ʻO kaʻu Lancia Aurelia 1954.
"Ke aʻo nei au i ka hoʻokele ʻana no ka mea ʻaʻole maʻalahi ka hoʻokele e like me kaʻu Yaris," wahi a Aurelia no kāna Lancia.
Ua hana ʻia ʻo ia ma mua o 21 mau makahiki, ʻoiai ʻo Lancia Aurelia i hana ʻia ma kahi o 20 mau makahiki. Ua hui lākou i ka hopena o ka makahiki i hala i ka manawa he haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa i ka makahiki 21 o ka lā hānau Italia mai nā mākua o Aurelia ʻo Harry lāua ʻo Monique Connelly.
Ua hoʻomaka ka moʻolelo i ka makahiki 1990 i ka lohe ʻana o ka hoaaloha a me ka mea hoʻihoʻi kaʻa ʻo Wolf Grodd o ka Sleeping Beauties ua kapa ʻo Connelly i kāna kaikamahine ʻo Aurelia, ma hope o ka hui kaulana Italia a me ke kaʻa heihei.
"ʻAʻohe oʻu manaʻo i ke ʻano o ke kaʻa a i kona ʻano paha, akā ua lohe au he kaʻa rally," wahi a Connelly, he mea hoʻokele mua i kōkua i ka holo ʻana i ka World Rally Championship no Australia a ua hoʻohanohano ʻia i ka Royal Race 2009. Ka papa inoa o nā inoa hanohano no nā lawelawe i ka motorsport.
"Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Wulf e kūʻai mākou i hoʻokahi a hāʻawi iā Aurelia no kāna lā hānau 21," wahi āna.
Ua hele mai ke kaʻa mai ʻEnelani mai a ua loaʻa i loko o kahi hale ʻōpala ma Woy Woy i ka makahiki 1990. Ua uku ʻo Connelly i $10,000 no ka hull ʻōpala. Ma hope o 20 mau makahiki o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i Sleeping Beauties, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia i kēia manawa no $140,000. ʻAʻole ʻike ʻo Aurelia i ke kaʻa a hiki i kona piha ʻana i ʻelima mau makahiki.
"A laila hūnā lākou iā ia mai iaʻu a hiki i koʻu lā hānau," wahi āna. "ʻAʻole au i poina ia mea, akā ʻaʻole au i ʻike ʻo ia kaʻu makana 21."
ʻO ka B20 Aurelia he 2.5-lita pushrod alloy V6 engine, kahi twin-line downdraft Weber carburetor, pahu pahu (i loko o ka hope), he ʻehā-wikiwiki hoʻololi H-type transmission a hiki ke piʻi i ka 200 km/ h.
"Ke aʻo nei au i ke kaʻa ʻana no ka mea ʻaʻole maʻalahi ka hoʻokele e like me kaʻu Yaris," wahi āna. "Ke hele nei e like me ka pō, akā ʻaʻole ia e pau maikaʻi."
Ua hana ʻia ʻo Lancia mai 1950 a 58 a ua komo i nā hui kaulana a me nā heihei e like me Monte Carlo, Mille Miglia, Targa Florio a me Le Mans. I ka makahiki 1954, he 4200 ($6550) ko lakou ma Australia, a he 5000 ($7800) no ka Rolls-Royce. He hana lōʻihi paha ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana, akā paʻakikī a koi i nā ʻāpana hana lima e like me ke kumu a me ka dashboard.
"Ua hana liʻiliʻi lākou i kēlā me kēia makahiki, a ʻo ke koena o ka manawa e noho ana ma hope o kā lākou hale kaʻa," wahi a Connelly. "He mea kupanaha keia; Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa nā ʻāpana mai ʻEnelani, Italia a me Australia hoʻi. "
Wahi a Aurelia e hōʻike ʻo ia i ke kaʻa ma nā hōʻike kaʻa maʻamau a hele i nā hanana Lancia Club.
"Makemake nui wau i ka hoʻokele kaʻa a ua komo au i nā hui honua a me nā hoʻokūkū Formula 1 i ka wā e hiki ai iaʻu ke hoʻomanaʻo. Akā ʻoi aku koʻu ʻoi aku i ka hoʻonohonoho ma mua o ka hoʻokūkū, "wahi a kekahi haumāna MA i ka hoʻonaʻauao hoʻonohonoho i holo i ka WRC stage media center ma ka ʻākau o New South Wales i ka makahiki 2009.
ʻO Connelly ka luna o ka FIA Stewards a hele i ʻehiku mau hanana F1 i ka makahiki. He lālā ʻo ia o ka FIA Institute for Safety Research ma Motorsport. Ua hoʻomaha ʻo ia mai ka WRC i ka hopena o 2009.
1954 LAUNCHES AURELIA
Makahiki: 1954
Kumukuai hou: $4200 ($6550)
Kumukuai i keia manawa: inikua no $140,000
NA ENGINE: 104 kW, 2.5-lita V6
Ka hale noho: 2-puka coupe
Trance: 4-wikiwiki pahu, hope huila holo.
Ua ʻike anei ʻoe: Ua hoʻolauna ʻo Lancia Aurelia i kahi hoʻonohonoho mua-engined, hope-drive ma hope i hoʻohana ʻia e Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, Porsche, GM, a me Maserati, a me kahi mīkini V6.
