Na 1991 Ferrari 328 GTS.
Mallakin Ferrari da yawa Len Watson, mai shekaru 63, ya ce Ferraris mai ƙananan milejoji ya daɗe da zama ba aiki. "Waɗannan motoci ne a zahiri amintattun motoci waɗanda ba za su ba ku wata matsala ba idan kuna amfani da su akai-akai," in ji shi. “Matsalar ita ce mutane suna ajiye su a cikin garejin da ke da ɗanɗano kuma tayoyin sun lalace kuma tayoyin sun sami baƙar fata kuma suna yin muni sosai. Motocin da ke da ƙananan mitoci ba su kai motocin da ke da mafi girman nisan mil ba.”
"Na sanya mil 70,000 akan 328 (1991 Ferrari 328 GTS) - mil mil - kuma mun kashe kusan 2000 (kimanin dala 3875) kawai don gyara a cikin shekaru 12." Lokacin da yake magana game da mil masu wuya, yana nufin mil masu wuya a kwanakin waƙa, hawan tudu da kuma tseren gargajiya. A halin yanzu yana fafatawa a gasar zakarun direbobin Queensland a cikin 1980 Ferrari 308 GTB. A shekara mai zuwa yana da niyyar yin wasan gabaɗaya.
Ma'aikacin kamfanin software na Burtaniya mai ritaya ya fara soyayya da tsofaffin motoci tare da Frisky mai kafa uku na farko da injinan babur Villiers mai tsawon cc 250 da gundura a baya. Ya kashe shi 18 (kimanin $34) a 1966 kuma kusan 100 ne aka yi.
"Ba abin mamaki ba ne saboda babban gudun sa ya kasance 70 mph (112 km/h) gaba da kuma 70 mph baya," in ji shi. "Na kai kusan mil 40 a kowace awa (kilomita 64 / h) a baya. “Yana tuki bi-bi-da-ba-dadi ne, sai ka tsayar da shi, ka kunna injin din a juye-juye. Akwai gudu huɗu a dukkan bangarorin biyu. An canza shi zuwa "Our Metropolitan", "to akwai motoci masu ban sha'awa na dogon lokaci."
Sabuwar mota ta ƙarshe da ya saya ita ce 1979 Triumph TR7, sannan ya canza zuwa Porsche 924 Turbo, kuma a cikin 1983 ya so ya "haɓaka" zuwa 911. "Na ƙi su. A cikin 80s, Porsche bai yi aiki kwata-kwata ba, ”in ji shi. "Matata ta ce me ya sa ba za ku sayi Ferrari ba, don haka na sayi Mondial 2 2+8 da ke da shekaru biyu," in ji Watson. “Ina da shi tsawon shekara guda sannan na sayi Mondial QV (Quattrovalvole) mai lita 3.2 a matsayin motar kamfani. Suna da tsada, amma a wancan lokacin ba ku yi asarar kuɗi a kan Ferrari ba. "
"Duk da haka, kumfa na gargajiya ta fara ne a ƙarshen 80s kuma mutane suna siyan motoci don kuɗi marasa hankali, don haka zuwa wurin abokan ciniki a cikin Ferrari na gargajiya ya kasance ɗan wauta don suna tsammanin kuna sata daga gare su. Don haka sai na koma Porsche 928 a matsayin motar kamfani.
Duk da haka, kuskuren Ferrari ya sake dawowa a cikin 1991 lokacin da ya sayi motar Ferrari 328 GTS, wanda ya yi amfani da ita kuma ya ci zarafinsa a kan hanya, gasa da kwanakin hawan tudu. "Bayan haka, mota ce kawai," in ji shi. "Motoci kamar waɗanda aka gina bisa al'ada akan chassis ana iya maye gurbinsu da jemagu. Motoci na zamani suna ta yawo da tsadar arziki don gyarawa.”
Kimanin shekaru biyar da suka gabata, Watson ya yi hijira zuwa Ostiraliya, ya sayar da mota kirar 328 kuma ya zo da motar F40 na hannun hagu wanda ya yi tsere a cikin Classic Adelaide Rally. Lokacin da ya koma Queensland, ba zai iya yin rijistar mota ba tare da canza ta zuwa tuƙin hannun dama ba. "Saboda motar an yi ta ne da fiber carbon, kusan ba zai yuwu a canza ta ba, don haka na sami izini na musamman sau biyu," in ji shi. "Amma idan ba za ku iya tuƙi ba, ba na buƙata, don haka na mayar da shi Ingila na sayar da shi."
Ya kasance "ba Ferrari" kusan shekaru biyu sannan ya dawo Burtaniya a 2007 don yin tsere a cikin jerin wasannin gargajiya kuma ya sami lasisin tseren tsere na duniya, don haka ya sayi 1980 "marasa ganuwa" 308 GTB. Kuskure ne. Injin ya gaji kuma yana buƙatar gyara sosai,” in ji Watson. “Amma har yanzu ina da shi. Dalilin da ya sa nake da tsohuwar Ferrari shi ne saboda ya dace da tseren tarihi kuma akwai ƙarin damammaki na tseren tarihi fiye da tseren gargajiya."
Shirinsa na lasisin kasa da kasa shine yin tseren dala miliyan 15 na abokin abokinsa Ferrari 250 GTO a Le Mans. Duk da haka, abokinsa ya yanke shawarar cewa motar tana da "kashi mai tsada don hadarin tseren". Tunanin ba ya ratsa zuciyar Watson yayin da yake ɗaukar 328 ɗinsa zuwa da'irar Queensland don bikin Mota na Italiya na farko, Oktoba 2-4.
