My Brock HDT Commodore

Jim Middleton ya ce wani jami'in zartarwa na Holden ne ya jagoranci Commodore kafin tawagar Brock ta gyara shi a matsayin samfuri.

An yarda gabaɗaya cewa duk ƙayyadaddun bugu na 1980 Brock HDT Commodores sun zo cikin fari, ja ko baki kawai. Amma Jim yana da kore, a zahiri kore mai sautuna biyu, wanda ya ce ingantacce ne kuma yana da tarihi mai ban sha'awa.

Kuma ya kamata ya sani, domin ya samo asali ne daga tawagar Peter Brock, ya sayar da shi, sannan ya saya. Peter Brock ya shiga kera motoci na musamman a shekarar 1979 bayan Holden ya yi ritaya daga wasan motsa jiki kuma ya bar shi ya tafiyar da tawagarsa. Brock ya ɗauki hayar dillalai na Holden a duk faɗin ƙasar, waɗanda ya ƙirƙira ƙayyadaddun bugu na VC Commodore.

Bi da bi, tallafin dila ya taimaka wajen gudanar da ayyukan tserensa. Middleton ya ce: “Motoci 500 na farko ja, fari ne ko kuma baki. Amma akwai kuma samfura guda biyu, shuɗi da kore."

Samfuran, jagorar shuɗi da kore atomatik, sun kasance ƙirar VB na baya. “Motar tawa ce lamba daya. Babu farantin suna akan injin. An ƙidaya su akan sitiyarin. lambata ita ce 001 akan sitiyari.”

Ya fara rayuwa azaman haske koren 4.2 lita VB SL Commodore wanda aka gina a watan Mayu 1979. Middleton ya ce tun asali wani jami'in zartarwa na Holden ne ya jagoranta kafin tawagar Brock su saya ta kuma gyara ta a matsayin samfuri.

“Motar ta zo Brock daga General Motors. A lokacin, motar John Harvey (abokin wasan Brock ne). 5-lita V8 HDT Commodores sun sami manyan bawuloli, gyare-gyaren masu rarrabawa da carburetors, aikin dakatarwa, kayan aikin jiki ciki har da mai ɓarna na baya da shaƙa ta gaba, da kuma ƙafafun Irmscher na al'ada daga Jamus da aikin fenti na musamman, a tsakanin sauran canje-canje.

A cikin wannan saitin, sun haɓaka zuwa 0 km / h a cikin 100 seconds, kuma injunan sun samar da 8.4 kW da 160 Nm na karfin wuta. An sayar da su a kan $450 ($ 20,000 ƙasa da kowace koyarwa) kuma 'yan wasa masu sha'awar sun karbe su da sauri. Middleton ya ce a halin yanzu motocin suna tsada tsakanin dala 200 zuwa dala 70,000, kuma samfurinsa da ba kasafai ake yin sa ba zai iya kai dala 80,000.

Middleton ya yi aiki ga dillalin Holden Les Wagga a Pennant Hills, Sydney, ɗaya daga cikin dillalan HDT. Ya ce a shekarar 1982, Brock da Harvey sun ziyarci dillalin a hanyarsu ta zuwa tseren shakatawa na Amaru Park, inda suka amince da dillalan sayar da wannan koren samfurin domin ba sa bukatarsa. A lokacin, ƙungiyar Brock tana yin ƙayyadaddun bugu na gaba, VH Commodore.

“A karshen makon nan, na sayar wa abokin babana. Na saya masa a watan Agusta 1993." Middleton ya ce motar ta yi tafiyar kilomita sama da 100,000 a lokacin kuma tana bukatar gyara.

"Shi ne shirin murmurewa mafi jinkiri a duniya," in ji shi game da aikin da ya kammala a wannan shekarar. “Ban yi sauri ba. Na san ita ce motata ta farko. Ya yi ‘yar lalacewa daga wuraren ajiye motoci. Lallai akwai bukatar a ware a mayar da ita wuri guda.”

Daga nan Middleton ya shigar da sabbin fatuna, sabbin firam ɗin ƙofa, sabbin masu gadi da sabon kaho, kuma ya sabunta injin da watsawa. A wannan shekara, ya kai shi zuwa taron Masters na Muscle Car Masters a Eastern Creek, inda Harvey ya hango shi kuma ya tuka ta cikin fareti.

"Nan take ya gane ta," in ji Middleton. A karshen wannan makon, kusan masu mallakar HDT 70 daga ko'ina cikin kasar za su hallara a Albury don bikin shekaru 30 na motoci a wani taron da aka sani da Brocks on the Border.

Middleton ya ce kusan rabin ainihin motocin tituna 500 har yanzu suna nan. An gina ƙarin 12 a matsayin motocin tsere don tsere ɗaya a Calder don tallafawa Grand Prix na Australiya na 1980. Wasu daga cikinsu ma suna nan.

Middleton ya ce mai yiyuwa ne ya siyar da motar, wadda ba ta da yawa a baya. "An yi sa'a don tafiya kilomita 300 zuwa 400 a cikin shekaru 17."