Bada hanya zuwa babbar hanya

Matsalar babbar hanyar Austin ita ce a shekara ta 1962 kakin sa ya daina aiki.

Wannan mota ce, ba babbar titin Texas ba, amma ɗan'uwanta Wolseley 24/80. Kuma kafin ka tambaya, 24/80 yana nufin 2.4 lita da 80 hp. (wato 59 kW a kudin yau).

An samar da haɗin Silinda shida na Freeway/Wolseley saboda a cikin 1962 Kamfanin Motoci na Biritaniya (BMC) ya yi rashin nasara a yaƙin tallace-tallace da Holden, Falcon da Valiant tare da Austin A1.6, Morris Oxford da Wolseley 60 mai nauyin lita 15. Biritaniya-wahayi kuma a fili mara ƙarfi. . /60. Wannan ƴan wasan uku da kyar ba su canza ba tun lokacin da aka sake su a 1959.

Ba tare da kuɗi don haɓaka sabon injin ba, injiniyoyin BMC na gida kawai sun ƙara silinda biyu zuwa injin silinda huɗu da ke akwai, suna ƙaruwa da ƙarfi da kashi 35%.

Masu kasuwa sun yiwa injin mai lita 2.4 lakabi da "blue stripe" kuma taken tallan ya bukaci abokan ciniki da su "ba da hanya zuwa babbar hanya."

Abin da abokan ciniki ke yi a zahiri shine tafiya kai tsaye zuwa dillalin Holden, Ford, ko Chrysler, kuma burin BMC na kasuwancin tallace-tallace mai bunƙasa bai cika ba. Bayan sayar da raka'a 27,000 kawai, samarwa ya ƙare a 1965 a cikin 154,000. Ta kwatanta, Holden ya sayar da samfuran EJ 18 a cikin watanni XNUMX kawai.

Matsalar babbar hanyar ita ce a shekarar 1962 siffarsa ta daina aiki. Guru mai salo na Italiyanci Batista Pininfarina ya haɓaka ƙirar asali a tsakiyar 1950s. Ya baiwa motocin BMC fuloti masu lulluɓe da ƙananan wutsiya. Matsalar ita ce a shekara ta 1962 babbar hanya ta yi tsayi da yawa, kunkuntar, kuma ma 1959-kamar idan aka kwatanta da tsayi, guntu, fadi, mafi salo, da kuma masu fafatawa.

Ka tuna cewa Pinnifarina ya yi amfani da ƙirar BMC. Ya yi amfani da samfurin salo iri ɗaya don Peugeot 404, 1957 Lancia Flaminia da Ferrari 250GT Pininfarina. Idan ba ku yarda da ni ba, duba Peugeot 404 da Freeway. Dukansu an ɗauke su daga mai yankan kuki ɗaya. A madadin, zaku iya amfani da Google. Akwai gidajen yanar gizo da aka sadaukar don wannan batu!

Masu sha'awar hanyoyin mota suna kiran motocin "BMC Farinas" kuma za ku yi mamakin ƙarfin mabiyansu da ƙungiyar masu ibada. Jeka duk wani wasan kwaikwayo na 'Duk-British' Automobile Club kuma ina ba ku tabbacin cewa mafi kyawun alama a wasan kwaikwayon, tare da mafi yawan magoya baya, za su kasance BMC irin Farina.

David Burrell, edita www.retroautos.com.au