Mwayi umapindulitsadi olimba mtima, popeza wokhometsa John Shaughnessy sanayembekezere kukumana ndi zopeza zotere: Ford GT40 yosowa.
Ngati, monga otolera ambiri, mumafunitsitsanso kukumana ndi zowona zomwe zapezedwa, kaya muzisakasa, milu ya zinyalala kapenanso magalaja, mutha kujowina gulu lathu lamaloto. Komabe, pali anthu omwe ali ndi mphuno zambiri pazinthu izi kuposa ena.
Umu ndi momwe zinalili ndi John Shaughnessy, wotolera mwachangu magalimoto othamanga akale komanso odziwika bwino, yemwe adakumana ndi Ford GT40 yokongola kwambiri mu garaja yaku California. Zinali zotayidwa ndi zinyalala mbali zonse ndipo gawo lakumbuyo kokha, mtundu wa imvi wa pulayimale, wowonekera m'maso mwaotcheru kwambiri.
Ndipo tikamalankhula za Ford GT40, kusamala kwambiri ndikofunikira, chifukwa zimadziwika kuti pali zofananira zambiri zachitsanzo ichi, ngwazi yanthawi zinayi ya LeMans 24H pakati pa 1966 ndi 1969, kuposa mayunitsi ochepa omwe atsala. Chitsanzo cha ku America chomwe chinakhudzidwa ndi mkangano waukulu pakati pa opanga magalimoto a 2, ali ndi mbiri ya caricature kuyambira kubadwa kwake mpaka kutsimikizira kwake pa mpikisano wamagalimoto, komwe kunapangitsa moyo wakuda kwa magalimoto a Ferrari.
Koma pambuyo pa zonse, ndi mtundu wanji wa GT40 womwe tikukumana nawo?
Kuthekera kwa chifaniziro chatayidwa kale, pamene tikukamba za Ford GT40 yokhala ndi chassis nº1067 ndipo ngakhale zikuoneka kuti ilibe mpikisano, gawoli ndi limodzi mwazosowa. Malinga ndi World Registry of Cobra & GT40s, iyi ndi imodzi mwa ma Ford GT40 MkI 66 atatu okha, gulu lakumbuyo la mtundu wa '67 MkII ndi mayunitsi atatu omwewo kukhala okhawo omwe apulumuka.
Ford GT40 iyi inali imodzi mwamagawo omaliza omwe adapangidwa mchaka cha 1966 ndipo yomaliza kugwiritsa ntchito manambala a Ford, mitundu yonse yotsatira idagwiritsa ntchito manambala amtundu wa J.W. Automotive Engineering.
Amadziwika kuti Ford GT40 nawo mpikisano mpaka 1977, koma anali ndi mavuto makina. Zosinthidwa kumakaniko oyambilira a Ford, okhala ndi midadada yaifupi ya 289ci (ie 4.7l kuchokera ku banja la Windsor) yomwe idalandira mutu wa silinda wokonzekera wa Gurney-Weslake, womwe udakulitsa kusamuka kwa chipikacho kukhala 302ci (ie 4 .9l) ndipo kenaka kusinthidwa ndi 7l 427FE, yodalirika yotsimikizika ku NASCAR kuyambira 1963, ndi zina mwa mbiri yakale.
John Shaughnessy adadutsa njira yayitali yotsatsa, ndendende chaka mpaka adapezanso Ford GT40 CSX1067 yake yatsopano. Mwiniwake wam'mbuyomu anali wozimitsa moto wopuma pantchito, yemwe anali ndi galimotoyo kuyambira 1975 ndipo adakonza zobwezeretsanso, koma tsoka ndi vuto la thanzi linathetsa ntchitoyi.
Atafunsidwa kuti ndi ndalama zingati zomwe zinaperekedwa pamtengo waukulu wa golidi wotere, womwe umapezeka kwenikweni ku American El Dorado, John Shaughnessy ananena kuti unali wokwera mtengo kwambiri. Kuti mupindule ndi zomwe mwapezazi, zili ndi inu kuti mubwezeretse Ford GT40 kuzinthu zamafakitale kapena kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1960.
Kumalo (California), komwe ambiri adataya mtima pofunafuna golidi, John Shaughnessy, amapeza "jackpot" komwe kunali kofunikira kuti agwiritse ntchito ndalama zambiri, koma kumapeto kwa tsiku mwayi umamupatsa mphoto ndi chithunzi chodziwika bwino chodzaza mbiri yakale. komanso ndi mtengo wofunikira wochulukirachulukira m'dziko la classics.
