi ʻana i nā puʻu," wahi āna. Ua kūʻai ʻo ia no $1500 a ua hoʻololi ʻo ia i kahi papahana heihei $28,000. He kaʻa wale nō ia i manaʻo ʻia e paʻa iaʻu a hiki i koʻu komo ʻana i ka monster Evo," wahi āna. "Akā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke lele i loko a paʻi i ke ala me kahi mea nona 350kW ma nā huila. He pōʻino iki. Ua kūʻai au i Corolla e hoʻonui i kahi Evo akā ua aloha au iā ia a ke noho nei ka Evo ma laila. I kēia manawa, ua hāʻule au ma Integrale a ke kūʻai nei au i kekahi. He maʻi ia".

Ua kūʻai ʻo ia i kahi Delta 134kW ma Western Australia no $15,000 ma hope o ka "ʻimi ʻana i hoʻokahi" no kekahi mau makahiki. “He mau pūnāwai wili kona, ua ʻoki ʻia, ua hoʻololi au i ka manifold a me ka exhaust, a mālama ʻia me ke aloha a me ke aloha… a ma kahi o $5000 i hoʻolilo ʻia. Hoʻohana wale wau no nā hanana hōʻike kūikawā, ʻaʻole no ka hoʻokūkū koʻikoʻi. Ua hopohopo iki au. ʻAʻole au makemake e hoʻopaʻa i ka pā."