ʻO Cheetah Trasporter, ka mea lawe kaʻa wikiwiki loa ma ka honua
Nā mea
Ma ka hopena kanalimaUa loaʻa iā Norman Holtkump, ka mea hoʻoheheʻe, tuner a me ka mea kūʻai kaʻa haʻuki mai Inglewood, Kaleponi pilikia nui e hoʻoponopono ʻia: O ke kaa kaa ana i hoohana ai no ka lawe ana i na kaa heihei, ua hili ia a me ka eeri me ka wikiwiki o ka kaa e huki ana iaia. No kēia kumu, koi ʻia ʻo ia e hoʻokele mālie, ʻelua ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o ka uhi ʻana i ke ala mai kona hale kaʻa a hiki i nā ala heihei ʻAmelika.
Ma ke ʻano he kaʻa kaʻa nui, hele pinepine a makemake ʻo Norman huakaʻi i ʻEulopa hahai i ka Formula 1 World Championship. Aia ma ka Old Continent ua "makapo" ʻo ia i ka ʻike ʻana i ka Blue Portento Mercedes, kahi mea lawe kaʻa wikiwiki e pili ana i ka chassis Mercedes 300 S, kahi i lawe ai ka hui Stuttgart i nā kaʻa heihei 300 SLl i nā ala ʻEulopa.
Me he mokulele lā
I kona hoʻi ʻana i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Norman e hana ma kāna hale kaʻa. Me kāna hoa hoʻolālā ʻO Dave Deal (i kēia lā he mea hoʻolālā kaulana o nā kiʻi paʻi kiʻi i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i ka honua automotive) ua hoʻomohala ʻo ia sketches mua... Ua loaʻa ʻo General Motors i kahi kaʻa pickup Chevrolet hou. alanuime ka pale makani poepoe, kau aku la oia ia mea ma ke kumu paa o ka Mercedes-Benz 300 S kahiko.
ʻO ke koena o ke kūkulu ʻana i hāʻawi ʻia i ka mea kaulana Hui Kukulu Troutman & Barnes ʻO Los Angeles, ʻoiai e mālama ana i nā pūʻulu optical o mua o El Camino, hāʻawi i ke kaʻa i kahi hiʻohiʻona ʻoluʻolu. puka alumini pōʻai; ʻO ka hoʻolālā aerodynamic o nā ʻaoʻao ua like me ka fuselage o kahi mokulele.
ʻEiwa mahina o ka hāpai ʻana
Hoʻonui pū ʻo Troutman & Barnes i ka huila mai ka 94 "(2.336,8 mm) Deal design i 124" (3.149,6 mm) e hāʻawi i ke kaʻa i ʻoi aku ka paʻa. Ua hoʻohana ʻo Holtkamp i kahi hoʻāʻo a hoʻāʻo ʻia ʻO Chevrolet V8 "pākaʻi liʻiliʻi"kau ʻia ma hope o ke axle mua. ʻO nā hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo Porsche hanohano. I ka pau ʻana o ka makahiki 1961, ma hope o 9 mau mahina o ka "maturation", ua hoʻopau ʻia ka mīkini liʻiliʻi Frankenstein a hōʻike ʻia i ka paʻi i loko o kahi pena ʻeleʻele metala hina.
ʻEnekini Chevy V8
No kekahi manawa, ua kapa hou ʻia ka mea lawe kaʻa heihei o Holtkamp ʻO Cheetah (Cheetah) Transporter no kona mau hiʻohiʻona wikiwiki, ua loaʻa pū ʻo ia i ka mahalo i kahi ʻatikala kikoʻī i paʻi ʻia ma Puka Kekemapa '61, Car & Driver magazine, nāna i hoʻolaʻa i kahi uhi kala nani iā ia.
ʻAʻole i emi iki ʻo Cheetah Trasporter i kāna kumu hoʻoulu ʻana ma waho. Mahalo i ke kahua hoʻihoʻi, hiki iā ia ke hoʻouka kaʻa heihei ma ka papahele ākea hope. Hiki i ka ʻenekini Chevy V8 ikaika ke hoʻolele i ke kaʻa i 112 mph. a i ʻole 180 km / h, ʻAʻole like Polu ʻo Portento ʻO Mercedes-Benz, ka mea i hōʻea i kahi wikiwiki kupaianaha (no kahi kaʻa) 170 km / h.
ʻAʻohe hoʻomohala ʻoihana
ʻAʻohe mea hōʻoia nā hiʻohiʻona ʻē aʻe ʻO ka Cheetah Transporter, ʻoiai ʻo ka moeʻuhane o Norman Holtkump e pili ana i ka hoʻomohala ʻenehana o kāna papahana. Car & Driver magazine iho ma kāna ʻatikala hoʻolaha hoʻolaha hoʻolaha ʻO Cheetah Transporter, ke kumu kūʻai kūʻai kūʻai he $ 16.
Ma hope o ʻekolu mau makahiki a me ʻekolu kaukani kilomika o ka huakaʻi, ʻo Holtkamp, i kēlā manawa i lilo i hoʻokahi o nā mea nui loa. nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā mea hōʻuluʻulu Ua hoʻoholo ʻo Porsche a me Volkswagen mai ʻAmelika e kūʻai aku i kā lāua hoaaloha a me kā lāua hoa hana Din Mun, i keia manawa kekahi o ka loa kaulana wela kookoo tuners, ka Cheetah Transporter.
ʻōlaʻi pōʻino
ʻO ka mua, hoʻopili ʻo Dean i nā maka kaulana o Mooney, kāna ʻāpana kaʻa a me kāna hui hoʻololi, i ka ihu nani o ke kaʻa. I ka makahiki 1971, ua hoʻoholo ʻo Moon e hoʻololi i nā pahu pahu kahiko o ke kaʻa me nā mea hou aʻe a hana. wawahi disk... No laila, ua hoʻouna ʻia ka Cheetah Transporter i kahi hale hana hoʻolaʻa ʻo Hurst Airheart ma San Fernando.
ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ma ia lā hoʻokahi, hāʻule ke awāwa ʻo San Fernando ma Kaleponi ōlaʻi pōʻino... No laila, noho ka hapa nui o ka Cheetah Transporter ma lalo o ka ʻōpala o ka hale hana Hurst Airheart. Ua haʻalele ʻia ke koena o ke kaʻa ma ka hale kaʻa ʻo San Fernando a hiki i ka nalowale ʻana o Dean Moon i ka makahiki 1987.
Ua lilo ʻo Mooneyes i mea kūʻai nui ma hope, ua kūʻai ʻia ka nui o nā waiwai o Dean Moon, me ka ʻO ka mea hoʻokele Cheetah palupalu... Ua lanakila ʻia ke kaʻa ʻohi e ka ʻohi ʻohi i kapa ʻia Jim Dagnan nāna i hoʻihoʻi a mālama iā ia ma kahi o ʻumikumamāono makahiki. I ka makahiki 2006, ua kūʻai aku ka mea hōʻiliʻili o nā lako kūikawā iā Cheetah. ʻO Jeff Hacker ma Tampa, ma Florida.
