Ukuvuselelwa kweGoodwood kugxininisa uninzi lwezizathu ezenza sizithande iimoto. Ivumba lepetroli, uyilo, isantya, ubunjineli… IGoodwood Revival inako konke kwiidosi zemizi-mveliso.
Ke, xa ujonga nje kuqala, ukuntlitheka kweFerrari 250 GT0/64 (kwividiyo ebonisiweyo) kumele ukuba ibe ngumzuzu olusizi. Kwaye kunjalo. Kodwa ikwalixesha ekufuneka libhiyozelwe.
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Njengoko sisazi, ixabiso leFerrari 250 GTO/64 lidlula i-euro ezigidi eziliqela, kwaye ukulungiswa kwayo akusayi kuba ngaphantsi kwamashumi amawaka eeuro. Kwaye ngaba siza kubhiyozela intlekele yezinto eziphathekayo ngolu hlobo?
Asiyibhiyozeli ingozi ngokwayo, nto leyo engafanelekanga. Endaweni yoko, sibhiyozela inkalipho yabaqhubi abafana noAndy Newall, owathi waqhuba enye yeeFerrari ezixabisa kakhulu embalini akazange oyike ukuhamba ngokukhawuleza. Ngesatya esikhulu. Ngokukhawuleza okukhulu...
Kufuneka siwubhiyozele lo mzuzu kuba kuya kunqabile ukubona iimoto zolu hlobo zizalisekisa iraison d’être yazo: ukubaleka. Baleka ngokukhawuleza kangangoko. Yoyisa isibali-xesha. Gqiba umchasi. Phumelela.
Uninzi lwezi moto zibiwa kwindawo yazo yendalo: iisekethe. Ukutshintsha i-tar yasendle ukubanjwa kwegaraji, ulinde ngomonde ukuba imarike ixabise iiklasiki zodidi oluphezulu. Lusizi. Ezi moto zezemizila.
Ngaba ikho into entle ngakumbi kunemoto yomdyarho ephumeza injongo yayo? Akunjalongo noko. Masinwabe!
Kwaye ngelixa sithetha ngobuhle, jonga lo mboniso wokuqhuba owenziwe nguPatrick Blakeney-Edwards emva kwevili le-Owlet ka-1928.
Kule mpelaveki sipapashe inqaku ngeyona mifanekiso ilungileyo ibanjwe sithi eGoodwood Revival, ngelensi kaJoão Faustino.