Futurliner, lub tsheb ntawm lub neej yav tom ntej los ntawm General Motors
Txheem
Hauv XNUMX's thiab XNUMX's, tsis muaj lub tebchaws hauv ntiaj teb tau hais lus zoo txog yav tom ntej tshaj li Tebchaws Meskas. Kev vam meej loj Chicago Exhibition "Age of Progress" thaum ntxov XNUMXs, nws tau ceeb toom rau General Motors Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Charles F. Kettering ntawm kev teeb tsa cov yeeb yaj kiab ntawm tshuab tshuableej twg tuaj yeem taug kev hauv lub tebchaws kom "ua kom ntau lab tus tib neeg nyob" rau yav tom ntej.
Lub procession uas looped los ntawm txoj kev txawv nroog thiab leej twg nres nyob rau hauv ib qho chaw tshwj xeeb, tsim nyob rau hauv raws li tag nrho cov yam ntxwv ncaj nceesfeem ntau yog tsim los ntawm 24 tsheb thauj khoom, 11 lub tsheb, 4 vans thiab ib qho ib lub kaum os maus taus... Rov qab mus txog 56, lawv tau ua tiav zoo, nrog kwv yees li 13 lab tus qhua.
Parade of Progress
Thawj qhov kev nce qib Parade tau tshwm sim hauv Florida xyoo 36, thiab GM tsim thiab tsim yim tsheb thauj khoom hu ua Silver Top Streamliners peb mus thiab nqa ib movie npo los yog lawv tig mus rau hauv rudimentary thawv. Nws tau ua tiav zoo tias plaub xyoos tom qab ntawd, kaum ob lub tsheb thauj khoom ntxiv tau tsim, lub sijhawm no tiag tiag. cov futurists.
Lawv raug hu Futurliner thiab lawv yuav tsum tau koom rau hauv lub parade, nqa cov khoom tsim nyog rau kev ua yeeb yam, thiab qhov tseem ceeb tshaj, lawv yuav tsum tau tig mus rau hauv ib theem, nyob rau hauv lub chaw ua hauj lwm, nyob rau hauv ib lub tsev cia puav pheej mus txawv tebchaws. Lawv tau hais txog 10 meters, qhov siab (txog lub ru tsev ntawm lub cabin) 3 meters thiab 60, hnyav 11 tons thiab tau ua rau ntawm tus ncej Tub rog GMC.
Zoo li ib tug fighter
Vaj tse, liab thiab nyiaj, nrog inscriptions rau cov cim ntawm lub sijhawm ntawdNtxiv rau kev hloov pauv mus rau theem lossis chaw ua haujlwm txawb, nws tau nruab nrog kaum lub qhov rooj thiab ntau lub kaus mom; peb tuaj yeem hais tias nws yog tus progenitor ntawm niaj hnub "cov tsev txawb".
Lub alarm yog siab ncaj thiab yog central thiab built-in. plexiglass, cov khoom siv los ntawm cov cockpits ntawm fighters tau tsim nyob rau lub sijhawm ntawd. Yog ib qho chawLub dashboard thiab lub kauj tsheb loj dawb kuj tseem niaj hnub tsim thiab lub tswv yim thaum lub sijhawm.
Inline rau lub ntim ntawm tsawg tshaj li tsib litres
Nws yog Ameslikas siv los ntawm qhov tsis txaus 4-lub tog raj kheej tag nrho-log tsav diesel cav; tab sis nws qeeb heev, thiab nyob rau hauv 53rd xyoo tshiab roj av cav, 302-lub tog raj kheej hauv kab GMC 6, los ntawm 4.949 cm, kuj yog tub rog keeb kwm.
Qhov tseeb, hauv 53, tag nrho 12 daim ntawv luam tau "hloov kho" nrog kev kho ntawm qee qhov tsis xws luag thiab ntxiv rau. ntau yam khoom sivPiv txwv li, lub tshuab cua txias, yog li tus neeg tsav tsheb uas "ua noj" hauv Plexiglass alarm yuav muaj kev nplij siab yam tsawg kawg nkaus.
Tsis xob
Ceev, ntawm chav kawm, tsis yog ib qho tseem ceeb ntawm Progress Parade, tab sis qhov kis tau tus mob yog yim-ceev, 4 ntev thiab 4 luv; Yog tias qhov ntawd tsis txaus, tus neeg tsav tsheb tuaj yeem xaiv qhov txo qis ntxiv los ntawm lub zog tshem tawm, uas tuaj yeem ua rau 24 qhov sib piv ntxiv.
Nws mus txog kuv 72 kmthiab nruab nrog ob lub tso tsheb hlau luam 170-liter kom txo qis, lub nruas nres loj tsis zoo li txaus rau tag nrho qhov hnyav; heev li lawv hais li ntawd thaum lub sij hawm parade qee cov Futurliners sib tsoo precisely vim yog nres nres... Thaum Parade lossis Progress xaus, kaum ob Futurliners tau muag lossis pub dawb cov koom haum koom siab.
XNUMX xyoo kev kho dua tshiab
Tau ntau xyoo, cov cim ntawm kaum ob Futurliners tau ploj mus, thaum nyob hauv General cov Motors lwm yam, ib tug txiav txim qhia kev txaus siab rau cov kev ua si stylistic tiag tiag. Thaum pib lub cuaj caum Muaj cuaj ntawm lawv, qee qhov raug tso tseg thiab "disassembled" hauv Tebchaws Meskas, qee qhov tau rov tsim dua tshiab thiab siv feem ntau rau kev tshaj tawm.
Muaj ib qho kev txo qis heev, tab sis qhov ua tau zoo, tus lej 11, uas tau pom hauv Chicago. Ib pawg neeg ua haujlwm Canadian ntawm GM tau yuav nws rau nyiaj me me, yuav luag rau tus nqi hlau, thiab ntau tshaj li kaum xyoo. rov zoo kawg nkaus ob qho tib si mechanically thiab lub cev.
Thaum lub sij hawm auction Barrett Jackson, yog ib lub npe nrov tshaj plaws classic tsheb lag luam koom haum, tus naj npawb 11 Futurliner tau muag rau qhov zoo nkauj 4.320 txhiab nyiaj daus las. Yog lawm, koj nyeem yog lawm plaub lab peb puas nees nkaum txhiab daus las... Tsis phem rau vintage tsheb.
