Ua kūʻai ʻia ka Ford Bronco "Big Oly" kaulana no $1.87 miliona.

ʻO ka Big Oly ka Ford Bronco kaulana loa i ka mōʻaukala, ʻoiai ua lanakila ʻo ia i ka Baja 1000 i ka makahiki 70 mua ʻelua mau makahiki i ka lālani, hoʻopau mua i nā hopena ʻē aʻe, i alakaʻi ʻia e Parnelli Jones.

Aia nā kiʻi nui i ka moʻolelo motorsport, a ʻo Big Oli kekahi o lākou. He SUV ia e pili ana i ka Ford Bronco 1969 i kaulana loa no ka lanakila ʻana i ka Baja 1000 i ka makahiki 1971 i ka wā i hoʻokele ʻia e Parnelli Jones, kekahi o nā mea hoʻokele kaulana loa i ka mōʻaukala. Akā ʻaʻole ʻo ia wale nō kāna lanakila, ua lanakila ʻo "Big Oli" i ka heihei hoʻokahi i ka makahiki aʻe a lanakila i ka Baja 500 a me ka Mint 400 i ka makahiki 1973. Me ka kānalua ʻole, kahi ʻāpana kupaianaha i kūʻai ʻia i kekahi mau lā i hala ma ka Mecum Auction i ka 34th Dana Mecum Spring Show i mālama ʻia ma Mei 14-22 ma Indianapolis.

ʻO ke kumukūʻai hope loa he $ 1.87 miliona, he moʻolelo ia no kahi kaʻa o kēia ʻano. ʻO ka nui kokoke loa i kēia māhele i hele mai i ʻelua makahiki i hala me kahi Mercedes G63 AMG 6x6 i kūʻai ʻia e Barrett-Jackson no $ 1.21 miliona. ʻO ka hanana kahi i kūʻai ʻia aku ai ka "Big Oli" he 2500 mau hiʻohiʻona kūʻokoʻa, he nui mai nā hōʻiliʻili pilikino e like me kēia kaʻa, ʻo ia ka mea hoʻohiwahiwa nui ma ke poʻo o ka hōʻiliʻili Parnelli Jones, kahi pū kekahi. Ua loaʻa iā lākou ʻelua Ford Mustangs 2007 (hoʻokahi me ka helu serial 001), he 1994 Ford Mustang STV Cobra (kahi helu 1 o 1000 mau ʻāpana i hana ʻia), a he 1927 Ford T-Bucket Track Roadster, ma waena o nā waiwai ʻē aʻe i kūʻai ʻia.

ʻO ke kiʻi kupaianaha i loaʻa ma muli o kāna hoʻoilina ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka moʻolelo motorsport, akā no kāna mea nona mua, ʻo Parnelli Jones, kekahi o nā mea hoʻokele kupaianaha loa. He mea lanakila ma ka heihei ma waho o ke alanui a ma ka heluna nui o nā mele, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻike i nā pilikia a i ʻole nā ​​​​kumu hoʻopaʻa paʻa i ke kaʻa ʻana. ʻOiai ua hoʻomaha loa ʻo Parnelli Jones ma ke ʻano he mea nona ka hui Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing, kahi i hoʻokūkū ai i kekahi mau heihei, ʻoiai e hoʻohālikelike ana i kāna mau lanakila i ka "Big Oli".

ʻO ka Ford Bronco "Big Oly", i kapa ʻia ma muli o ke kākoʻo i loaʻa iā ia mai ka Olympia Brewing Company, ua ʻike pū ʻia no ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka Baja 1000 i loko o 14 mau hola a me 59 mau minuke, he manawa kupaianaha no ka manawa no ka mea ua haki ka mooolelo. hoʻokahi hola ma mua. . Ua hōʻailona ʻia kāna lanakila nui ʻo Big Oli e nā hiʻohiʻona ʻekolu a Parnelli Jones i koi ai i kāna hana ʻana a ua mau i ka hoʻolālā ʻana o kēia mau kaʻa mai ia manawa mai: ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki, ʻoi aku ka ikaika a me ka māmā.

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