HSV VL Group A SS, Tickford TL50 da sauran manyan motocin Australiya waɗanda suka cancanci kuɗi da yawa a yau amma ba za a iya siyar da su akan benayen nunin ba tukuna.

Ku yi imani da shi ko a'a, a wani lokaci wasu dillalan Holden sun sami wahalar sayar da hannun jari a HSV VL Group A SS.

Sayar da dala miliyan 1.3 na kwanan nan na Ford Falcon GT-HO Phase III ya tabbatar da 'yan abubuwa. 

Na farko, duk da cewa kasuwar almara Phase III ta ragu da kusan kashi 50 cikin 24 da suka wuce saboda GFC da kuma kasuwar da ta fi zafi mai cike da miyagu, motar da kanta ta kasance koyaushe kuma ta kasance kayan tattara XNUMX-carat.

A gaskiya ma, tare da kawai 300 kofe da aka buga da 'yancin yin alfahari game da cin nasara a Bathurst a zamanin da yake nufin wani abu ga masu sana'a, GT-HO Phase III ya kasance samfurin girmamawa wanda aka tabbatar da shi ya zama abu mai tarawa.

Amma wannan bai shafi duk wani ƙarfen tarawa na Australiya ba. Ku yi imani da shi ko a'a, wasu daga cikin mafi kyawun motocin da ake tarawa na Ostiraliya sun sami ƙarancin farawa a yanzu. 

A gaskiya ma, tsohuwar kalmar "ba za ku iya ba da ita ba" ta shafi wasu al'adun gargajiya na Australiya da ke sayar da kwata na dala miliyan a wasu lokuta.

HSV VL Group A SS

Filastik alade.

Hotunan wannan al'amari ya kamata su kasance farkon samfuran tsoka na HSV, 1988 SS Group A (aka Walkinshaw). Bugu da ƙari, wannan ya kasance a lokacin da motocin da suka yi tsere a cikin Bathurst Classic na shekara-shekara dole ne su kasance bisa manyan motoci, don haka mallakar hanyar hanya na mai yiwuwa Bathurst mai nasara ya kasance babban abu.

Tare da kayan jikinsa na daji wanda ya haɗa da ƙaton ɓarna na baya da ƙoƙon murfi tare da iskar iska, Walkinshaw ya kasance mai ɗaukar ido mai ƙarfi. Amma duk da alamar farashin $45,000, tare da wannan gadon tsere, masu siyan da za su iya ganin haihuwar wani yanki na tarihin tseren motoci na Australiya sun sami HSV 500 na farko da ake buƙata don ginawa don haɗa motar don dalilai na tsere. Wannan shi ne ainihin wurin da HSV ya kamata ya kira isa.

Amma ba haka bane. Ya yi zari kuma ya yanke shawarar cewa duniya na buƙatar ƙarin Walkinshaws 250. A wannan lokacin, ba shakka, an riga an fara kiran sunan, kuma motar ta sami lakabin "Plastic Pig" saboda mummunar bayyanarsa. Bugu da ƙari, ba ta ci nasara ba tukuna Bathurst (kawai ya faru ne a cikin 1990), kuma ƙimar jama'arta yana raguwa da sauri.

Sakamakon haka, na ƙarshe na waɗannan ƙarin motoci 250 sun makale a cikin dillalan Holden kamar karnuka shuɗi na dabbobi a cikin taga kantin dabbobi. Babu wanda ya so su, kuma farashin $47,000 ya riga ya fara cizo. Bayan haka, dillalan Holden suna cire kayan jikin rukunin A daga motoci suna ƙoƙarin sayar da su a matsayin wani abu banda Walkinshaw. Har ma an yi ta rade-radin cewa dillalai ne suka yi wa wasu motoci fenti, wadanda ke da burin cire tabon “Plastic Pig” daga dakin nunin nasu.

Yanzu, ba shakka, komai ya juya cikakken digiri 180, kuma Walkinshaw ya zama ɗaya daga cikin shahararrun tikitin tattarawa a cikin birni. Farashi na iya zuwa $250,000 ko ma $300,000 don kyawawan motoci na asali. Wanne ya bar tambaya ɗaya ba a amsa ba: menene ya faru da waɗannan kayan jikin da dillalan suka ɗauka a lokacinsu?

Tickford TE/TS/TL50

Daga 1999 zuwa 2002, Tickford yana da masu fafatawa na HSV na gaske.

