ʻO Dodge Airflow Tank, ʻo ka Art Deco Truck hope loa
ʻO kēia ka mea nui loa kaʻa pahu pahu bella ʻaʻole i hana ʻia mai ia manawa. Ke kamaʻilio nei mākou Kaʻa pahu pahu Dodge Airflow mai 1939, hana ʻia i ke noi a me nā kikoʻī o Texano, mai 1934 a 1940 e ka brand Chrysler Group.
Hoʻohana ʻia e ka ʻenekini 8 paukūʻolokaʻa me 300 HP, ka pahu, stylistically pili i ka mea i kapa ʻia "art deco trucks", i kūkulu ʻia e like me ke ʻano o ka manawa, ʻo ia hoʻi nā kaʻa "air" (aerodynamic) i holo nui. ma waena o kanakolu makahiki Ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
I ka makahiki 1934 ka hoopuka mua ana
Hāʻawi ʻia ka mua o kēia mau pahu i Texaco i Dekemaba 1934, akā he mau mahina ma hope mai ua kūkulu ʻia lākou 29 mau laʻana. Ua kaulana loa ka pahu no ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i kahi ʻae mai Texaco, i komo i ka papahana, ua kūʻai ʻia ke kaʻa i ka hui. ʻAila maʻamau a me Exxon. Ua hana ʻia nā pahu ma ka hale hana ʻO Garwood Industries Co. o Milwaukee.
Ma waho aʻe o ka hoʻolālā nani a me ke ʻano hou o ka papahana, ua loaʻa i ke kaʻa kaʻa airflow he mau mea hana ma kona ʻaoʻao e hiki ai ke lilo. hoʻokahe ʻia he 1.200 galani wahie (ma kahi o 4.550 lita) wale nō ʻeono minuke.
Akaka i ke kumu kūʻai
Ua hana ʻia Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka makahiki 1940, ma muli o ke kumu kūʻai kiʻekiʻe; ʻO ka manaʻo e aʻo i kahi hope e ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻokō, akā ʻo ka hiki ʻana mai o ke kaua a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana hana kaua hoopau loa i ka hooulu ana o ke kaa.
Kakaikahi loa na laana o keia kaa i keia la. ʻO ka mea i mālama maikaʻi ʻia ma luna Walter P. Chrysler Museum ma Auburn Hills, ma Michigan. Hoʻohālikelike ʻia ka livery Texaco i ke kala 1934.
