Cheetah Trasporter, inomhanyisa mota mutakuri pasi rose

Pakupera makumi mashanuNorman Holtkump, mujaho, tuner uye mutengesi wemotokari dzemitambo kubva kuInglewood, California, aive nazvo dambudziko guru rinofanira kugadziriswa: Karavhani yaaishandisa kutakura mota dzemujaho yakazununguka ichizununguka zvisingaite sezvo kombi yaimudhonza yaisimudza speed. Nechikonzero ichi, akamanikidzwa kutyaira zvishoma nezvishoma, zvakamutorera kaviri kureba kuti avhare nzira kubva mugaraji rake kuenda kune dzakasiyana siyana dzeUS mijaho.

Semunhu anofarira mota hombe, Norman aiwanzoenda uye akazvipira kuenda kuenda kuEurope tevera Formula 1 World Championship. Yakanga iri muOld Continent umo "akapofumadzwa" nekuona kweBlue Portento Mercedes, mutakuri wemotokari anokurumidza kubva paMercedes 300 S chassis, iyo kambani yeStuttgart yakatora ine mukurumbira 300 SLl mota dzemujaho kuenda kuEuropean tracks. 

Kufanana nendege

Paakangodzokera kuUnited States, Norman akatanga kushanda mugaraji rake. Pamwe chete neshamwari yake yemugadziri Dave Deal (nhasi mugadziri ane mukurumbira wemakatuni akatsaurirwa kunyika yemotokari) akagadzira kutanga sketches... General Motors vakazotenga mota itsva yeChevrolet. mugwagwaaine girazi remhepo rakatenderedzwa, akaiisa pafuremu yakasimba yeMercedes-Benz 300 S yekare.

Kuvaka kwasara kwakaronzeswa kune vane mukurumbira Kuvaka Kambani Troutman & Barnes Los Angeles, iyo, ichichengeta chete mapoka emeso epamberi peEl Camino, yakapa mota kutaridzika kunofadza. yakatenderedzwa aluminium spout; dhizaini yeaerodynamic yemativi yakaita sefuselage yendege.

Mwedzi mipfumbamwe yenhumbu

Troutman & Barnes vakawedzerawo wheelbase kubva kune yekutanga 94 "(2.336,8 mm) Deal dhizaini kusvika 124" (3.149,6 mm) kupa mota kugadzikana. Holtkamp akashandisa yakaedzwa uye yakaedzwa Chevrolet V8 "small block"akaiswa kuseri kweekisero yekumberi. Kumiswa kwacho kwaive kwemhando yepamusoro yePorsche. Pakupera kwa1961, mushure memwedzi 9 chaiyo ye "maturation", iyo diki mechanic Frankenstein yakapedzwa uye yakaunzwa kune vezvenhau mune yakasarudzika simbi yegiriyi pendi.

Chevy V8 injini

Kwenguva yakati, Holtkamp's mujaho wekutakura mota akatumidzwa zita Cheetah (Cheetah) Conveyor nekuda kwemaitiro ayo ekumhanya, akawanawo mukurumbira nekuda kwechinyorwa chakadzama chakaburitswa mukati Yakabudiswa Zvita '61, Magazini yeCar & Driver, iyo yakatsaurirawo chivharo chemavara akanaka kwairi.

Cheetah Trasporter yakanga isiri yakaderera kune yayo mhiri kwemakungwa sosi yekurudziro. Kutenda kune retractable platform, aigona kutakura Mujaho mota muuriri hwakafara hweshure. Iyo ine simba Chevy V8 injini yaikwanisa kufambisira mota kusvika 112 mph. kana 180 km/h, Kusiyana Portento Blue Mercedes-Benz, iyo yakasvika ichimhanya zvinoshamisa (yemotokari) 170 km / h.

Hapana budiriro yemaindasitiri

Hapana humbowo mamwe mamodheru Cheetah Transporter, kunyangwe chiroto chaNorman Holtkump chaive chokwadi nezvekuvandudzwa kwemaindasitiri kwechirongwa chake. Car & Driver magazine pachayo muchinyorwa chayo chiziviso chekugadzira chigadzirwa Cheetah Transporter, inofungidzirwa mutengo wekutengesa imadhora gumi nematanhatu.

Mushure memakore anenge matatu uye zviuru zvitatu zvemakiromita ekufamba, Holtkamp, ​​iyo panguva iyoyo yakanga yava imwe yeakanyanya kukosha. vatengesi uye compilers Porsche neVolkswagen vanobva kuU.SA vakasarudza kutengesa kushamwari yavo uye shamwari yavo Din Mun, yatova panguva iyoyo imwe yeanonyanya kufarirwa hot rod tuners, Cheetah Transporter.

Kudengenyeka kwenyika kunoparadza

Kutanga, Dean akaisa maziso akakurumbira aMooney, kambani yake inobata nezvikamu uye kugadziriswa kwemotokari, kumhino yakatonaka yemotokari. Muna 1971, Mwedzi wakafunga kutsiva mabhureki echigubhu chekare emotokari nemamwe azvino uye anoshanda. disc mabhureki... Sezvo zvakadaro, Cheetah Transporter yakatumirwa kuHurst Airheart yakatsaurirwa musangano muSan Fernando.

Sezvineiwo, pazuva rimwe chetero, San Fernando Valley muCalifornia yakadhirika kudengenyeka kwenyika kunoparadza... Nokudaro, vazhinji veCheetah Transporter vakaramba vari pasi pemarara emusangano weHurst Airheart. Zvakasara zvemotokari zvakaramba zvakasiiwa mugaraji reSan Fernando kudzamara Dean Moon anyangarika muna 1987.

Mooneyes yakava aftermarket colossus, zvizhinji zvezvinhu zvaDean Moon zvakatengeswa, kusanganisira shabby Cheetah Transporter... Mota yekuda kuziva yakahwinwa nemuunganidzi anonzi Jim Degnan uyo akaidzosa uye akaichengeta kwemakore anenge gumi nematanhatu. Muna 2006, muunganidzi wemidziyo yakakosha akatenga Cheetah. Jeff Hacker muTampa, muFlorida.