ICheetah Trasporter, isithuthi sezimoto esisheshayo emhlabeni

Ekupheleni amashumi amahlanuU-Norman Holtkump, umgijimi, umshini wokushuna kanye nomdayisi wezimoto zezemidlalo wase-Inglewood, eCalifornia, ubenakho inkinga enkulu okufanele ixazululwe: I-trailer abeyisebenzisa ukuthutha izimoto ezigijimayo yanyakaza yazulazula ngendlela esabekayo njengoba iveni eyayimdonsa ikhuphuka ngesivinini. Ngenxa yalesi sizathu, ephoqelekile ukuthi ashayele kancane kakhulu, kwamthatha isikhathi esiphindwe kabili ukuvala indlela esuka egalaji lakhe eya kumathrekhi omjaho ahlukahlukene wase-US.

Njengomshisekeli omkhulu wezimoto, uNorman wayevame ukuya futhi ngokuzithandela uhambo oluya eYurophu landela iFormula 1 World Championship. KwakuseZwenikazi Elidala lapho “aphuphuthekiswa” khona ngokubona iBlue Portento Mercedes, isithuthi sezimoto esisheshayo esisekelwe ku-chassis yakwaMercedes 300 S, inkampani yaseStuttgart eyathatha ngayo izimoto zomjaho ezingama-300 SLl ezidumile kumathrekhi aseYurophu. 

Njengendiza

Ngokushesha nje lapho ebuyela e-United States, uNorman waqala ukusebenza egalaji lakhe. Kanye nomngane wakhe womklami Dave Deal (namuhla umklami odumile wezithombe zopopayi ezinikezelwe emhlabeni wezimoto) wathuthukisa imidwebo yokuqala... Kamuva iGeneral Motors yathola iveni entsha yakwaChevrolet. Roadnge-windshield eyindilinga, wayigxumeka ohlakeni oluqinile lweMercedes-Benz 300 S endala.

Okunye ukwakhiwa kwaphathiswa abadumile Inkampani yokwakha i-Troutman & Barnes I-Los Angeles, okuyinto, ngenkathi igcina kuphela amaqembu optical of the front of El Camino, yanikeza imoto ukubukeka okujabulisayo. i-aluminium spout eyindilinga; umklamo we-aerodynamic wezinhlangothi wawufana ne-fuselage yendiza.

Izinyanga eziyisishiyagalolunye zokukhulelwa

UTroutman & Barnes baphinde bakhuphula i-wheelbase isuka ku-94 "(2.336,8 mm) yedizayini yedili yaya ku-124" (3.149,6 mm) ukuze inikeze imoto ukuzinza okwengeziwe. U-Holtkamp usebenzise isivivinyo esivivinyiwe I-Chevrolet V8 "ibhulokhi elincane"ifakwe ngemuva kwe-asi yangaphambili. Ukumiswa bekungokwemvelaphi ehloniphekile ye-Porsche. Ekupheleni kuka-1961, ngemva kwezinyanga ezingu-9 "zokuvuthwa", i-Frankenstein encane yomshini yaqedwa futhi yethulwa emaphephandabeni ngopende ompunga owenziwe ngezindiza.

Injini ye-Chevy V8

Isikhathi esithile, isithuthi sezimoto zomjaho kaHoltkamp saqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi Ingulule (Cheetah) Umthumeli ngezici zayo zejubane, waphinde wazuza udumo ngenxa yesihloko esinemininingwane eshicilelwe ku Ikhishwe ngo-December '61, umagazini i-Car & Driver, nawo owanikezela ngekhava enemibala emihle kuwo.

ICheetah Trasporter yayingekho ngaphansi komthombo wayo waphesheya kwezilwandle wogqozi. Ngenxa yesikhulumi esihoxiswayo, wayekwazi ukulayisha imoto yokugijima endaweni evulekile engemuva. Injini enamandla ye-Chevy V8 yayikwazi ukuqhubekisela phambili imoto ku-112 mph. noma 180 km/h, Ngokungafani I-Portento Blue IMercedes-Benz, eyafika ngesivinini esimangalisayo (ngemoto) 170 km / h.

Akukho ukuthuthukiswa kwezimboni

Abukho ubufakazi amanye amamodeli ICheetah Transporter, noma ngabe iphupho likaNorman Holtkump belimayelana nokuthuthukiswa kwemboni yephrojekthi yakhe. Umagazini we-Car & Driver ngokwawo esihlokweni sawo isimemezelo sokuqalisa ukukhiqiza I-Cheetah Transporter, intengo elinganiselwe yokuthengisa ingu-$ 16.

Ngemva kweminyaka ecishe ibe mithathu namakhilomitha ayizinkulungwane ezintathu ohambweni, iHoltkamp, ​​ngaleso sikhathi eyayibe ngenye yezindawo ezibaluleke kakhulu. abathengisi nabadidiyeli AbakwaPorsche nabakwaVolkswagen base-USA banqume ukudayisela umngani wabo nozakwabo Din Mun, kakade ngaleso sikhathi enye yezinsimbi ezidume kakhulu ze-hot rod, i-Cheetah Transporter.

Ukuzamazama komhlaba okubhubhisayo

Okokuqala, uDean wasebenzisa amehlo adumile kaMooney, izingxenye zemoto yakhe kanye nenkampani yokuguqula, ekhaleni lemoto kakade elihle. Ngo-1971, uMoon wanquma ukushintsha amabhuleki ezigubhu ezindala zemoto afake awesimanje futhi asebenzayo. ama-disc brakes... Ngakho-ke, i-Cheetah Transporter yathunyelwa ku-workshop ezinikele ye-Hurst Airheart e-San Fernando.

Ngeshwa, ngalo lolo suku, iSan Fernando Valley eCalifornia yabhidlika ukuzamazama komhlaba okubhubhisayo... Ngakho-ke, iningi le-Cheetah Transporter lahlala ngaphansi kwemfucumfucu ye-workshop ye-Hurst Airheart. Izinsalela zemoto zasala zishiywe egalaji laseSan Fernando kwaze kwaba yilapho uDean Moon enyamalala ngo-1987.

UMooneyes waba yi-aftermarket colossus, izimpahla eziningi zikaDean Moon zathengiswa, kuhlanganise I-Cheetah Transporter engcolile... Imoto enelukuluku iwine umqoqi okuthiwa UJim Degnan owayibuyisela futhi wayigcina cishe iminyaka eyishumi nesithupha. Ngo-2006, umqoqi wemishini ekhethekile wathenga iCheetah. UJeff Hacker eTampa, eFlorida.