Abafundi bethu bahamba phambili emhlabeni futhi uTiago Santos ungomunye wabo. Wasimema ukuba sigibele ngeyakhe I-Opel 1204 ; kusele imizuzu embalwa ukuthi sazi omunye wabafundi bethu kanye nomshini wakhe. Bekuwusuku olukhethekile olugcwele umlando esikulethela lona namuhla. Ulungele uhambo? Phuma lapho.
Indawo yomhlangano yayiseCasino do Estoril ntambama emnandi ukuhambahamba. U-Tiago Santos wayesezokwabelana nathi isikhathi esivamile: ngemva komsebenzi, uthatha i-classic yakhe egaraji futhi aqhubeke nendlela yakhe, ogwini lolwandle noma ezintabeni, noma yini. Ngemuva kwezethulo ezifanele, saphuma sayolanda izithombe eziwungqophamlando.
UTiago ungumfundi njengabo bonke abanye. Elula, akukho frills futhi engenandaba nemibono, uthanda ukuphila isikhathi sakhe. “Akuwona umqondo omuhle ukushaya lena…”, esho ngenkathi ehlehlisa eduze kweMercedes SL 63 AMG entsha. “Angiwazi kahle amamodeli amasha, anginandaba nawo futhi ukube ngingakwazi, bengizoya emsebenzini nsuku zonke ngesitayela sakudala”.
I-Opel 1204 kwakungeyona nje noma iyiphi imoto, labo abahlulela ngeminyaka yayo, igama noma ngisho nobandlululo lokuthi "amabhomu" amakhulu kuphela anendawo ezinkumbulo ezedlule banephutha. Le Opel 1204 ingase ingabi “ibhomu”, kodwa iwumshini omuhle impela futhi inomthwalo wemfanelo omkhulu.
Ikhiqizwe phakathi kuka-1973 no-1979, i-Opel 1204 kwaba imoto yokuqala yakwa-Opel ukusebenzisa inkundla ye-T-Car, inkundla yakwaGeneral Motors yemoto yomhlaba.
“Kunohlobo oluthile lwe-vibe lapha, kufanele ngikubone lokhu” kusho u-Tiago ngenkathi eshintsha i-Opel 1204, ngaphambi kwakhe wayisa iSerra de Sintra nobuhle bayo obungangabazeki, ifa Lesintu. Bekuyindawo ekahle yokuthi i-Thom V. Esveld ithwebule i-Opel 1204. Ukusonteka nokujika kwesakhiwo esidala se-Rally de Portugal kungase kungabi “ugu” lwale nguqulo ye-Opel 1204, kodwa ifanelwe okungcono kakhulu. Phela iminyaka engu-40 ayenzeki nsuku zonke futhi namuhla, noma ngabe mifishane kangakanani, uzolula imilenze yakhe.
I-German Jackal esesabekayo yama-70s
UJackal, iphekula elisabekayo nelidume umhlaba wonke, waduma ngobuyena bakhe abaningi nangokuhlala egxuma esuka kwelinye izwe eya kwelinye, ebalekela iziphathimandla. Le Opel 1204 ayisemuva kakhulu.
Abaningi kuzoba yilabo asebengibize ngokungazi, njengoba ngingakayishintshi i-Opel 1204 ibe yi-Opel Kadett C. Kodwa ngingakutshela ukuthi ngingaphinde ngiyibize ngeBuick-Opel, Chevrolet Chevette, Daewoo Maepsy noma Maepsy-na, Holden Gemini, Isuzu Gemini, Opel K-180 futhi ekugcineni, vele, Vauxhall Chevette. Lokhu uma base-USA, Brazil, Korea, Australia, Japan, Argentina noma England, ngokulandelana.
E-Portugal, imodeli yathengiswa njenge-Opel 1204 , ngenxa yezizathu abaningi abathi ezezombangazwe nezohwebo. Lapho imodeli ikhishwa ngo-1973, igama lenye yamamodeli akwa-Opel, i-Ascona, lathi kushintshwe igama layo libe yi-Opel 1204 nje kuphela. Imithombo engekho emthethweni ithi umbuso waseSalazar awuzange ulamukele igama elithi "Ascona". ingase ikhiqize.
I-Opel Ascona imakethwa e-Portugal njenge-Opel 1604 kanye ne-Opel 1904, kuye ngokuthi umthamo we-cylinder wawungu-1600 cm3 noma u-1900 cm3. I-Opel 1204 yaba umphumela walolu khetho lwegama lobuchwepheshe, elinenjini engu-1.2. Kodwa kungani ingabizwanga nge-Kadett 1204 noma 1004 (1000 cm3)?
Bhalisela iphephandaba lethu
Lapha isizathu mhlawumbe sizobe sithengisa. “Inganekwane” ithi i-Opel yashintsha igama yaba iKadett ngenxa yokuthi ngaleso sikhathi kwakunengoma eyayidumile eyayingcolisa igama lalo modeli: “Uma ufuna ikepisi, thenga iKadett”. Asikwazi ukuqinisekisa la mahemuhemu.