Wani lokaci mai kera mota ya zura kwallo mai ban mamaki, yana haifar da wata mota mai kyau ta zama abin alatu shiru. Babban misali na wannan ya buga ta sashin wasanni na Ford, Tickford.

Ya yi yawa don Tickford ya tsaya kusa da kallo yayin da HSV ta sami ƙarfi kuma ta fara motsawa cikin 'yan wasan don jakar. Don haka, ya ɗauki wasan AU Falcon da ba a so kuma ya yi niyyar doke HSV a wasan nasa; gina babban sedan mai kujeru biyar wanda zai iya jan jirgin ruwa ko ketare nahiya cikin tsalle daya. An karɓi ra'ayin da kyau kuma shine a ɗauki ingantacciyar sigar AU Falcon da Fairlane kuma a dace da ita tare da injin mafi girma a cikin kasidar sannan a sake ƙara shi kaɗan don ƙarin kuzari.

Babu matsala tare da wannan, amma kuskuren Tickford shine talla. Maimakon bayar da tafiya da yatsan hannu tare da HSV, gabatarwar tallan Tickford da nufin bayar da wani abu mafi dabara ga mutumin da bai ji bukatar ficewa ba. Wanda hakan yayi nasara akan manufar irin wadannan motoci. Ƙoƙarin sayar da mota don sarrafata da gyaranta lokacin da HSV na naman sa ya kasance mai yin gasa ya kasance al'ada ta amfani da wuka a cikin harbin bindiga.

Wannan tsarin ya kuma kara kawo cikas ga Tickford saboda yana nufin ba zai iya amfani da mafi girman babban ƙarshen gaban fitillu huɗu na ƙaramin kewayon XR na Falcon ba. A'a, rabin wannan zai zama kasala sosai. Don haka a maimakon haka, ƙirar TE, TS da TL sun sami ingantacciyar sigar ƙa'idar ƙa'idar Fairmont mai ban tsoro. Sakamakon ya kasance adadin motoci da suka yi kyau sosai amma kawai ba su sayar da su a kasuwa fiye da damuwa da lokutan mil mil. Ko da wani nau'i na 5.0-lita V8 da aka ƙera a cikin gida tare da injin da ya haɓaka ƙarfin HSV na 5.6-lita ya kasa rinjayar jama'a, kuma Tickfords sun zauna a cikin dillalai na dogon lokaci.

Yanzu, ba shakka, akwai sabon soyayya ga Tickford Falcons, haɗe da gaskiyar cewa AU ta kasance mafi daɗin dandamalin da Ford Australia ta taɓa yi. Farashin yana tashi a sakamakon haka, tare da TE ko TS50 mai kyau yanzu suna kashe kusan $ 30,000, tare da manyan nau'ikan nau'ikan injina wanda ya ninka fiye da haka.

Holden da Ford manyan coupes

Idan ba za ku iya siyar da Falcons mai wuya ba, kawai ku lika wasu lambobi na Cobra a kansu. (Credit Image: Mitchell Talk)

Tsakanin 70s ne kuma mutane suna barin babbar kasuwar Coupe na gida gaba ɗaya. Haɓaka farashin iskar gas a cikin rikicin man fetur (wanda a zahiri bai faru ba, amma duk da haka ...) yana nufin cewa manyan motoci masu ƙarfi, motocin V8 masu ƙarfi biyu kamar Holden Monaro da Ford Falcon Hardtop sun kasance daga menu na yawancin mutane. A gaskiya ma, a kusa da 1976, Holden's mafi kyawun sayar da mota mai kofa biyu ita ce motar panel da ke Belmont. A game da 'yan sanda na Holden da Ford, an bar masu kera motoci biyu tare da hannun jari na jikin kofa biyu ba tare da ainihin bege na juya su zuwa Monaros ko GTs ba.

A lokacin ne sassan tallace-tallace suka sami kwarewa. A cikin yanayin Holden, mafita shine samfurin da ake kira Monaro LE, wanda aka saki a cikin 1976 don ɗaukar na ƙarshe na waɗannan salon jikin. A lokacin wata mota ce mai kyalli mai kyalli mai faranti na zinari, fenti na ƙarfe na burgundy da ratsan zinariya. A ciki akwai kadada na velor trim da, abin ban mamaki, motar harsashi mai lamba takwas. A inji, za ka sami V5.0-lita 8, na atomatik watsa mai sauri uku, da kuma bambancin kulle kai. Motar kuma an yi niyya ne ga manyan hari, kuma tare da alamar farashin kusan $ 11,000, zaku iya siyan Monaro GTS "na yau da kullun" da aljihu kusan canji dubu uku. A ƙarshe, an samar da 580 LE Coupe kuma an sayar da shi, kuma hakan yana da kyau ya ƙare babban burin Holden na kofa biyu har zuwa 2001 lokacin da Monaro ya farfado ya buge dakunan nunin. Ba su taɓa fitowa don siyarwa yanzu ba, amma idan sun yi, zaku iya kashe $150,000 cikin sauƙi akan mafi kyawun su.

