ʻO Futurliner, ke kaʻa o ka wā e hiki mai ana mai General Motors

I nā makahiki XNUMX a me XNUMX, ʻaʻohe ʻāina o ka honua i ʻōlelo maikaʻi e pili ana i ka wā e hiki mai ana ma mua o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Pōmaikaʻi nui ʻO Chicago Exhibition "Age of Progress" ma mua o XNUMXs, ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻo General Motors Hope Pelekikena Charles F. Kettering i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i kahi ʻano o nā hōʻike ma ʻenehana ʻenekiniʻO wai ka mea hiki ke huakaʻi i ka ʻāina e "hoʻolilo i nā miliona o ka poʻe e ola" no ka wā e hiki mai ana.

ʻO ka huakaʻi hele i nā alanui nā kūlanakauhale ʻokoʻa a nāna i kū i kahi ākea kūikawā, i hana ʻia e like me nā ʻano a pau kaulikeua hana mau ia mai 24 kalaka, 11 kaa, 4 kaa a me hookahi he kakini kaʻa kaʻa... Ua hana hou ʻia a hiki i 56, ua lanakila nui lākou, me ka 13 miliona mau malihini kipa.

La Parade o ka Holomua

Ua mālama ʻia ka Progress Parade mua ma Florida i ka makahiki 36, a ua hoʻolālā a kūkulu ʻia ʻo GM ʻewalu kaʻa kaʻa ʻike ʻia ma ke ʻano ʻO nā kahawai kiʻekiʻe kālā hele a lawe i kekahi pale kiʻiʻoniʻoni a i ʻole ua lilo lākou i pahu kumu ʻole. Ua kūleʻa loa ia i ʻehā makahiki ma hope mai, ua kūkulu ʻia he ʻumikūmālua mau kaʻa hou, ʻo kēia manawa maoli. nā mea kūʻai aku.

Kāhea ʻia lākou Futurliner a ua pono lakou e komo i ka parade, me ka lawe ana i na mea kupono no ka hoikeike, a maluna o na mea a pau, pono lakou lilo i kahua, ma ke keʻena, ma ka hale hōʻikeʻike huakaʻi. Ua pili lākou 10 mika, kiʻekiʻe (a hiki i ke kaupaku) 3 mika a me 60, kaupaona 11 tons a ua hana ʻia ma ke kiʻi. Koa GMC.

E like me ka mea hakakā

Hale, ʻulaʻula a me ke kālā, me nā palapala ma luna ʻano maʻamau o ia manawama waho aʻe o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke keʻena a i ʻole ke keʻena kelepona, ua hoʻolako ʻia me nā puka he ʻumi a me nā pale like ʻole; hiki iā mākou ke ʻōlelo ʻo ia ka progenitor o nā "home mobile" hou.

He kiʻekiʻe loa ke keʻena a he kikowaena a paʻa i loko. mea aniani, ka mea i kūkulu ʻia ai nā cockpits o nā mea hakakā i kēlā manawa. Ua wahi hookahiʻO ka dashboard a me ka huila keʻokeʻo nui he mea hou loa i ka hoʻolālā a me ka manaʻo i kēlā manawa.

Inline eono me ka nui o lalo o elima lita

Ua hoʻohana mua ʻia ia e kahi ʻenekini diesel 4-cylinder holo kaʻa holoʻokoʻa; aka, ua lohi loa, a i ka makahiki 53 ʻenekini ʻaila hou, 302-paukū ma ka laina GMC 6, mai 4.949 knm, no ka pūʻali koa.

ʻOiaʻiʻo, ma 53, ua "hoʻoponopono hou ʻia" nā kope 12 āpau me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kekahi mau hemahema a me ka hoʻohui ʻana o nā mea pono like ʻole, no ka laʻana, he air conditioner, i mea e loaʻa ai i ka mea hoʻokele "i kuke" i loko o ka hale Plexiglass ka liʻiliʻi o ka hōʻoluʻolu.

ʻAʻole uila

ʻO ka wikiwiki, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole ia kekahi o nā mea nui o ka Progress Parade, akā ʻewalu māmā ka hoʻoili ʻana, 4 lōʻihi a me 4 pōkole; inā ʻaʻole lawa, hiki i ka mea hoʻokele ke koho ponoʻī i kahi hōʻemi hou aʻe mai ka lawe ʻana i ka mana, hiki ke alakaʻi i kahi 24 ʻoi aku ka nui.

Ua hiki i 72 kma hoʻolako pū ʻia me ʻelua pahu pahu 170-lita e hōʻemi i ka pau ʻana, ʻaʻole lawa nā pahu pahu nui no kēlā kaumaha; no laila, ʻōlelo lākou pēlā i ka wā o ka parade kekahi Futurliners kuʻi pololei ma muli o pono ole na kaa... I ka pau ʻana o ka Parade a i ʻole Progress, ʻo nā Futurliners he ʻumikūmālua kūʻai ʻia a hāʻawi ʻia paha nā hui aloha.

XNUMX-makahiki hoihoi hou

I loko o nā makahiki, ua nalowale nā ​​meheu o ʻumikūmālua Futurliners, ʻoiai i loko General Hawaii, hoʻoholo kekahi hōʻike hoihoi i keia mau hooikaika kino maoli. I ka hoomaka ana nā makahiki kanaiwa ʻEiwa o lākou, ua haʻalele ʻia kekahi a "wehe ʻia" ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ua hoʻolālā hou ʻia kekahi a ua hoʻohana nui ʻia no nā kumu hoʻolaha.

He helu 11 i hoemi loa ia, aka, ua loaa ma Kikako. Ua kūʻai aku kekahi hui o nā limahana Kanada ma GM no ke kālā liʻiliʻi, kokoke no ke kumu kūʻai o ka hao, a i loko o kahi ʻumi makahiki. hoʻihoʻi maikaʻi ʻia ma ka mechanical a me ke kino. 

I ke kudala ana ʻO Barrett Jackson, kekahi o nā hui kālepa kaʻa kaʻa kaulana loa, ua kūʻai ʻia ka helu 11 Futurliner no kahi mea kupanaha. 4.320 tausani dala. ʻAe, heluhelu pololei ʻoe eha miliona ekolu haneri me ka iwakalua tausani dala... ʻAʻole maikaʻi no kahi kaʻa waina.