Ithamsanqa ngokwenene livuza abakhaliphileyo, njengoko umqokeleli uJohn Shaughnessy engazange alindele ukuba adibane nobuso ngobuso nokufunyanwa: iFord GT40 enqabileyo.
Ukuba, njengabaqokeleli abaninzi, unqwenela ukujongana ngqo nezinto ezifunyenweyo eziyinyani, nokuba kukutyotyombe, iimfumba ezilahliweyo okanye kwiigaraji, ungajoyina iqela lethu lamaphupha. Nangona kunjalo, kukho abantu abaneempumlo ezininzi zezi zinto kunabanye.
Le yayiyimeko kaJohn Shaughnessy, umqokeleli okhutheleyo weemoto zomdyarho zamandulo nezembali, owathi wakhubeka kwiFord GT40 entle kwigaraji yaseCalifornia. Kwakuyinkunkuma kumacala onke kwaye kuphela icandelo elingasemva, umbala ongwevu weprayimari, obonakaliswe kwamehlo awona awona mehlo.
Kwaye xa sithetha nge-Ford GT40, kufuneka inyameko enkulu, njengoko iyaziwa ukuba kukho i-replicas eninzi yale modeli ye-iconic, iintshatsheli ezine-LeMans 24H phakathi kwe-1966 kunye ne-1969, kuneeyunithi ezimbalwa eziseleyo. Imodeli yaseMelika ebandakanyekayo kwenye yeengxabano ezinkulu phakathi kwabavelisi beemoto ezi-2, inembali ye-caricature ukusuka ekuzalweni kwayo ukuya ekuqinisekiseni kwayo kukhuphiswano lweemoto, apho yenza ubomi bumnyama kwiimoto zeFerrari.
Kodwa emva kwayo yonke loo nto, luhlobo luni lwe-GT40 esijongene nalo?
Ukubakho kwe-replica sele ilahliwe, njengoko sithetha nge-Ford GT40 ene-chassis nº1067 kwaye nangona kubonakala ngathi ayinalo ukhuphiswano lomnombo, le yunithi yenye yezona zinqabileyo. NgokweRegistry yeHlabathi yeCobra & GT40s, le yenye yeeFord GT40 MkI 66's ezintathu kuphela, kunye nephaneli yangasemva yenguqulo ye-'67 MkII kunye nezo yunithi zi-3 kuphela ezisindileyo.
Le Ford GT40 yayiyenye yeeyunithi zokugqibela ukuveliswa ngonyaka ka-1966 kwaye yokugqibela ukusebenzisa iiserial numbers zakwaFord, zonke iimodeli ezalandelayo zazinokusebenzisa ii-serial numbers zeJ.W. Automotive Engineering.
Kuyaziwa ukuba le Ford GT40 yathatha inxaxheba kukhuphiswano de kwangowe-1977, kodwa yaba neengxaki zoomatshini. Uhlengahlengiso kumatshini wokuqala weFord, kunye neebhloko ezimfutshane ezingama-289ci (okt 4.7l kusapho lakwaWindsor) efumene intloko yesilinda elungisiweyo ye-Gurney-Weslake, eye yanyusa ukufuduka kwebhloko ukuya ku-302ci (okt 4 .9l) yaze kamva yatshintshwa yi- I-7l 427FE, enokuthembeka okuqinisekisiweyo kwi-NASCAR ukususela ngo-1963, ezinye zembali yangoku.
UJohn Shaughnessy udlule kwinkqubo ende yokubhida, ngokuchanekileyo ngonyaka de wafumana iFord yakhe entsha ye-GT40 CSX1067. Umnini wangaphambili wayengumcimi-mlilo osele esidla umhlala-phantsi, owayenemoto ukususela ngo-1975 kwaye waceba ukuyibuyisela, kodwa ilishwa ngengxaki yezempilo yaphelisa le projekthi.
Xa ebuzwa ukuba yimalini ehlawulweyo ngegolide enkulu ngolo hlobo, ngokoqobo efunyenwe kwi-American El Dorado, uJohn Shaughnessy uthi kuphela yayibiza kakhulu. Ukwenza oku kufunyenweyo, kuxhomekeke kuwe ukubuyisela iFord GT40 kwiispekthi zasefektri okanye ukuya kutsho ekupheleni kweminyaka yee-1960.
Kwindawo (eCalifornia), apho abaninzi babephelelwe lithemba befuna igolide, uJohn Shaughnessy, ufumana "ijackpot" apho kwakuseyimfuneko ukutyala imali eninzi, kodwa ekupheleni kosuku ithamsanqa limvuza ngomfanekiso oqingqiweyo ogcwele imbali. kunye nexabiso elinqwenelekayo elikhulayo kwihlabathi leeklasikhi.