U-Tiago Santos, ongumnikazi wenye yalezi zinhlobo, ucabanga ukuthi i-pun iyaxaka, njengoba ekholelwa ukuthi ama-Opel angaleso sikhathi ayethembeke kakhulu. Nokho, akuhluleki ukugcizelela ukuthi lena "indaba ehlekisayo".
Imodeli yethulwe ngemizimba eyisithupha ehlukene - Idolobha (i-hatchback), i-Sedan 2 Door (iminyango emi-2), i-Sedan 4 Door (iminyango emi-4), i-Caravan, i-Coupe ne-Aero (eguqukayo, engathengiswa ePortugal). Lapha siphambi kwe-Opel 1204 Sedan 2 Door, abaningi namuhla abangayibiza nge-Coupé.
Kwakukhona izinjini eziningana ezitholakalayo: 1.0 nge-40 hp; 1.2 nge-52, 55 kanye ne-60 hp; 1.6 nge-75hp, ayithengiswa ePortugal; 1.9 nge-105 hp, yahlomisa i-GTE kwaze kwaba ngu-1977; kanye no-2.0 nge-110 kanye ne-115 hp, yahlomisa i-GTE kusukela ngo-1977 kuya ku-1979.
Le Opel 1204 inokwengezwa okuningana okusuka kukhathalogi: amasondo e-ATS Classic 13”, amalambu enkungu nobude obude, ibhokisi lamagilavu (okuyivelakancane kakhulu eyengeziwe ePortugal), umsakazo we-elektroniki we-Opel (okungewona owangempela, njengomsakazo wokuqala nosebenzayo uyivelakancane), ama-headrest (ayejwayelekile ezinguqulweni zikanokusho, lena ibiyengeziwe), lungisa i-chrome emafasiteleni aseceleni kanye nokudayela ngewashi (ongakukhetha kwezinye izinguqulo futhi efakwe kamuva). “Amaquadrants? Nginabanye ababili ekhaya, kufanele uzilungiselele!” kusho uTiago ebuka i-Opel 1204 yakhe eneSerra Sintra ngemuva.
ithengwe ngenhlanhla
“Bekuyihlaya ngesikhathi kunendali, ake sibone ukuthi lokhu kuvezani”. Lona bekungumoya kaTiago noyise ngesikhathi ngoFebhuwari 2008 bebiza i-Opel 1204 ngesikhathi sendali. Imoto yayisesimweni esibi kakhulu futhi ngosizo lomngane wakhe owayenenqola, wathatha i-Opel 1204 eCaldas da Rainha. Phambili babenendlela ende yokubuyisela. Inhlanhla yabo bobabili kwaba ukuthi ubaba kaTiago wayengumakhenikha futhi ekwazi “ukuqiniswa izikulufu”, okwaqhuba inqubo. Noma kunjalo, kwakuyiminyaka emine yomsebenzi.
umsebenzi kababa nendodana
UTiago Santos noyise, u-Aureliano Santos, baqala ukusebenza futhi banquma ukunikeza i-Opel 1204 impilo entsha. Ngemva kokudiliza imoto, bafinyelela esiphethweni sokuthi umsebenzi womzimba, okwakuyihlazo, wawuzoba umsebenzi omkhulu. ukuhlala endaweni 100%. Bahamba bayofuna umzalwane, i-Opel 1204 enomzimba osesimweni esingcono kanti kulezi zimoto ezimbili bakha eyodwa.
Umsebenzi womzimba wesibili wawubuyiselwe ngokuphelele futhi nakho konke okubolile okuye kwaphathwa ngemva konyaka wokwelashwa kweshidi lensimbi ngoMgqibelo, kwakupendwe ngombala we-Regatta Blu, owangempela wemodeli futhi wakhethwa kuphalethi lombala we-Opel osemthethweni.
Uma isihlanganisiwe, yakhushulwa ngokuphelele futhi ngo-Okthoba 2012 yabe isilungele ukuzungeza. Injini inamakhilomitha angu-40 000 kuphela futhi le Opel 1204 isivele ibambe iqhaza emicimbini eminingana: eClube Opel Classico Portugal, Portal dos Classicos kanye nasemihlanganweni evamile ye-TRACO.
Isipho
Lena iphrojekthi yababili, eyami kanye nobaba. Lokhu kubhekisela ku-Razão Automóvel, kimina, kuyinhlonipho kubaba, ngawo wonke umsebenzi kanye nezikhathi ezinhle le moto enikezwe phakathi kukababa nendodana, engiyijabulele kakhulu futhi engiyikhumbula namuhla, ngemuva kwesondo lami. Umshini Wesikhathi Esidlule.
Uhambo lwethu luphetha lapho luqale khona, nazi ezinye izithombe zenqubo yokubuyisela i-Opel 1204.