Holden HX Monaro. (Hoton hoto: James Cleary)

A halin yanzu, Ford yana da irin wannan matsala. A irin wannan lokaci a tarihi (1978), Ford ya gano gawawwakin Falcon Hardtop 400 suna kewaye kuma babu ainihin hanyar sauke su. Har sai an yanke shawarar ɗaukar ganye daga yanayin Arewacin Amurka da ƙirƙirar sigar gida ta Cobra Coupe. Ba daidai ba ne Edsel Ford II shi ne manajan darakta na Ford Oz a lokacin. Shawarar ta kasance ma da sauƙi idan motocin rukunin C na Allan Moffat na Cobra Hanta sun gama ɗaya da biyu a Bathurst bara.

Tare da zaɓi na 5.8- ko 4.9-lita V8 injuna da watsawa ta atomatik ko ta hannu, Cobra Hardtop ya ƙare da siyarwa sosai, yana mai da wannan dabarun nasara ta kowace hanya. Duk da haka, har yanzu al'amarin ya kasance na kunna wuta ta tallace-tallace a ƙarƙashin gungun motoci da a da kamar suna zazzagewa. Ko da kun fita gaba ɗaya tare da nau'in Bathurst na musamman na Cobra tare da injin V8 mafi girma da watsawa mai sauri huɗu, har yanzu kuna kashe $ 10,110 a cikin 1978. 400,000 $ 4.9, amma ko da kwafin 12-lita tare da watsawa ta atomatik a cikin cikakkiyar yanayin zai iya kashe kwata na miliyan. To, waɗannan farashin suna cikin yanayin tsakiyar-Covid (kamar wasu a cikin wannan labarin) kuma an yi imanin cewa kasuwa na iya daidaitawa na tsawon watanni XNUMX masu zuwa. Amma duk da haka...

Plymouth Superbird

An gina kusan Superbirds 2000.

Don kawai tabbatar da cewa ba abu ne na Australiya ba, Arewacin Amirkawa kuma sun sami damar yin motocin da ba a taɓa yin watsi da su ba amma sun zama abin tattarawa cikin lokaci. Kamar motocin Australiya, an haɗa wasu manyan motoci masu mahimmanci. Irin wannan lamarin ya kasance game da 1970 Plymouth Superbird, wanda aka gina shi kawai don cin nasarar tseren NASCAR, ba sanya wuraren nunin Plymouth akan wuta ba. makamantansu…

Don ba wa motar kwanciyar hankali da take buƙata don yin gudu a kan manyan waƙoƙin da ke cikin sauri har zuwa 320 km / h, Superbird ya dogara ne akan Mashigin Plymouth Road Runner amma ya ƙara da wani katon hanci mai siffa mai siffa da wani katon reshe na baya wanda ya fi Plymouth tsayi. Mai Gudun Hanya. rufin. Gabaɗaya, hanci kaɗai ya ƙara kawai 50 cm zuwa tsayin gabaɗaya. Haɗe da fitilun fitilun da ke ɓoye (kuma, a cikin sunan aerodynamics), kamannin ya kasance, uh, mai ban mamaki. Ya yi kama da ban sha'awa ga masu siye a Amurka, kuma kodayake kusan motoci 2000 ne aka gina, wasunsu har yanzu suna makale a cikin dillalai har 1972.

A cikin aiwatar da kawar da su, dillalai da yawa sun cire shinge na baya ko ma sun mayar da shi gaba ɗaya zuwa hanyar Runner spec. Wanne da alama ma ya fi ban mamaki a yanzu, tun da girman hali na Superbird ne ya juya shi daga sabon $4300 wanda aka ba da $ 300,000 ko $ 400,000 motar tattarawa a yau. Oh, dakatar da NASCAR don yin saurin da yawa bai cutar da jarin Bird ba.