Tarin kayan gargajiya na
“Ina so in ce ina sayar da motocin da na fi so, ba na amfani da su ba. Abin takaici, ina son yawancin su,” in ji darektan dillalin Southport mai shekaru 44. “Matsala ce ta zama babban dillali; kana cikin wani shago da duk wadannan lollipops suna shigowa ta kofar gida. Ka ce, "Zan saya wannan don in ajiye ko in sayar?" Me kuke yi? Yana da wahala lokacin da kuke son motoci. A sakamakon haka, za ku sami tarin.
Tarin Dean galibi ya ƙunshi motocin da suka birkice daga bangon ɗakin kwanan matashin sa zuwa garejinsa. Daga cikin su: 1966 Austin Healey Sprite, "black, understated and kyau" 1970 Fiat 124 BC Sport, 1982 Lancia Beta Coupe, wanda "ba tare da mamaki ba, tsatsa ba ta kasance a duk wuraren da ba daidai ba", Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III, Honda 1970. Civic mai nisan mil 20,000 a kai, mai shi guda 1972 VW Beetle, Meyers Manx rairayin bakin teku na 1968, 1990 "matata ta kira Daisy" Nissan S-cargo minivan, 1988 dutsen Corolla, da kuma Lancia Delta Integrale mai ƙarancin shekaru 1988. tsoho. HF 4WD takwas-bawul.
"Na sayi wani Integrale daga Japan wanda kusan ba shi da tsatsa," in ji shi. "Amma zan bar wasu daga cikin sauran kayan wasa na kamar Beta, Veedub da Civic."
Yana shirin ɗaukar Integrale na biyu ya mai da ita wata farar motar zanga-zangar Martini, kwatankwacin waɗanda direbobi kamar Juha Kankkunen da Miki Biasion suka yi a gasar tseren duniya guda shida a cikin 1980s da 90s. Yana da turbo mai lita biyu na bawul 16, amma duk da cewa yana da ƙasa da turbo fiye da bawul na takwas, ba ya da yawa. "Kuna iya samun kusan doki 700 (522 kW) daga cikinsu, wanda ina tsammanin zai iya zama abin ban tsoro."
Ya shirya fitar da Lancia a cikin tseren tsere na tarihi kamar Tweed on Speed, Leyburn Sprints da Cootha Classic na baya-bayan nan. A halin yanzu, yana matsawa Corolla nasa da gaske a gasar cin kofin hawan hawan Queensland, wanda ya lashe makonni kadan da suka gabata.
"Na shiga cikin wannan kimanin shekaru uku da suka wuce ta hannun wani abokina tare da wani ɗan ƙaramin Alpha wanda ke bi da ni a kowane lokaci," in ji shi. "Na cire shi ne saboda dole ne a yi muku alkawari, amma wata rana na yi a Dutsen Auduga kuma na kamu da shi. Su babban rukuni ne na samari. Ba gaske wasan jini bane.
Corolla nasa yana da ƙarfin tseren mota Toyota 4AGE 20-valve mai silinda mai ƙarfi huɗu na zahiri wanda ke ba da ƙarfin 89kW zuwa ƙafafun.
"Amma yana da karfin juyi da yawa, wanda ke da kyau don hawan tuddai," in ji shi. Ya saye ta akan dala 1500 kuma ya mayar da ita aikin tseren dala 28,000. Mota ce kawai da ya kamata ta rike ni har sai na shiga dodo Evo,” inji shi. "Amma ba za ku iya tsallewa ku buga waƙar tare da wani abu wanda ke da 350kW akan ƙafafun ba. Yana da ɗan haɗari. Na sayi Corolla don haɓakawa zuwa Evo amma na ƙaunace shi kuma Evo yana zaune a can. A halin yanzu, na ci karo da Integrale kuma yanzu ina siyan wani. Cuta ce".
Ya sayi Delta mai karfin 134kW a Yammacin Ostiraliya kan dala 15,000 bayan ya “bi daya” tsawon shekaru da yawa. "Yana da maɓuɓɓugan ruwa, an guntule shi, na maye gurbin ma'auni da shaye-shaye, kuma an kula da shi cikin tausayi da ƙauna… kuma an kashe kusan $5000 a kansa. Ina amfani da shi kawai don abubuwan nuni na musamman, ba don gasa mai tsanani ba. Na dan damu. Ba na so in makale shi a bango."
