Taku 1970 Hillman Hunter
Kaore ano. Inaianei kua neke atu i te ruarua tona mana, a, he whakataetae nui mo te tuunga iwa o te Rōpū N o te Ipu Kuini o Kuini o mua o te tau 1972.
Ka taea e ia te whiriwhiri i tetahi motuka pai ake hei reihi, engari karekau e taea e te Tumuaki 44 tau te pakeke te titiro i tetahi hoiho koha ki te waha. "Ko taku wahine, ko Trudy, i whakawhiwhia he motuka e tona matua keke me tona whaea keke a Charlie raua ko Mabel Perarson," ko tana korero. “I hokona e ratou he mea hou i te tau 1970 mo te $1950, a ka peia e 42,000 maero (67,500 km) i mua i te tuku ki a Trudy i te tau 1990.
“I tau mai a Trudy i tana tuunga whakaako tuatahi ki Longreach, no reira ahau i tutaki ai ki a ia. He shakaru ahau i tera wa, he ahua ohorere te motuka, ka kii te katoa i tikina ahau e ia ki te tiaki i tana motuka. Ehara i te mea me aro nui te motuka.
"He maha nga haerenga ka hoki mai ki Brisbane, ka peia ki raro i nga rori paru ki nga whare ka haere ki te hararei mai i Longreach ki Rocky, Townsville, Cairns, Hughendon me Winton a ko nga raru anake i pa ki a matou ko te ahua o te motuka Ingarihi. kia wha rita o te hinu me te hiahia he miihini hou, "e kii ana ia. "Ki te kore i pai nga mea katoa."
Ka mutu ana mahi whakaako a Trudy, ka hoki mai te tokorua ki Brisbane, ka mahue a Hillman i raro i te whare o to raua whaea i Toowoomba mo te 18 marama. "Katahi ka waea mai te mama o Trudy ka tono mai kia peia atu ia," ko tana korero. "I tino pai ki ahau i whakamahia e matou hei motuka tuarua mo te wha tau, katahi ka whiwhi ahau i te turanga whakahaere ka mutu a Hillman."
"Mo te tau 2000 ka tiimata ahau i te motuka motuka me te whakamahi i tenei motuka. Ka maka e ahau te whare pukapuka ka haere ahau." He whakapapa reihi a West ki tona papa, a Graham, ko ia te kaitaraiwa takirua a Dean Rainsford i te Porsche 911, ka mutu te tuarua i te tau 1976 Australian Rally Championship i muri i te roopu wheketere Nissan Japan.
Ko tana papa ano hoki te kaitaraiwa manuhiri mo te kaitaraiwa rally rongonui a Stig Blomqvist i te tau 1978 i runga i te Saab EMS i a ia i konei i te Rally Canberra. "Na ko te whakataetae kei roto i oku toto," ko tana korero. I timata a Te Hauauru i tana mahi motika motopaika me te sprints me te piki pukepuke, nga whakamatautau taima me te iti o nga whakarereketanga a Hillman. I te roanga o te wa, ka "tere ake, ka pai ake" te Tai Hauauru, ka nui haere nga whakarereketanga o te motuka i a ia e neke ana ki te whakataetae "tino taumaha".
Ko te waahanga o mua ka taea te whakarereketanga iti, no reira ko te reihi Hillman Hunter kua rite inaianei ki nga wiri Koni; mua whakatārewatanga o te puna, ka taea te whakarite mo te castor, camber me te teitei; pūkaha taurite me te whakaaro; tangohanga ringa; mahi-e-koe-koe te whakauru whakauru; kopae o mua whai hau Cortina; māhanga Webbers 45mm; me te miihini 1725 cc wha-cylinder engine. he iti te rahi o te cm ki te 1730 cc.
I te tuatahi ka puta te 53kW ki te wīra, ā, ināianei ka puta te 93kW ki ngā wira o muri. "He katakata ahau i taku putanga tuatahi ki Hillman," e kii ana a West. "Kaore tetahi i mahi i tenei i mua. He tokomaha i kii kaore ratou i te marama he aha i kore ai e taea, engari he tokomaha i kii kaore e taea.
"Me mahi ahau i taku ake huarahi i te huarahi katoa. Kaore e taea e koe te hoko mea mai i te papa. I roto i nga tau kua whiwhi au i nga tuuru me te wikitoria. Inaianei he waka whakataetae. Karekau he tangata e kata ana,” e kii ana a West. "He tahuhu pai tenei mo te mahi. Engari he wero a Lucas hiko; ka kiia ko Lucas te Rangatira o te pouri."
"He pai te miihini me te tuku o Ingarangi ki te whakahaere i nga rerenga hinu na runga i nga ture kare au e whakaaetia kia maringi te hinu ki runga i te ara na reira i ako ahau me pehea te aukati." Ko te kerēme a Hillman mo te mana reihi reihi i toa i te reihi tuatahi mai i Raanana ki Poihakena i te tau 1968 me te taraiwa o Ingarangi a Andrew Cowan, no muri mai ka neke ki te Mitsubishi Ralliart.
E ai ki a West ko te painga nui o te Hillman ko te whanui me te ngawari. “He 40mm te whanui ake i te Escort, he pai te tere o te koki. Engari ka taea e au te whakamahi i te kaha o te hoiho."
"Ko te taapiri nui ko te pouaka miihini. Me haere ahau ki raro. Kei te mahi kano kano ahau ki Escort limited diff. Na ka taea e au te whakamahi i nga potae pai ake ka tere ake. I etahi wa ka pouri ahau mo ona here, engari i te mea e pai ana ahau ki te whakataetae, he pai ki ahau te whanaketanga me te miihini reihi.
"Koinei te tuatahi, ko Hunter anake kua rehitatia hei motuka Rōpū N i Ahitereiria, no reira ka whakatauhia e au nga tohu mo taua mea. A ko te whakamutunga pea."
