My Austin Healy 100S
Joe Jarick, onye dị afọ 61, kwuru, sị: “Ọ dọtara nnọọ mmasị m ma nwee ọdịdị mara mma nke na-adịghị agafe agafe. Na 1970, Jarick zụtara otu n'ime ụgbọ ala agbụrụ Healey 100S ise e wetara na Australia maka $500 n'aka onye nwe Mackay.
E gbajiri ya n'ime iberibe wee dịgide ruo mgbe Jarick rere ya maka $4500 naanị afọ anọ ka ọ bi ma na-arụ ọrụ na London. O ji ego ahụ zụta 100S zuru oke na Portugal maka £2600. Yarik nwetara ezigbo uru na 100S mbụ ya ma emesịa kpọkọta ya, weghachi ya ma ree ya maka $750,000.
Otú ọ dị, Jarik adịghị anwa ịre 100S ya maka nnukwu uru. "Ụgbọ ala a abaghị uru n'ihi na o nwere ọtụtụ waatị," ka ọ na-ekwu.
“Dị ka m, ọ bụghị ihe niile na-atọ ụtọ n'oge a. O nwere ibe nkume na ihe ndị a dọwara adọwa, ma ọ bụ ihe mkpuchi mbụ. Ọ dịghị ihe na-abụghị nke mbụ n'ime igwe a, ma e wezụga maka eriri mkpuchi na ihe nrịbama. Esewo ya ma nwee rim ọhụrụ mana ọ bụghị ọtụtụ ọrụ ndị ọzọ. "Ahụrụ m ya n'anya mgbe ọ dị ka ọ ka nọ na-agba ọsọ."
Ọsọ bụ ihe e mere ụgbọ ala a maka. The S n'aha na-ezo aka America ama Sebring Raceway na ụgbọ ala 50 ejirila n'ọsọ ntachi obi dịka Le Mans na Mille Miglia.
Ụgbọ ala agbụrụ aluminom na-akwado site na 132-horsepower Westlake anọ-cylinder 2.6-liter engine na abụọ SU carburetors, ihe alloy isi, mbụ 20-galọn ịgba ọsọ mmanụ ụgbọala tank, na British Lucas electrics.
Jarik ji nganga tụpụ 100S ya n'ụlọ ebe a na-adọba ụgbọala wee gbalịa ịgbanye ya ọkụ, mana ọ gaghị enwu. "Echere m na ị kwụsịrị nke ahụ site n'ịkpọtụ ọkụ eletrik Lucas," ọ na-achị ọchị.
Otú ọ dị, a ngwa ngwa doro anya nke iko na ọ ọkụ ọzọ, njikere relive ebube ya ụbọchị. O kwuru, sị: “Enweela m ya kemgbe afọ iri atọ na isii, ọ dịghịkwa mgbe a nwara m ịre ya. "Ọ bụ ụgbọ ala mmepụta mbụ nwere breeki diski niile yana eriri oche ọkwọ ụgbọ ala."
Jarik meriri n'ọtụtụ Lucas GP rallies yana n'ọsọ ngosi akụkọ ihe mere eme na 1996 na '98 Australian Grand Prix. "Nke a bụ ụgbọ ala ịgba ọsọ dị anya, adịghị mma maka ịgba ọsọ sprint," ka ọ na-ekwu. "Ọ ga-amasị m ịme ọsọ ọsọ ọsọ, ma n'ime obere ọsọ, agaghị m ebute ụzọ n'ihi ihe dị elu (2.92: 1)."
Jarick hụrụ ndị ọcha bekee ochie ya na Loberley (acha anụnụ anụnụ/acha odo odo) 100S, mana nwekwara ọrụ mweghachi abụọ dina n'akụkụ ebe a na-adọba ụgbọala ndị enyi ya. Otu bụ 1904 hp single-cylinder de Dion Bouton 8, nke ọzọ bụ ụgbọ ala okporo ụzọ Lancia Aprilia nke 1938 nke onye ọkwọ ụgbọ ala Ferrari Mike Hawthorne nwere, onye mmeri mbụ nke British World Grand Prix na 1958.
Mana ọ bụ ụlọ ntu Austin Healy na-anya isi n'ime obi Jarik. Ọ sonyeere Sydney Austin Healey Owners Club mgbe ọ zụtara 100S mbụ ya, mana n'oge na-adịghị anya guzobe alaka na Queensland.
Isi obodo na-eme mmemme ncheta 40th ya na arụmọrụ na Queensland Maritime Museum na July 4 site na 10am ruo 2pm. Ma ị nwere ike nzọ na 100S Jarik ga-anọ ebe ahụ, waatị na ihe niile.
