Cheetah Trasporter, mai jigilar mota mafi sauri a duniya

A karshen hamsin hamsinNorman Holtkump, mai tsere, mai gyarawa da mai siyar da motocin wasanni daga Inglewood, California, yana da babbar matsala da za a magance: Tirelar da ya yi amfani da ita wajen jigilar motocin tseren ta yi ta zabga-zage da ban mamaki yayin da motar da ke jan shi ta dauki sauri. Don haka, an tilasta masa yin tuƙi a hankali, ya ɗauki tsawon lokaci sau biyu don rufe hanyar daga garejinsa zuwa waƙoƙin tseren Amurka daban-daban.

A matsayin babban mai sha'awar mota, Norman yakan yi tafiya da son rai tafiya zuwa Turai bi Formula 1 World Championship. A cikin Tsohuwar Nahiyar ne aka “makance shi” da ganin Blue Portento Mercedes, mai saurin jigilar mota bisa tsarin Mercedes 300 S chassis, wanda kamfanin Stuttgart ya dauki manyan motocin tsere 300 SLl zuwa wakokin Turai. 

Kamar jirgin sama

Da ya koma Amurka, Norman ya fara aiki a garejinsa. Tare da abokin zanensa Dave Deal (yau shahararren mai zanen zane-zanen zane mai ban dariya da aka sadaukar don duniyar mota) ya haɓaka zane -zane na farko... Daga baya General Motors ya samu sabuwar motar daukar kaya kirar Chevrolet. Roadtare da zagaye gilashin iska, ya dora shi a kan katafaren firam na tsohuwar Mercedes-Benz 300 S.

Sauran gine-ginen an ba su amana ga shahararrun Kamfanin gine-gine Troutman & Barnes Los Angeles, wanda, yayin da yake riƙe kawai ƙungiyoyin gani na gaban El Camino, ya ba motar kyan gani. aluminium spout mai zagaye; ƙirar sararin samaniyar bangarorin sun yi kama da fuselage na jirgin sama.

Wata tara na ciki

Har ila yau, Troutman & Barnes sun haɓaka wheelbase daga asali na 94 "(2.336,8 mm) Deal design zuwa 124" (3.149,6 mm) don ba motar ƙarin kwanciyar hankali. Holtkamp ya yi amfani da gwaji da gwaji Chevrolet V8 "karamin katanga"saka a bayan gatari na gaba. Dakatarwar ta fito ne daga asalin Porsche mai daraja. A ƙarshen 1961, bayan watanni 9 daidai na "balaga", an kammala ƙaramin injin Frankenstein kuma an gabatar da shi ga manema labarai a cikin fenti mai launin toka na jirgin sama.

Injin Chevy V8

Na ɗan lokaci, an sake sanyawa mai jigilar motar tseren Holtkamp suna zuwa Cheetah (Cheetah) Conveyor don halayen saurin sa, ya kuma sami suna saboda cikakken labarin da aka buga a ciki Fitowa ta Disamba '61, Mujallar Mota & Direba, wacce kuma ta sadaukar da murfin launi mai kyau zuwa gare ta.

Cheetah Trasporter kwata-kwata bai yi kasa da tushen sa na ketare ba. Godiya ga dandamali mai juyawa, zai iya ɗauka motar tsere a cikin faffadan falon baya. Injin Chevy V8 mai ƙarfi yana iya motsa motar zuwa 112 mph. ko 180 km/hsabanin Portento Blue Mercedes-Benz, wanda ya zo a cikin wani gagarumin gudu (na abin hawa) 170 km / h.

Babu ci gaban masana'antu

Babu hujja sauran model Mai jigilar Cheetah, ko da kuwa mafarkin Norman Holtkump ya kasance game da ci gaban masana'antu na aikinsa. Mujallar Car & Driver kanta a cikin labarinta sanarwar ƙaddamar da samarwa Cheetah Transporter, kiyasin farashin dillali shine $16.

Bayan kimanin shekaru uku da tafiyar kilomita dubu uku, Holtkamp, ​​wanda a wancan lokacin ya zama daya daga cikin mafi muhimmanci. dillalai da masu tarawa Porsche da Volkswagen daga Amurka sun yanke shawarar sayar wa abokinsu da abokin aikinsu Din Mun, Tuni a wancan lokacin daya daga cikin mashahuran mashahuran ma'aikatan gyaran sandar zafi, Mai jigilar Cheetah.

Girgizar kasa mai barna

Da farko, Dean ya yi amfani da shahararrun idanun Mooney, kamfaninsa da ke hulɗa da sassa da gyare-gyaren mota, zuwa ga kyakkyawan hancin motar. A shekara ta 1971, Moon ya yanke shawarar maye gurbin tsohon birki na motar da na zamani da na aiki. birki... Don haka, an aika da Jirgin Cheetah zuwa wani taron kwazo na Hurst Airheart a San Fernando.

Abin takaici, a wannan rana, kwarin San Fernando a California ya rushe girgizar kasa mai ban tsoro... Sabili da haka, yawancin masu sufurin Cheetah sun kasance a ƙarƙashin tarkacen bitar Hurst Airheart. An yi watsi da ragowar motar a cikin garejin San Fernando har sai da Dean Moon ya ɓace a cikin 1987.

Mooneyes ya zama babban kasuwa, yawancin kadarorin Dean Moon an yi gwanjonsu, gami da Ma'aikacin Jirgin Cutar Cheetah... Mota mai ban sha'awa ta ci nasara da mai tattarawa mai suna Jim Degnan wanda ya gyara ta ya ajiye ta har tsawon shekara goma sha shida. A shekara ta 2006, wani mai tara kayan aiki na musamman ya sayi Cheetah. Jeff Hacker in Tampa, in Florida.