ʻO kaʻu Lancia Fulvia 1600cc V4 HF
Ua kūʻai ʻo Tony Kovacevic i kāna Lancia Fulvia 1.6 HF Coupe ma 1996, kahi āna i hoʻihoʻi hou ai (hōʻike ʻia ma luna).
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hōʻike i kahi mea maopopo e like me Rolex, akā inā makemake ʻoe i ka mahalo o ka poʻe ʻike maoli, e loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi IWC maikaʻi, mālie a nani. Ua kaulana ka Lancia Fulvia akā ʻaʻole kaulana loa i kona wā; he kapuai mai Fiat mai, he kapuai mai Alfa Romeo aku. ʻO ia ke kumu hoʻohālike i hoʻomau i ka mōʻaukala o Lancia o ka hana hou a me ka holomua heihei.
Ua hoʻokomo ka inoa ʻo Turin i nā mea hou e like me ke kino monocoque, kahi hoʻokuʻu kūʻokoʻa kūʻokoʻa, kahi hoʻoili lima wikiwiki ʻelima, serial V6 a me V4 engines. Ua mālama ʻia ma ka lima ʻākau (a laila he hōʻailona o kahi kaʻa hanohano) a hiki i ka makahiki 1950. ʻO Fulvia, nona ka Formula One i kēlā ʻumi makahiki, ua hoʻohui ʻo Lancia i nā poʻo inoa hui honua.
Eia naʻe, ua noho mau ʻo Lancia, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma kēia ʻāina, kahi mea o kahi hōʻailona hoʻomana, nona ka pono a me ka hanohano i mahalo ʻia e nā poʻe hoihoi maoli e like me ke Kuhina Nui ʻo Malcolm Fraser.
"Ua lele ʻo ia i kāna helikopter ma ka hui ʻo Lancia," wahi a Kovacevich. "He hōʻike nui kā mākou i kēlā me kēia ʻelua makahiki a e huki mai iā lākou mai ʻAmelika, UK a me New Zealand."
Ke ikaika nei ka nani o Lancia no ka poʻe ʻike. A ma Shannons Insurance, ʻike ʻo Kovacevic i kāna mau kaʻa hanohano a pipiʻi.
“ʻAʻole ia he brand kaulana. Akā i ka makahiki 1996, i ka wā i hui ʻia ai ka papa inoa o nā kaʻa koʻikoʻi he 100 no ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i nā makahiki 100 mua o ka ʻoihana kaʻa, ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā hiʻohiʻona Lancia ʻeono. ʻOi aku kēia ma mua o nā mea hana ʻē aʻe. ʻO kēia manaʻo o ka hana hou a me ka mōʻaukala he mea hoihoi loa ia, "wehewehe ʻo ia.
ʻO Kovacevich, ka pelekikena o ka Lancia Auto Club ma New South Wales, e noʻonoʻo ana i ka 1600cc V4 HF kekahi o nā mea nani o ka marque.
"He kaʻa kaʻa ʻole ʻo HF," wahi āna. "Ua kūkulu wale lākou ma kahi o 1250 HFs a ʻo ka 200 paha o lākou he kaʻa lima ʻākau. I ko lākou puka mua ʻana mai, he mīkini ʻoluʻolu loa ia, me nā huila mag, nā lima lima fiberglass, 10.5:1 kaomi ʻenekini. Manaʻo maikaʻi. Ua kūkulu ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he homologation kūikawā e hiki ai iā Lancia ke heihei i ka European and World Rally Championships.
No laila, ʻo ke kope i loaʻa iā Kovacevich i ka makahiki 1996, ua komo ikaika i nā heihei. "He moʻolelo koʻu me Fiats, ua ʻoi aku kaʻu ma mua o 30 o lākou," wahi āna. "Ua hoʻoholo wau e hoʻololi i kahi mea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a me ka hoihoi, akā ʻo Italia nō naʻe. Aloha au i nā kaʻa Italia."
I ka makahiki 2000, ua hoʻihoʻi maikaʻi ʻo Kovacevich i ke kino o Lancia. I kēia manawa, ʻo ka HF kālā ʻōlinolino he ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o ka hui kaapuni, me ka hui ʻelua makahiki, e huki ana i nā mea hoʻokūkū mai US a me UK. "Ua hoʻokele wau iā Castlemaine ma Victoria kahi e hana ai ka hui ʻo Lancia. Ua hoʻokele au iā ia i Queensland ʻelua a me nā holo liʻiliʻi āpau a mākou, "wahi āna.
“He mana. He nui kona torque no laila hehi wale ʻoe i ka pedal a hele. Ua hoʻololi ʻia ka ʻenekini o kaʻu kaʻa no ka hoʻokūkū. Loaʻa iā ia nā pahu nui a ʻo ka pale makani wale nō ke aniani o ke kaʻa. Ua hele mai nā kaʻa mai ka hale hana me nā kumu alumini a me nā puka, no laila ua māmā lākou. I kekahi manawa ua holomua loa ia: nā kaʻa diski ma nā huila ʻehā, nā mīkini ʻelima-wikiwiki. A he pipiʻi loa ia - ma kahi o ʻelua ʻoi aku ke kumukūʻai e like me Holden i kēlā manawa. "
A pili kēlā i nā Holdens i kēia lā, hāʻawi ʻia i ke kumukūʻai kahi Commodore Omega hou i pā i nā ʻauwaʻa. “Ua kūʻai aku mākou iā Fulvia iā Shannons no $53,000. ʻIke wau e hoʻolaha ʻia ana lākou ma ʻEulopa no €50,000 he ʻoi aku ka nui, akā ma Australia aia ma waena o $50,000 a me $60,000.
ʻOi aku kēia ma mua o ka Lancia Delta hou inā hoʻoholo ka brand e wehe hou i Australia. "Ua hōʻea ʻo Delta i ʻEulopa a ʻōlelo ka hoʻokele e ʻimi nei lākou e hoʻi i nā mākeke RHD," hoʻohui ʻo Kovacevich. "E hoʻi kēia mea hoʻokele lima ʻākau i nā kaʻa Roma - ʻo ka mea hoʻokele ma ka ʻākau mau."
