I-FC-170 kaDavid Tracy ngenye imini iya kuzaliswa ziibhetri kunye neenjini zombane, kodwa abanethemba bathi imeko yayo yangoku lindle elinesiqingatha esigcwele iimpuku zeglasi, umchamo kunye nendlwane yeentaka. Uninzi lweengcango zeJeep ziwile kwaye iifestile ziqhekekile. Ngokwenyani nangokubonakalayo, iJeep iphantse ibe yinkunkuma. Ukuba nantoni na, ayiyi kongeza i-luster kwindlela kwixesha elizayo elikufutshane. Kuba ikwifama yam yangaphambili, inokwandisa amandla eyadi yangasemva njengobugcisa beyadi.
Ummelwane wam wade wanomona ngokukwazi kwam ukucutha le mfumba yeendiza, kwaye wayibeka kwindawo ebalaseleyo kwimarquee yenkunkuma yam kunye nezithuthi ezisithekileyo ngenkalipho yam.
Ngaba into ebolileyo ngokucacileyo kwaye idlule kubomi bayo obuluncedo isenomona? Xa ndandizingca ngobunyhukunyhuku bukaDavide nokudleka kwakhe ngenxa yoxinezeleko lwesixeko sakhe, xa wayekwindlela yokucima inqwelo-mafutha, ndandiziva ngaphakathi ndaza ndamenza waziva ngaphakathi. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, ndamazisa ukuba le jeep iyathengiswa, kwaye ukusukela ngoJulayi, bendigcina isithuthi kwindawo yaseSeattle.
Ihlala phambi kwendlu yam. Njengomntu onamava, ndimele ndivume ukuba ndinomdla wokwazi ngayo. Ndikwazile ukuhlukumeza uDavid kwaye wandivumela ukuba ndenze izinto ezirhabaxa, kwaye eyona nto ndinokuxelela yona yeyona nto ndiyithathayo: le klabhu yebhola inethamsanqa yokuba sesona sithuthi sicaphukisayo endakha ndasifunda.
Into esiyibone kwintshayelelo ye-DTos yayiyi-scurvy engaphezulu, kodwa ndithembe, iya kuba mbi ngakumbi xa uphengulula kuyo. Kwanuka ilori yonke. Xa ucango luvaliwe, ukunuka komchamo kunye nenkunkuma kunokubonwa ukusuka kwimitha emithandathu-andidlali. Xa ndivula ucango, ndisebenzisa isixhobo sokuphefumla. I-DT iceba ukuchitha ixesha elininzi isebenza kule jeep kwikhebhu… ivakala inika umdla kwaye isempilweni. Ifuna ukulungiswa, hayi ukubuyiselwa. Sinokuyibiza ngokuthi "patina" ukumenza azive enefashoni, ezolile kwaye akwazi ukulandela umkhwa.
Umthengisi wasebenzisa "patina" ukubhekisela kumzantsi womnyango ogqwesileyo i-ether. “Ucango lwabo lubhedu! Umthengisi wandixelela ukuba wayekhefuzela kabini xa iintambo zikhanyisa.
Umthengisi naye wasiqinisekisa ukuba ikholomu yokulawula ayiyi kuwela phantsi. Isenokuba ichanekile, kodwa uDavid Tracy usenokuba kungenxa yemingxuma emikhulu yomhlwa ekufutshane ne-brake pedal. Kodwa andinaxhala. Siyamqinisekisa umntu otshayayo + iiChotes ukuba ukuguqulwa kwecarburetor kuya kwenza iJeep ilunge njengemoto entsha!
Uthando lukaDavid Tracy lwejeep lubonakala ngokuvuma kwakhe ukwenza le projekthi. Nangona umhlobo wethu wayengenalo usukelo olusengqiqweni, walilungisa ithemba awayenalo ngakuJalop. (Jaloptimism?) Andizange ndizame konke okusemandleni am ukugcina usukelo lwakhe luphantsi, ndizibekele usukelo olulula, ndize ndimenze azive ethobekile. Usukelo oluphakamileyo luya kuba lungaphaya kokudibana nenyani, kwaye ekugqibeleni luya kuwela engxakini ngenxa yokungaphumeleli. UDavid Tracy, uya kufunda nini ukuseta umda ophantsi ukuze ukwazi ukuwuwela ngokulula?
