Talbot Sunbeam Lotus: Sunbeam - Nā Kaʻa Haʻuki

Inā hoʻolaha ʻo HOUSE TODAY i ka hiki ʻana mai o kahi k modelkohu me kēia mau ʻano, ke maopopo nei e ninini ana nā kauoha, e hoʻopiha ʻia nā mea hōʻoia i kēia mau waihona a pau, a e hoʻolapalapa nā pūnaewele pūnaewele: kalaiwa hope, 960 kg, 150 hp, 0-100 km / h i 6,6 kekona a nā kauā hoʻomohala ʻia e Lotus. Hoʻopiʻi, ʻeā? ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole lawa kahi mea hana keaka nui e hana i kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni maikaʻi loa, akā inā mākou e hoʻohui i kēia mau hiʻohiʻona i mau lanakila i WRC ua lilo ia i mea paʻakikī e pale aku.

La Lotus Sunbeam Kūkulu ʻia nā anakuhi he 1.184 ma ka ʻaoʻao hema, a ʻo ia paha ka hapalua o ka nui. Eia nō naʻe, i kēia lā ka hapanui o lākou i hoʻopau i kahi ʻāina. A eia kekahi o lākou ma aneʻi i kēia lā, e hoʻomālamalama ana ma lalo o ka lā kokoke i ke kauwela ma ka Embassy ʻeleʻele maʻamau me nā kaula kālā. ʻO kēia ka ʻāpana 1, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike koke Fari mua liʻiliʻi a mai mea kaua pentagon Chrysler ma waenakonu o ka pūnaewele nui.

Ma aneʻi e pahū paha kekahi o ʻoukou: “ʻAʻole naʻe ʻo ia wale Talbot? "Makemake au e haʻi iki iā ʻoe i kāna moʻolelo ...

I ka hopena o XNUMX, ʻaʻole maikaʻi maikaʻi nā mea ma ka ʻoihana ʻoihana UK (e waiho mālie), a ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe ʻo Chrysler UK. Kūʻai ʻia ka hale Pūʻulu Rutes, maoli he conglomerate o nā inoa kaulana liʻiliʻi e like me Highlander e ʻO ka mea mele, A ME Sunray i ka hana, he papahana i kākoʻo kālā ʻia e ke aupuni Pelekane e pale i ka pani ʻana o ka mea kanu Chrysler ma Lynwood, kokoke i Glasgow.

La Sunrayhoʻouka ʻia i ka makahiki 1977 hoʻokahi Hillman ka hoʻopaʻi hoʻopaʻi... I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, me ka papahana Sunbeam, ua hoʻoholo paʻa ʻo Des O'Dell, ke poʻo o ka ʻāpana motorsport ma Chrysler, e hoʻohālike i nā kūleʻa o ka Avenger e nā hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū paʻakikī. Ford Escort... ʻO ka hapa nui o ka mīkini Avenger i lawe ʻia a hoʻonoho ʻia ma Sunbeam, akā pono kahi mea maikaʻi e pono ai. ke kaʻa... Lawe ʻo ia iā Lotus, a i kēia manawa loaʻa iā ia iho me ka ʻole o ka mea kūʻai aku i ka wā ʻO Jensen, kahi i hoʻolako ʻia ai nā ʻenekini 2-lita, mai ka hoʻonohonoho pono ʻole. Hāʻawi ʻia i nā kūlana a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ko WDnn Mitchell hope o O'Dell i hele i ke kulanui me ka luna o Lotus ʻo Mike Kimberley, ua hoʻoholo koke ʻia kahi ʻaelike ma waena o nā mea hana ʻelua. MA ke kaʻa Hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Lotus me kahi 2.2 ʻehā paukū ʻolokaʻa 911 (ʻAno 912, like loa me ʻAno 2 Esprit S3 a me S150). I ka mana o ke ala, hana ia 200 hp, akā hiki ke hoʻonui maʻalahi ʻia i XNUMX hp.

Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ke kaʻa alanui Sunbeam Lotus ma ka Geneva Motor Show ma ʻApelila 1979. Ua kūʻai aku ʻo Chrysler UK iā PSA, a i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai nā hāʻawi i ke kauwela o kēlā makahiki, ʻo ka brand Talbot i keia manawa no ia Peugeot nāna i hoʻohana ia mea no ka Sunbeam, ʻoiai aia kahi wā hoʻololi i kapa ʻia ʻo Series 1 ʻo Talbot, akā iā Chrysler ka lole o nā lima.

ʻAʻole hoʻolako ʻo Lotus i nā ʻenekini wale nō, akā ua komo pū i ka hoʻomohala nā kauā a ʻōnaehana puka kula kiʻekiʻe... Kūkulu ʻia nā chassis ma ka laina hana Chrysler ma Linwood a laila hoʻouna ʻia iā Lotus ma Ludham e pale aku i nā ʻenekini camshaft māhoe (kūkulu ʻia ma Hethel) a ʻO ka wikiwiki ZF wikiwiki ʻelima.

