THE Rolls-Royce Corniche , Abongereza, biryoshye, hamwe na moteri ya 6.75 l V8, gutwara ibiziga byinyuma hamwe na moteri yihuta. Igenamiterere ryiza rya Paris-Dakar, sibyo? Ntabwo ari igicucu… Dukurikije imigani, iyi Rolls-Royce Jules yavutse kubera inshuti hagati yinshuti, yakozwe muri rimwe muri iryo joro abantu bose bazi uko itangira, ariko ntamuntu uzi uko birangira…
Muri iryo funguro, Jean-Christophe Pelletier, nyiri Rolls-Royce Corniche, yitotombeye Thierry de Montcorgé, inshuti ye ndetse n’umushoferi wikinira, ko imodoka yamenetse. Montorgé ahanganye n'iki cyerekezo, yatanze igitekerezo kidashoboka: “reka twitabe Dakar hamwe na Rolls-Royce Corniche yawe!”. Igitekerezo cyaganiriweho ijoro ryose, ariko buriwese yatekerezaga ko igitekerezo kizagwa kumunsi ukurikira. Ntabwo yaguye…
Bukeye, Thierry de Montcorgé yatekereje kuri icyo kibazo asanga igitekerezo gishoboka. Inshuti zongeye guhura nyuma yiminsi ibiri Montcorgé yari afite cheque ifite 50% byagaciro kugirango akomeze umushinga.
“Umutima” wicyitegererezo cyicyongereza wasimbuwe na moteri ya Chevrolet (ihendutse kandi… iramba) ya Chevrolet, igiciro gito cya Block V8 gifite litiro 5.7 na hp yubahwa 335. Imiyoboro ya 4 × 4 hamwe na chassis nayo igomba guturuka hanze: Toyota Land Cruiser yishimiye kureka kuyikubiyemo irimo garebox yihuta.
Amahirwe yo kwitabira Dakar, imyigaragambyo ikaze ku isi, hamwe na Rolls-Royce byaba ari ikintu… kibogamye, kuko atari moteri no kohereza bitari Rolls-Royce gusa, ahubwo chassis ya tubular bahujwe nayo yari yarabaye byashizweho kuva kera. kubwintego. Ariko imikorere yumubiri nimbere, murwego runini, iracyava muri Corniche.
Iyandikishe mu kanyamakuru kacu
Ihagarikwa rirerire hamwe n'amapine yo kumuhanda yarangije ibikoresho Thierry de Montcorgé yari ikeneye gukora neza kuri Dakar. Ikigega cya peteroli gitangaje gifite ubushobozi butari munsi ya litiro 330.
Guhitamo izina ryikitegererezo byari byoroshye: umuterankunga mukuru wuyu mushinga ni styliste Christian Dior, nkuko byavuzwe, yari amaze gushyira kumurongo wa parufe yiswe "Jules" kandi iryo niryo zina ryarangije kubatiza Rolls-Royce .
Irashobora kwihagararaho?
Igihe cyari kigeze kugirango iyi mashini ihure na Dakar kandi ukuri ni… byagenze neza. Rolls-Royce Jules yahoraga irangiza muri 20 ba mbere kandi yazamuka ikagera kumwanya wa 13 mwiza kurutonde rusange mugihe isiganwa ryarangiye.
Ariko 13 numubare udahiriwe. Ibintu byose byari bigenda neza niba atari ikibazo cyo kuyobora (kuruhuka muri imwe mu nkunga) kubera gutinza umushoferi w’Abafaransa, ikibazo cyaba cyarangije kumwanga mu marushanwa, kubera ko yahageze bitinze kuri Parc 20 Fermé no gusana igihe kitari gito.
Urusimbi ariko, rwageraga ku iherezo rya Paris-Dakar muri Rolls-Royce - nta muntu n'umwe wari wigeze avuga ku bijyanye no kuzuza ibisabwa. Kandi rero, Thierry de Montcorgé na Jean-Christophe Pelletier bakomeje isiganwa, bagamije kurenga i Dakar.
Mu modoka 170 zinjiye muri 1981 Paris-Dakar, 40 gusa ni zo zambutse umurongo kandi Rolls-Royce Jules iri mu maboko ya Thierry de Montcorgé yari imwe muri zo.
Rolls-Royce Jules ntabwo yongeye guhatana, ariko yasabwaga kenshi kwitabira ibirori n'imurikagurisha. Nyuma yo kugarurwa, uyu "watsinze" wicyongereza hamwe ninkuru isekeje cyane yashyizwe kugurishwa 200.000 €. Amateka ntabura.
Imyitwarire myiza yinkuru: witondere inshundura ushyira mugusangira inshuti.
