I-Dodge Airflow Tank, iloli lokugcina le-Art Deco

Lokhu nakanjani kunakho konke i-bella tank iloli ayikaze ikhiqizwe kusukela ngaleso sikhathi. Sikhuluma ngayo Iloli lethangi le-Dodge Airflow kusukela ngo-1939, ekhiqizwe esicelweni sika-Texano kanye nezincazelo, kusukela ngo-1934 kuya ku-1940 ngumkhiqizo we-Chrysler Group.

Inikwa amandla yinjini Amasilinda ayi-8 ane-300 HP, ithangi, elihlobene nesitayela nalokho okubizwa ngokuthi "amaloli e-Art Deco", lakhiwe ngokuhambisana nomkhuba wangaleso sikhathi, okuyizimoto "zomoya" (i-aerodynamic) ezazihamba kakhulu. imfashini phakathi namashumi amathathu E-United States.

Ngo-1934, ukulethwa kokuqala

Elokuqala lala mathange lalethwa I-Texaco ngo-December 1934, kodwa ngemva kwezinyanga ezimbalwa zakhiwa Amasampula angama-29... Ithangi lalidume kakhulu kangangokuthi, ngenxa yemvume yenkampani yakwaTexaco eyayihileleke kulo msebenzi, imoto yadayiselwa inkampani. Amafutha ajwayelekile kanye ne-Exxon... Amathangi akhiqizwa efektri Inkampani Garwood Industries Co. eMilwaukee.

Ngaphezu komklamo okhangayo kanye nesimanje sephrojekthi, iloli lethangi lokugeleza komoya lalinamadivayisi amaningi ohlangothini lwalo avumela ukuthi libe khona. kukhanywe ngamalitha angu-1.200 kaphethiloli (cishe amalitha angu-4.550) iyodwa imizuzu eyisithupha.

Ngokusobala amanani eqile

Ukukhiqizwa kwaba yamiswa ngo-1940, ngokuyinhloko ngenxa yezindleko eziphakeme; umqondo wawuwukufunda ozongena esikhundleni ukuthi kungaba eshibhile ukuqalisa, kodwa ukufika impi futhi ukukhiqizwa kwezempi ekugcineni wanquma ukuphela kwakho konke ukuthuthukiswa kwemoto.

Zimbalwa kakhulu izibonelo zale moto ezisele namuhla. Elondolozwe kahle kakhulu iku- I-Walter P. Chrysler Museum e-Auburn Hills, eMichigan. I-Texaco livery isahambisana nombala we-1934.