Isebe lePorsche Heritage kunye neMyuziyam lisandul' ukusimangaza ngokubuyiselwa okuya kuthi ngokuqinisekileyo kushiye nabani na ongakhathaliyo. Sithetha ngeprototype yeQela le-C le-Le Mans, i-Porsche 962 C ka-1987 ehonjiswe ngemibala ye-Shell, ngoku ibuyiselwe kwimeko yayo yangaphambili.
Kwaye ukwenza oko kunokwenzeka, le Porsche 962 C ibuyele kwindawo apho "yazalelwa khona", iziko lePorsche yaseWeissach. Kwakukho apho malunga nonyaka kunye nesiqingatha lo mzekelo we-iconic wabuyela "kubomi".
Oku kufuna intsebenziswano phakathi kwamasebe ohlukeneyo ophawu lweStuttgart kwaye kwafuneka ukuba kwenziwe iziqwenga ezininzi ezazingasekho. Yayingumsebenzi omde nonzima, kodwa isiphelo sithethelela wonke loo nto, awucingi?
Emva kokuba ukubuyiselwa kugqityiwe, le Porsche 962 C idibene kwakhona nabo banoxanduva lokudalwa kwayo kunye nerekhodi layo kukhuphiswano: uRob Powell, umyili ojongene nomsebenzi wepeyinti etyheli nebomvu; injineli uNorbert Stinger kunye nomqhubi wenqwelomoya uHans Joachim Stuck.
“UStucki uthande kwangoko uyilo kumzobo wam wokuqala,” utshilo uRob Powell. “Kwaye, ndisacinga ukuba indibaniselwano yetyheli nebomvu ibonakala yangoku,” watsho ngequbuliso.
Khumbula ukuba kwakusezandleni zikaHans Joachim Stuck ukuba le Porsche 962 C iphumelele i-ADAC Würth Supercup ngo-1987. Kwiminyaka elandelayo yaphela isetyenziswa kakhulu kwiimvavanyo zesebe le-Porsche aerodynamics e-Weissach.
“Ukuba ndiphakamisa imikhono yam, baya kundibona ukuba ndinamaqhuqhuva,” utshilo owayesakuba ngumqhubi emva koku kuhlangana kwakhona emva kweminyaka engama-35: “Le moto ithetha lukhulu kum kuba ibiluhlobo lwesithandwa sam, uyazi, kuba mna ibikuphela komqhubi wakhe,” wongeze watsho.
Kwaye ukothuka kukaStuck akuphelelanga apho, njengoko umqhubi wangaphambili usenako ukuqhuba “owakhe” 962 C kwakhona: “Imini enje ngokuqinisekileyo ayisayi kuze ilityalwe. Ukuba nethamsanqa lokubaleka le moto emva koko emva kweminyaka engama-35 ubuyele apha kwaye ukwazi ukuyiqhuba kwaye ube nala mava, iqaqambile nje,” utshilo.
Ngoku, ukubuyela kwimeko yayo yangaphambili, le 962 C ilungiselela ukusetyenziswa kwimisitho yemiboniso eyahlukeneyo yePorsche. Yaqala ukubonakala esidlangalaleni kwiMyuziyam yasePorsche eStuttgart, kodwa eminye imisebenzi yale modeli ibalulekileyo yeQela C sele icwangcisiwe.