Futurliner, rori yeramangwana kubva kuGeneral Motors

MumaXNUMXs neXNUMXs, hapana nyika pasi rose yakataura zviri nani nezveramangwana kupfuura United States. Kubudirira kukuru Chicago Exhibition "Zera Rekufambira mberi" kutanga kwema XNUMX, yakayeuchidza Mutevedzeri weMutungamiriri weGeneral Motors Charles F. Kettering kuronga nhevedzano yezviratidzwa panguva. injini tekinorojiavo vaigona kufamba munyika kuti “vaite kuti mamiriyoni avanhu ararame” nokuda kwenguva yemberi.

Mudungwe waitenderera mumigwagwa maguta akasiyana uye iyo yakamira munzvimbo yakakosha, yakagadzirwa maererano nehunhu hwese zvakanakakazhinji yakaumbwa kubva 24 marori, mota 11, mavhani mana neimwe gumi nemaviri midhudhudhu... Yakadzokororwa kusvika 56, ivo vakabudirira zvikuru, neanofungidzirwa 13 miriyoni vashanyi.

The Parade of Progress

Yekutanga Progress Parade yakaitika muFlorida muna 36, uye GM yakagadzira uye yakavakwa marori masere inozivikanwa se Silver Top Streamliners fambai mutakure mumwe firimu screen kana kuti vakachinja kuva mabhokisi echinyakare. Yakabudirira kwazvo zvokuti makore mana gare gare, mamwe marori gumi namaviri akavakwa, panguva ino chaizvoizvo. futurists.

Vakadanwa Futurliner uye vaifanira kutora chikamu muparadhi, vakatakura zvinhu zvaidiwa zveshoo, uye pamusoro pezvose, vaifanira kudaro shanduka kuita dariro, muhofisi, mumiziyamu inofamba. Vakanga voda 10 mamita, kureba (kusvika padenga reimba) mamita matatu uye 3, rairema matani gumi nerimwe uye rakagadzirwa papuranga. Mauto GMC.

Somurwi

Dzimba, tsvuku nesirivha, ine zvinyorwa pa mavara chaiwo enguva iyoyokunze kwekushandura kuita nhanho kana hofisi yekufambisa, yaive yakashongedzerwa nemagonhi gumi uye machira akasiyana-siyana; tinogona kutaura kuti ndiye aiva tateguru wemazuva ano "mobile homes".

Imba yacho yaive yakakwira zvakati wandei uye yaive pakati uye yakavakwa mukati. plexiglass, zvinhu izvo zvikwata zvevarwi zvakavakwa panguva iyoyo. Was nzvimbo imwe cheteDashboard uye chidhiraivho chichena chihombe zvaive zvekare zvechizvino-zvino mukugadzira uye pfungwa panguva iyoyo.

Inline six ine volume isingasviki marita mashanu

Pakutanga yaifambiswa neisina kukwana 4-cylinder all-wheel drive diesel engine; asi yakanonoka, uye muna 53 injini itsva ye peturu, 302-cylinder in-line GMC 6, kubva 4.949 masendimita, zvekwakabva kuhondo.

Muchokwadi, mu53, ese gumi nemaviri makopi "akadzokororwa" nekugadziriswa kwezvimwe zvakakanganisika uye nekuwedzera zvishongedzo zvakasiyana siyana, somuenzaniso, air conditioner, kuitira kuti mutyairi "akabika" muPlexiglass cabin angave ane zvishoma zvekunyaradza.

Kwete mheni

Kumhanya, hongu, yakanga isiri imwe yezvaikosha zveProgress Parade, asi kutapurirana kwaive kwemasere-sipidhi, 4 refu uye 4 pfupi; kana izvo zvisina kukwana, mutyairi aigona kusarudza ega kumwe kudzikiswa kubva pakubvisa simba, izvo zvinogona kutungamirira kune imwezve 24 giya reshiyo.

Akasvika i 72 kmuye akashongedzerwa maviri 170-litre matangi kuderedza kumira, mabhureki hombe dhiramu anoita seasina kukwana uremu hwose; zvekuti vanotaura kudaro panguva yeparade mamwe maFuturliners akadhumhana chaizvo nekuda kwe mabhureki asina kukwana... Pakapera Parade kana Kufambira mberi, maFuturliners gumi nevaviri vaive kutengeswa kana kupa masangano anopa rubatsiro.

XNUMX-gore kudzorerwa

Nekufamba kwemakore, mitsetse yegumi nembiri Futurliners yakarasika, ichiri mukati General Motors, mumwe munhu akasarudza kuratidza kufarira aya chaiwo maitiro ezviitwa. Pakutanga makore makumi mapfumbamwe Paiva nevapfumbamwe vavo, vamwe vakasiiwa uye "vakaparadzaniswa" muUnited States, mamwe akagadziridzwa uye akashandiswa kunyanya kushambadzira.

Paive neimwe yakanyanya kuderedzwa, asi ingangoita, nhamba 11, yakawanikwa muChicago. Boka revashandi veCanada GM vakaitenga nemari shoma, inenge yemutengo wesimbi, uye mumakore anopfuura gumi. kudzorerwa zvakakwana zvose zvemuchina uye nemuviri. 

Panguva yeauction Barrett Jackson, imwe yeanonyanyozivikanwa masangano ekutengesa emotokari, nhamba 11 Futurliner yakatengeswa zvinoshamisa. 4.320 zviuru madhora. Hongu, unoverenga zvakanaka mamiriyoni mana nemazana matatu nemakumi maviri ezviuru zvemadhora... Hazvina kuipa kune rori yevintage.