Cheetah Trasporter, wonyamula magalimoto othamanga kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi

Pamapeto pake makumi asanuNorman Holtkump, wothamanga, wochunira komanso wogulitsa magalimoto aku Inglewood, California, anali vuto lalikulu liyenera kuthetsedwa: Kalavani yomwe amanyamula magalimoto othamanga idagwedezeka ndikugwedezeka modabwitsa pomwe van yomwe imamukoka idakwera liwiro. Pachifukwachi, akukakamizika kuyendetsa pang'onopang'ono kwambiri, zinamutengera kuwirikiza kawiri kuti atseke njira yochokera ku garaja yake kupita kumayendedwe osiyanasiyana aku US.

Monga wokonda kwambiri magalimoto, Norman nthawi zambiri komanso mofunitsitsa ankapitako ulendo wopita ku Ulaya kutsatira Mpikisano wa World Formula 1. Zinali ku Old Continent pomwe "adachititsidwa khungu" ndikuwona Blue Portento Mercedes, woyendetsa galimoto yothamanga yochokera ku Mercedes 300 S chassis, yomwe kampani ya Stuttgart idatenga magalimoto othamanga a 300 SLl kupita kumayendedwe aku Europe. 

Monga ndege

Atangobwerera ku United States, Norman anayamba kugwira ntchito m’galaja yake. Pamodzi ndi mnzake wopanga Dave Deal (lero ndi wojambula wotchuka wa zojambula zoperekedwa ku dziko la magalimoto) adapanga zojambula zoyambirira... Kenako General Motors adagula galimoto yatsopano ya Chevrolet. Njirandi chotchinga chakutsogolo chozungulira, adachiyika pa chimango cholimba cha Mercedes-Benz 300 S.

Ntchito yonse yomangayo inaperekedwa kwa anthu otchuka Kampani Yomanga Troutman & Barnes Los Angeles, yomwe, ndikusunga magulu owoneka okha a kutsogolo kwa El Camino, idapatsa galimotoyo mawonekedwe osangalatsa. chozungulira aluminiyamu spout; Mapangidwe amlengalenga a m'mbali mwake amafanana ndi fuselage ya ndege.

Miyezi isanu ndi inayi ya mimba

Troutman & Barnes adawonjezeranso ma wheelbase kuchokera pa 94 ​​"(2.336,8 mm) Deal design mpaka 124" (3.149,6 mm) kuti galimotoyo ikhale yokhazikika. Holtkamp adagwiritsa ntchito kuyesa ndikuyesedwa Chevrolet V8 "yaing'ono chipika"wokwezedwa kuseri kwa ekseli yakutsogolo. Zoyimitsidwazo zinali zoyambira bwino za Porsche. Kumapeto kwa 1961, patatha miyezi 9 ya "kusasitsa", makina ang'onoang'ono a Frankenstein adamalizidwa ndikuperekedwa kwa atolankhani mu utoto wonyezimira wazitsulo wotuwa.

Chevy V8 injini

Kwa nthawi yayitali, chonyamulira chagalimoto cha Holtkamp chidasinthidwa kukhala Cheetah (Cheetah) Conveyor chifukwa cha liwiro lake, adapezanso kutchuka chifukwa cha nkhani yatsatanetsatane yofalitsidwa mu Kusinthidwa December 61, Magazini ya Car & Driver, yomwe inaperekanso chivundikiro cha mtundu wokongola.

Cheetah Trasporter sichinali chotsika kuposa gwero lake lakunja la kudzoza. Chifukwa cha retractable nsanja, iye akanakhoza kutsegula galimoto yothamanga m'chipinda chachikulu chakumbuyo. Injini yamphamvu ya Chevy V8 inali yokhoza kuyendetsa galimotoyo ku 112 mph. kapena 180 km / h, Mosiyana Portento Blue Mercedes-Benz, yomwe inafika pa liwiro lodabwitsa (kwa galimoto) 170 km / h.

Palibe chitukuko cha mafakitale

Palibe umboni zitsanzo zina Cheetah Transporter, ngakhale maloto a Norman Holtkump anali okhudza chitukuko cha mafakitale cha polojekiti yake. Magazini ya Car & Driver yokha m'nkhani yake chilengezo choyambitsa kupanga Cheetah Transporter, mtengo wogulitsa ndi $ 16.

Pambuyo pa zaka zitatu ndi makilomita zikwi zitatu, Holtkamp, ​​yomwe panthawiyo inali imodzi mwazinthu zofunika kwambiri. ogulitsa ndi compilers Porsche ndi Volkswagen ochokera ku USA adaganiza zogulitsa kwa bwenzi lawo ndi anzawo Din Mun, kale panthawiyo imodzi mwa makina otchuka kwambiri a hot rod, Cheetah Transporter.

Chivomezi chowononga

Choyamba, Dean adagwiritsa ntchito maso odziwika a Mooney, zida zake zamagalimoto ndi kampani yosinthira, pamphuno yagalimoto yokongola kale. Mu 1971, Mwezi unaganiza zosintha mabuleki akale a ng'oma yagalimoto ndi amakono komanso ogwira ntchito. mabuleki chimbale... Momwemonso, Cheetah Transporter inatumizidwa ku msonkhano wodzipereka wa Hurst Airheart ku San Fernando.

Tsoka ilo, tsiku lomwelo, chigwa cha San Fernando ku California chinagwa chivomezi chowononga... Choncho, ambiri a Cheetah Transporter anakhalabe pansi pa zinyalala za Hurst Airheart workshop. Zotsalira za galimotoyo zidasiyidwa mu garaja ya San Fernando mpaka Dean Moon atasowa mu 1987.

Mooneyes idakhala colossus, katundu wambiri wa Dean Moon adagulitsidwa, kuphatikiza Cheetah Transporter wakuda... Galimoto yokonda chidwi idapambana ndi wokhometsa dzina lake Jim Degnan amene adachibwezeretsa nachisunga kwa zaka khumi ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi. Mu 2006, wokhometsa zida zapadera adagula Cheetah. Jeff Hacker ku Tampa, ku Florida.