Amahirwe rwose ahemba abatinyutse, nkumukorikori John Shaughnessy ntabwo yigeze atekereza ko azahura imbona nkubone: Ford GT40 idasanzwe.
Niba, kimwe nabaterankunga benshi, nawe ushishikajwe no guhura imbona nkubone nukuri, haba mubisaka, ibirundo bisakaye cyangwa na garage, urashobora kwinjira mumatsinda yacu yinzozi. Ariko, hariho abantu bafite izuru ryinshi kubintu kurenza abandi.
Uku ni ko byagendekeye John Shaughnessy, wakusanyaga cyane amamodoka yo mu bwoko bwa kera kandi asiganwa ku mateka, waguye kuri Ford GT40 nziza cyane mu igaraje rya Californiya. Yuzuyemo imyanda kumpande zose kandi igice cyinyuma gusa, ibara ryijimye ryibanze, ryerekanwe mumaso yabyitondeye cyane.
Iyo tuvuze kuri Ford GT40, harakenewe ubwitonzi bukomeye, kuko bizwi ko hariho kopi nyinshi ziyi moderi yikigereranyo, nyampinga inshuro enye za LeMans 24H hagati ya 1966 na 1969, kuruta ibice bike bikiriho. Umunyamerika w’umunyamerika wagize uruhare mu makimbirane akomeye hagati y’abakora imodoka 2, afite amateka ya karikatire kuva yavuka kugeza igihe yivugiye mu marushanwa y’imodoka, aho yatumye ubuzima bwirabura ku modoka za Ferrari.
Ariko nyuma ya byose, ni ubuhe bwoko bwa GT40 duhura nabwo?
Ibishoboka byo kwigana bimaze gutabwa, nkuko tuvuga kuri Ford GT40 hamwe na chassis nº1067 kandi nubwo bigaragara ko idafite ubwo bwoko bwamarushanwa, iki gice nikimwe gake. Nk’uko bigaragazwa na World Registry of Cobra & GT40s, iyi ni imwe muri eshatu za GT GT40 MkI 66 gusa, hamwe n’inyuma y’inyuma ya 67 MkII kandi muri ibyo bice 3 ni yo yonyine yarokotse.
Iyi Ford GT40 yari imwe mubice byanyuma byakozwe mumwaka wa 1966 kandi iheruka gukoresha nimero ya Ford, moderi zose zakurikiyeho zakoresha nimero ya seriveri ya J.W. Automotive Engineering.
Birazwi ko iyi Ford GT40 yitabiriye amarushanwa kugeza 1977, ariko ko yari ifite ibibazo bya mehaniki. Guhindura kumashini yambere ya Ford, hamwe na 289ci ngufi (ni ukuvuga 4.7l yo mumuryango wa Windsor) yakiriye umutwe wa silinderi ya Gurney-Weslake, wongereye kwimuka kuri 302ci (ni ukuvuga 4 .9l) hanyuma usimburwa na 7l 427FE, hamwe no kwizerwa byagaragaye muri NASCAR kuva 1963, ni amwe mumateka yubu.
John Shaughnessy yanyuze mu isoko rirerire, cyane cyane umwaka kugeza agaruye Ford GT40 CSX1067. Nyirubwite yabanje yari inkongi y'umuriro mu kiruhuko cy'izabukuru, akaba yari afite imodoka kuva mu 1975 kandi ateganya kuyisubiza, ariko ibyago biterwa n'ubuzima byahagaritse umushinga.
John Shaughnessy abajijwe umubare w'amafaranga yishyuwe kuri nugget nini ya zahabu, iboneka muri El Dorado y'Abanyamerika, John Shaughnessy avuga gusa ko byari bihenze cyane. Kugira ngo ubone inyungu kuri ubu bushakashatsi, ni wowe ugomba kugarura Ford GT40 ku ruganda cyangwa mu mpera za 1960.
Ahantu (Californiya), aho benshi bihebye bashaka zahabu, John Shaughnessy, ahasanga "jackpot" aho byari bikenewe gushora imari cyane, ariko umunsi urangiye amahirwe amuhemba nicyitegererezo cyuzuye amateka. hamwe nigiciro cyifuzwa cyane mwisi ya kera.