ʻO ka Series 2, i hoʻomaka ʻia ma 1981, i hōʻike ʻia kahi T nui ma waenakonu o ka grille mua. ke kaʻa ua hana hou ʻia, ua ākea ka waihona wai a me nā ipukukui, a niniana ʻokoʻa nā ʻaoʻao. I ka 1982, ʻo ka mea ʻokoʻa wale nō ka livery Moonstone Blue kahi mana kūikawā o Avon Coachworks me nā kahakaha uliuli. Talbot kue i ke kua o ka moonstone a me ka hōʻailona ʻōmaʻomaʻo-melemele o ka Lotus me kaupaku in vinyl... Ua kuhi ʻia kēia paʻi kūikawā me 150 kope me nā pā mai DDU 1Y a i DDU 150Y, akā 56 wale nō i hoʻololi ʻia (kahi, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia ma hope o ka helu kūpono mai DDU 1Y a DDU 56Y).

ʻĀ, ma hope o kēia hoʻolauna liʻiliʻi, e hoʻi hou iā mākou. ʻOiai ua mahalo mau wau i ka Sunbeam Lotus a ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke kali a hiki i ka manawa hope ke hoʻokele iā ia, i ka nānā mua ʻana ʻaʻole maikaʻi ka laina maʻalahi a me ka inoa inoa ʻole no kahi mea ʻokoʻa. A laila lōʻihi ke nānā aku o kēia pāpale a nunui ka puka aniani hope.

ʻO Dave Merlane o ka Sunbeam Lotus Owners Club a me ka mea nona ka kaʻa i kēia manawa e hōʻike nei ʻaʻole kēia he kaʻa maoli. Akā maikaʻi ka hana, a ʻo ia ka mea nui. ʻOiai ʻo Dean e paʻi kiʻi ana e like me ka hiki iā ia, kuhikuhi ʻo Dave i kekahi mau kikoʻī hoihoi, e like me ka wikiwiki e heluhelu ana 225 (ʻo ka Sunbeam GLS, kahi i hoʻokumu ʻia ai ka Sunbeam Lotus, ua hōʻea i ka makahiki 195; ʻo kēia kekahi o nā ala maʻalahi e hoʻokaʻawale i kahi Sunbeam. Lotus mai kahi kope). ʻO ka nānā wikiwiki ʻana ma lalo o ka pāpale e hōʻike ana ke kau nei ka lōʻihi i ʻehā paukū ʻoloka i kahi paʻa o ka ʻenekini. E kala mai ʻo Dave no mau pōʻai ʻAʻole kumu ʻo Miniliths a ʻoi aku ma mua o ka ʻīniha, akā ʻaʻohe o lākou manawa e pani ai iā lākou me kahi set of rims kumu (ʻo kēia ko mākou hewa, ua kāhea mākou me ka ʻole o ka hoʻolaha.) Akā maikaʻi lākou iā ia ...

Ma hope o nā kiʻi a me ka ua pinepine o ka ua, ʻo ka manawa hope loa ia e hele ma laila. Sunray... ʻO ke kī kī kuni mea polū nani ia me ka hōʻailona Chrysler like a mākou e ʻike ai ma ka pā mua. Kūpono ia i loko o ka slot i ke kolamu hoʻokele, huli, kali he ʻumi kekona, kaomi i ka hehi wāwae i ʻelua mau manawahoʻoholomuahuli hou ke kī e komo i ka mea hoʻomaka, a i ka hopena ala aʻe ka 4-ʻāpana ʻelua camshaft. Ua ao aku ʻo Dave ʻaʻole loa ʻoe e huki i ka ea: "ʻoiai ke anuanu loa ia, inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e luʻu i ka ʻenekini me ka ʻaila māpala."

Noho ana me ke kaʻa i ka palaualelo, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke kōkua akā hoʻopā i ka pedal gas i ʻelua mau manawa. ʻO kahi liʻiliʻi, e kāomi liʻiliʻi i kēlā me kēia manawa e hōʻala hou a leʻaleʻa i ka pili pedal-to-piston koke hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike me ka choke kaula e like me kēia. Nā ʻenekini kākoʻo ʻenekini DellʻOrto Carburettors 45mm (like me kaʻu RS2000 Escort) a maikaʻi he kani kino piha, me kahi memo kuʻi kupaianaha. Loaʻa i nā ZF wikiwiki ʻelima ka wikiwiki. Lever lima ʻO ka wikiwiki hoʻolālā maʻamau - absurdly lōʻihi a me ka lahilahi, akā, ʻo ka pihi hoʻololi ma kahi e pono ai, e pili ana huila hoʻokele no laila ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻoneʻe i kou mau lima.

Piʻi ʻoe i kahi mau pōʻai liʻiliʻi, haʻalele mālie ʻoe iā ia Lālau a ʻike ʻoe i ke kiko o ka hoʻouka a i mua. Nā ʻaoʻao. Ma nā alanui paʻakikī ua koho mākou e hoʻāʻo Sunray hōʻike i kahi holo paʻakikī ma ke anapā paʻewa ʻole, akā me ka wikiwiki e hoʻonui pū ia i kona hiki ke komo i nā potholes: maopopo leʻa nā kauā ua hana ʻia lākou e hoʻomau i ka wikiwiki.

