My Brock HDT Commodore
Jim Middleton ayaa sheegay in Commodore uu waday maamule Holden ka hor inta aysan kooxda Brock wax ka bedelin tusaale ahaan.
Guud ahaan waa la aqbalay in dhammaan daabacaadda xaddidan ee 1980 Brock HDT Commodores ay ku yimaadeen caddaan, casaan ama madow oo keliya. Laakiin Jim wuxuu leeyahay cagaarka, dhab ahaantii cagaar laba-tone ah, kaas oo uu sheegay in uu yahay mid dhab ah oo leh taariikh soo jiidasho leh.
Oo waa inuu ogaadaa, sababtoo ah wuxuu asal ahaan ka helay kooxda Peter Brock, wuu iibiyay, ka dibna dib u iibsaday. Peter Brock wuxuu galay soo saarista baabuurta gaarka ah 1979 ka dib markii Holden uu ka fariistay motorsport wuxuuna uga tagay inuu maamulo kooxdiisa. Brock waxa uu u kiraystay dadka iibiya Holden ee dalka oo dhan, kuwaas oo uu u abuuray daabac kooban oo VC Commodore.
Dhanka kale, taageerada ganacsadaha ayaa ka caawisay maalgelinta hawlaheeda tartanka. Middleton wuxuu leeyahay: "500 ee baabuur ee ugu horreeya waxay ahaayeen casaan, caddaan ama madow. Laakiin waxa kale oo jiray laba nooc, buluug iyo cagaar.
Tusaalooyinka, buug-gacmeedka buluuga ah iyo tooska cagaarka ah, waxay ahaayeen nooc hore oo VB ah. “Baabuurkaygu waa lambarka koowaad. Matoorka wax taariko ah kuma jirin. Waxaa lagu tiriyey isteerinka. Lambarkaygu waa 001 isteerinka.”
Waxa ay noloshu ku bilaabatay sidii cagaar khafiif ah 4.2 litir VB SL Commodore oo la dhisay May 1979kii. Middleton ayaa sheegtay in markii hore uu waday maamule Holden ka hor inta aysan kooxda Brock iibsan oo ay wax ka beddeleen sidii tusaale ahaan.
"Gaadhigu wuxuu Brock ka yimid General Motors. Waqtigaas, waxay ahayd baabuurka John Harvey ( saaxiibkii Brock). 5-litir V8 HDT Commodores waxay heleen valves ka weyn, qaybiyeyaasha wax ka beddelka iyo kaarbureteriyeyaasha, shaqada ganaaxa, xirmada jirka oo ay ku jiraan kharribade gadaal iyo ceejin hore, iyo sidoo kale taayirrada Irmscher ee Jarmalka iyo shaqo rinji oo gaar ah, iyo isbeddello kale.
Qaabeyntan, waxay dardar geliyeen 0 km / h 100 ilbiriqsi, matoorada waxay soo saareen 8.4 kW iyo 160 Nm oo wareeg ah. Waxay ku iibiyeen $450 ($20,000 ka yar tilmaantii) waxaana si degdeg ah u qabsaday ciyaartoy aad u hamuun qabay. Middleton waxa uu sheegay in hadda baabuurta ay ku kacayaan inta u dhaxaysa $200 iyo $70,000, iyo prototype-kiisa naadirka ah uu ku kici karo ilaa $80,000.
Middleton waxay u shaqeysay iibiyaha Holden Les Wagga ee Pennant Hills, Sydney, mid ka mid ah ganacsatada HDT. Waxa uu sheegay in 1982, Brock iyo Harvey ay booqdeen iibiyaha iyaga oo u socda tartanka Amaru Park, halkaas oo ay kula heshiiyeen ganacsadaha inuu iibiyo prototype cagaaran sababtoo ah hadda uma baahna. Waqtigaas, kooxda Brock waxay sameynayeen daabacaadda xaddidan ee xigta, VH Commodore.
“Toddobaadkaas, waxaan ka iibiyay saaxiibkii aabbahay. Waxaan ka iibsaday bishii Ogosto 1993." Middleton waxa uu sheegay in baabuurka uu wakhtigaas daboolay in ka badan 100,000 oo kiilo mitir loona baahan yahay in wax laga beddelo.
"Waxay ahayd barnaamijka dib u soo kabashada ugu yar ee adduunka," ayuu yidhi shaqada uu dhammeeyey sannadkan. “Uma degdegin. Waan ogaa inuu ahaa baabuurkii iigu horreeyay. Waxa uu burbur yar ka soo gaadhay baarkinnada baabuurta. Runtii waxay u baahnayd in la kala qaado oo dib la isugu soo celiyo.”
Middleton ayaa markaa rakibtay saqafyo cusub, albaado cusub, waardiyayaal cusub iyo dabool cusub, waxayna cusboonaysiisay mishiinka iyo gudbinta. Sannadkan, wuxuu u qaaday dhacdada Masters ee Muscle Car Masters ee Eastern Creek, halkaas oo Harvey uu arkay oo uu ku dhex maray dhoolatuska.
"Isla markiiba wuu aqoonsaday iyada," Middleton ayaa tiri. Toddobaadkan, ku dhawaad 70 milkiilayaasha HDT oo ka kala yimid dalka oo dhan ayaa isugu imaanaya Albury si ay ugu dabaaldegaan 30 sano oo baabuur kulan loo yaqaan Brocks on the Border.
Middleton waxa ay sheegtay in kala badh 500 oo baabuur ee asalka ahaa ay wali jiraan. 12 kale ayaa loo dhisay sida baabuurta jinsiyada tartanka hal mar ee Calder si loo taageero 1980kii Australian Grand Prix. Qaar ka mid ah ayaa sidoo kale weli jira.
Middleton waxa uu sheegay in ay u badan tahay in uu iibiyo gaadhiga, kaas oo aan wakhtiyadan danbe aad loo kaxaysan. "Nasiib wanaag inaan ku socdaalo 300 ilaa 400 km 17 sano gudahood."
