Ko taku kohinga o nga karaehe
"E pai ana ahau ki te kii kei te hoko au i aku motuka tino pai, ehara i nga motuka. Heoi, he nui rawa atu taku aroha ki a raatau, "e kii ana te kaiwhakahaere kaihoko Southport, 44 tau te pakeke. “He raruraru ki te noho hei kaihoko rangatira; kei roto koe i te toa me enei rare katoa ka kuhu mai ma te kuaha o mua. Ka mea koe, "Ka hokona e ahau tenei hei pupuri, hei hoko ranei?" Kei te aha koe? He uaua ki te aroha koe ki nga motuka. Ko te mutunga, ka whiwhi koe i te kohinga.
Ko te kohinga a Dean ko te nuinga o nga motuka kua huri mai i nga pakitara o tona whare moenga mo te taiohi me te karati. I roto ia ratou: 1966 Austin Healey Sprite, "pango, understated me te ataahua" 1970 Fiat 124 BC Sport, 1982 Lancia Beta Coupe, e "ehara i te mea miharo kaore he waikura i nga waahi he katoa", Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III, Honda 1970. Civic me te 20,000 kiromita noa, he rangatira kotahi 1972 VW Beetle, he 1968 Meyers Manx waka takutai, he 1990s Nissan S-cargo "ko taku wahine e karanga Daisy" minivan, he 1988 maunga piki Corolla me te Lancia Delta Integrale onge 1988 tau. HF 4WD waru-wirere.
"Katahi ano ahau ka hoko mai i tetahi Integrale mai i Japan kaore he waikura," e kii ana ia. "Engari me whakarere e au etahi o aku taonga taakaro penei i a Beta, Veedub me Civic."
E whakaaro ana ia ki te wehe i te Integrale tuarua, ka huri hei tauira mo te waka hui Martini ma, he rite ki era i peia i roto i nga Whakataetae Rally e ono o te Ao i nga tau 1980 me 90 e nga kaitaraiwa pera i a Juha Kankkunen me Miki Biasion. He 16-valve e rua-rita te turbo, engari ahakoa he iti ake te turbo i taku waru-valve, kare e roa te roa. "Ka taea e koe te tiki tata ki te 700 horsepower (522 kW) mai i a raatau, ki taku whakaaro he tino whakamataku."
E whakaaro ana ia ki te taraiwa i a Lancia i roto i nga reihi sprint tawhito penei i a Tweed on Speed, Leyburn Sprints me te Cootha Classic tata nei. I tenei wa, kei te kaha ia ki te akiaki i tana Corolla ki te whakataetae Piki Maunga o Queensland Hill, i toa ia i etahi wiki ki muri.
"I uru ahau ki tenei e toru tau ki muri na roto i taku hoa me tetahi Alpha iti e tarai ana me te tarai i ahau i nga wa katoa," ko tana korero. "I whakaroa ahau na te mea me u tonu koe, engari i tetahi ra i mahia e au ki runga i te Maunga Miro ka mau ahau. He roopu taane nui ratou. Ehara i te mea he hakinakina toto.
Ko tana Corolla e whakakahangia ana e te Toyota 4AGE 20-rerei whakakaha ake i te miihini whakahiato maana e tuku ana i te 89kW i nga wira.
"Engari he nui ake te taipana, he pai mo te piki puke," hei tana. I hokona e ia mo te $1500, ka huri hei kaupapa reihi $28,000. He motuka noa te mea hei pupuri i ahau kia tae ra ano ahau ki te taniwha Evo," hei tana. "Engari kaore e taea e koe te peke ki roto ka patu i te ara me tetahi mea he 350kW i runga i nga wira. He iti te kino. I hokona e ahau he Corolla hei whakapai ake ki te Evo engari i aroha ahau ki a ia, kei te noho tonu a Evo. I tenei wa, ka tutuki ahau ki runga i te Integrale ka hokona e ahau tetahi atu. He mate."
I hokona e ia he Delta 134kW i Ahitereiria ki te hauauru mo te $15,000 whai muri i te "whai i tetahi" mo etahi tau. “He puna porowhita, kua maramara, kua whakakapia e ahau te tini me te ngongo, a he mea tiaki marie me te aroha… a tata ki te $5000. Ka whakamahia noa e ahau mo nga huihuinga whakaaturanga motuhake, ehara i te whakataetae nui. He iti te awangawanga ahau. Kare au e pai kia piri ki te pakitara."
