My Morris Sport 850

Ba wanda ya san adadin nawa aka samar, asali yana da wuyar bambancewa da karya, bakwai ne kawai aka sani sun rage, kuma hakan ya haifar da tuhume-tuhumen farko na magudi a tseren mota na Bathurst-Phillip Island 500. A yau, Morris Sports 850 ne asiri ga masu sha'awar mota.

Ya bayyana cewa wannan ba motar BMC ce ta hukuma ba, sai dai kit ɗin tafiya mai sauri wanda mai yiwuwa dillalai da yawa sun ƙara ko kuma aka saya a kan kantuna don makanikin gida don inganta hajansa mai lamba 850. Amma kayan ya sami albarkar BMC. .

Baya ga bajoji, lambobi na musamman na triangular a kan murfi da gangar jikin, da grille na chrome da tip ɗin shaye, haƙiƙanin haɓakawa suna ƙarƙashin murfin. Babban abin zamba shi ne cewa tagwayen carburetors da aka haɗa tare da gyare-gyaren da aka sake tsarawa, ƙurawar ƙura ta kyauta da kuma sabon muffler ya ba da damar injin ya yi numfashi fiye da daidaitattun samfurin.

Don haka mafi kyau, a zahiri, cewa gwajin hanyar mujallar a cikin 1962 ya nuna motar tana haɓaka zuwa 0 mph na daƙiƙa tara mai ban mamaki fiye da daidaitaccen motar, kuma babban gudun ya ƙaru da mph bakwai (100 km / h).

Babu wasu canje-canje ga dakatarwa ko birki, duk game da ƙarin ƙarfin injin ne da kuma kallon wasanni. Matsakaicin ƙarfin ƙaramin injin 848cc bai wuce 80 mph (kilomita 128/h) ba, tunani mai ban tsoro a yau idan aka yi la'akari da ƙananan birki, rashin kowane fasalin aminci na yau, da yanayin hanyoyin a lokacin.

Rahoton mujallar AMSA ya kammala: “Wannan shi ne karo na farko da kowane kamfani na Ostireliya ya kera mota mai tsada mai tsada ga mai sha’awar da hakkin iyalinsa ya hana shi siyan motar wasanni. Muna jin cewa zai yi godiya sosai kuma, idan aka ba shi farashin 790, tabbas yana sha'awar. "

Mutum daya da ke da sha'awar a yau shi ne karamin fan na Sydney Robert Diamante, wanda ya mallaki daya daga cikin wasanni na 850 da ba kasafai ba. Ya ce ya fara ganin ta a wani baje kolin mota shekaru 17 da suka wuce kuma tun daga lokacin yake sha'awar siyan ta.

Komai ya canza shekaru uku da suka wuce lokacin da ya ji labarin sayar da mota a gona a Forbes. “Mun tarar da motar a ajiye a karkashin wata bishiya. Ba a yi rajista ba tun 1981."

“Lokacin da na ga alamar, sai na ce ya zama tawa. Na biya dala 300 don shi. Ya ɗauki ɗan aiki kaɗan. An buge shi a baya. 'Ya'yansu sun yi amfani da shi a matsayin mai bugun fanko."

Diamante ya ce ya dauki motar ne kuma ya kwashe kusan watanni 12 yana sake gina karamar motar da ba kasafai ba. Ya ce asalin wanda ya mallaki motar wani manomin Forbes ne wanda ya rasu shekaru kadan da suka gabata. Ya yi aiki da dila na Sydney BMC P da R Williams wanda ya siyar kuma ya sanya kayan aiki kuma ya sayi mota a wurinsu.

A gaskiya ma, ya sayi biyu. Diamante ya ce motar farko da ya saya a shekarar 1962 daga baya aka sace ta kuma ya maye gurbinta da wata mota irin ta marigayi 1963 wacce Diamante ta mallaka.

Wannan motar tana da bututun shaye-shaye guda biyu, wanda ya ce ba a saba gani ba. Hakanan yana nuna cewa kayan wasanni 850 ba su cika cika ba. Zaɓuɓɓuka da fasalulluka masu dacewa da motoci tun lokacin da aka kafa kayan a 1962 (ko 1961, dangane da wanda kuke magana da) sun canza.

Tarihin tseren motar ba shi da ban sha'awa kaɗan. An manta sunan Neil Johannesen a cikin tarihin tarihin Bathurst-Phillip Island 500, amma shine farkon wanda ya fara tseren Mini.

A taron 850, ya kawo samfurin 1961 tare da tagwayen carburetors. Amma lokacin da jami'ai suka zarge shi da zamba, ya samar da wata kebul daga BMC yana mai cewa gyara ya dace.

An ba da odar motar daga grid kuma dole tawagarsa ta maye gurbinsu da carburetor na hannun jari daga Spectator Mini. Da wani dutse ya farfasa gilasan motarsa, sai ya dauko wanda zai maye gurbinsa daga Mini guda ya ci gaba.

Haka kuma jami'ai sun nuna rashin amincewarsu da matakin da aka hana shi amma aka maido da shi a karshe. Amma gudun da Johannesen na wasanni 850 ya nuna bai tafi ba a rasa. Mutane sun fara ganin ƙaramin Mini a matsayin ƙarfin tsere.

Biyar wasanni 850 na wasanni sun fafata a shekara mai zuwa, kuma shekaru biyar bayan Johannesen na farko da ya yi jayayya, Minis sun tafi kai tsaye zuwa manyan matsayi tara a Bathurst a 1966.

Ƙananan tubalin sun zama almara kuma Diamante yana son fitar da shi tare da mil 42,000 (kilomita 67,500) kawai a kan agogo. Ya ce, “Yana tafiya a hankali. Ba jirgin roka bane, amma yana tafiya lafiya.