Hoʻokomo ʻia kekahi ua nui, a e ʻāwīwī wau e ʻike i nā nila kuikui ma ka huila e kāohi i ka wiper. Ma ke kau ʻana i ka pua a huli i nā kukui kukui, hiki iaʻu ke hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka aniani o ka wai a loaʻa i ka wiper hope.

Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e wikiwiki, ʻO ka wikiwiki Maikaʻi loa ka ZF: ua paʻa kona manaʻo a maikaʻi hoʻi, he kaupaona kūpono kāna, a me ka nānā ʻole ʻana, ʻike mau ʻoe i nā kapa āu i loko. MA hoʻokele paʻakikī akā maikaʻi a hōʻoluʻolu hoʻi ia, a ma hope o kekahi mau minuke i ka lā, hoʻowalewale ʻia ʻoe e kiʻi i kāu wikiwiki. No laila ʻoe e hoʻohuli a kuʻi i ka pedal gas (maikaʻi kekahi ʻē aʻe), e piʻi hou ana a noʻonoʻo inā pehea ka wikiwiki, wikiwiki, a me ka wikiwiki o kēia kaʻa nānā mālie. Hāʻawi ʻia kahi ʻenekini maʻamau maʻamau o kēia hanana, kahaha wau i ka wikiwiki e hiki ai ke mālama. Ma mua o ka holo ʻana iā ia, manaʻo wau ʻo 0-100 ma lalo o 7 kekona ka hiki ke loaʻa inā ʻo kou inoa ʻo Sebastien a ke holo nei ʻoe ma ke ala. WRC, akā i kēia manawa ua maopopo iaʻu ua hoʻowahāwahā loa wau iā ia.

Hoʻohui kēia kaʻa. MA ke kaʻa ʻeleu loa ia a aloha e piʻi i nā pōʻai, a me kēia kani leʻaleʻa āu e makemake ai e kau iā ia i ka throttle piha, e like me kahi maoli kuikahi haʻuki. Pōkole loa ke kiʻi a me ka boxy i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka Escort. Inā ʻoe e nānā i kahi wikiō mai ke au Henri Toivonen a me kona mau hoapili ma ka huila o ka Sunbeam, e ʻike ʻoe he maʻalahi loa ke hoʻouna ʻana iā ia. oversteer... Me kēia hopu ʻO ka mahalo, hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻia e ka ʻaoʻao mua, ʻike ʻole ʻia ka understeer. Akā inā makemake maoli ʻoe e hoʻāʻo, e ʻike ʻoe ua hiki koke ka lā i kona palena a ʻo ka mea wale nō e pale ai iā ʻoe mai ka hāʻule ʻana i loko o ka ʻauwaha, ʻo ia kona hoʻokele uila e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke kūʻē a hoʻomau i ke ala. . ʻO ka mea kūikawā, me kēia Sunbeam, ʻaʻole maopopo ka oversteer e like me kaʻu i manaʻo ai (a manaʻolana), ma muli paha nā pākū me kahi palahalaha a me nā hui kāpili hou o kēia lā, akā nui nā leʻaleʻa, keu hoʻi i nā kihi wikiwiki kahi e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka paʻa ʻana.

Hāʻawi ʻia i kāna makana hōʻole, he mea ʻē ia Lotus Sunbeam ʻaʻohe ona ʻano like me ka Escort Mk2. Pili paha kēia i ka Escort ʻo ia ka mea mua i puka a ua uhi koke ʻia nā kūleʻa a Sunbeam e ka hui B B. weliweli loa i kēia lā, ua uhi ka Escort i ka Sunbeam: ka mea ʻimi kalaiwa hope makahiki gula me ka moʻokūʻauhau mai huki pū ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaneʻane ʻoiaʻiʻo e koho ʻo ia iā Ford ma muli o ke kumu kūʻai hoʻohenehene, e hoʻolei ana i ka Sunbeam ʻoi aku ka pipiʻi a kākaʻikahi hoʻi.

ke kumukuai Ma waho o kēlā, pono nō mākou e noʻonoʻo ʻo ka Escort, me kāna ʻōnaehana transverse a me ka hoʻokele wili mua, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka Sunbeam, no laila ʻaʻole paha e kahaha loa iā mākou no ka hala ʻana o iwakālua mau makahiki e noʻonoʻo ai i ka hoʻokele huila hope. kahua paʻa. haʻuki, me ka pūʻulu BMW 1. Akā, e like me ka M135i e hōʻike nei i kēia lā, hoihoi a pili pono kēia hoʻonohonoho ʻana no ka mea hoʻokele kaʻa e manaʻo nei he mea nui ka manaʻo a me ka dynamics ma mua o kahi liʻiliʻi i loko o ka lumi a me ke kaʻa. kumu.