Ndamcebisa ukuba angathengi i-FC Scurvy (kuba ndiyibiza ngokuba ngumatshini onqwenelayo), kwaye uDavid waqala ukulandela isiluleko sam. Indoda eyayinempahla endala eyayithenge apho ayizange yaneliseke kukusilela kwentengiso, kodwa umnqweno kaDavide wokuba nehlabathi lepug wasenza sajonga ngasemva saza sawuthenga lo matshini kwiintsuku ezimbalwa kamva. Yonke into yavela kwakhona kwiSiqithi saseCamano, eWashington.
Icala labakhweli alikho libi njengecala lomqhubi. Nangona ihenjisi yocango iphelile. Umhlwa kulo mthombo womhlathana oqengqelekayo wawumandundu kangangokuba isikhonkwane sehinge sonakaliswe saziinxalenye ezintathu, nto leyo ebangela ukuba ucango lube lusizi kwicala lomkhweli (kancinane ngakumbi).
Kwikona yecab ngasemva kwicala labagibeli, kukho inxalenye eseleyo ye-gasket, kunye nentloko yomtshayelo kunye nenkunkuma.
Ulawulo lwangaphambili yibhayoloji yayo yebhaktiriya kunye nomngundo. Kungakhathaliseki ukuba luhlobo luni lwesityalo esikhula ecaleni kwebhedi, nje ukuba kukho umsantsa phakathi kwecala lebhedi kunye nezantsi kwebhedi.
Wonke umhlwa phezu kwebhedi uphezu kwetanki yamafutha. Isiqingatha esingaphambili sebhedi sisenokuba lelona shiti licocekileyo. Ukuqiniseka, i-DT inokutshintsha ibhedi ibe neebhetri. Ndenze impazamo yokwehlisa i-tailgate. Ngenxa yokuba ihenjisi kwicala lomqhubi yayingekho, yawa phantsi. Okwangoku, i-tailgate ingaphezulu kwe-5 × 5 ″ enepateni ye-2wd yevili le-Chevy esecaleni, elingangeni kwipatheni ye-5 × 5.5 ″ ye-FC Scurvy.
Iphaneli nganye ekwijephu inomhlwa. ngokunzulu. Ndiyihlela njengelori yeendawo ezisecaleni, ndithathe into endiyidingayo, kwaye ndikhuphe intsalela kwiphupha elifana noDavid Tracy, ophupha lakhe likhulu kunelam. Ngale ndlela, akufuneki ndizive ndinetyala ngokuthengisa iiklasiki zakudala.
Sonke siyazi ukuba iprojekthi elungileyo ihlala inesiseko esomeleleyo, kwaye ingobozi echithwayo ethengiswa kwiCraigslist ihlala "yiprojekthi embi." I-FC Scurvy (i-FC Scurvy) ngokucacileyo iyingxenye yokugqibela, nangona ilayishwe ngeepotions, "iqinisekisiwe" kwaye ibe yimbaleki.
Ngenxa yenkunkuma ngaphakathi kwe-carburetor, i-injini ikhutshwa ngokuthe ngcembe kwaye ithathelwe indawo yi-exciter yombane, eyona nto ilungileyo. Ubutyobo (umchamo/ilindle/izinto ezidlekayo) zisenokuba zijongiwe kwi-manifold yokuthatha nge-booster kunye nevalve yebhabhathane ye-throttle.
Ndabonisa oku ku-DT, kodwa nokuba wayenguHuckleberry okanye wandixelela ukuba ngenxa yokuba i-Super Hurricane iyinjini ye-flat-head, i-debris kufuneka inyuke nge-port yokungena ukufikelela kwiivalve kunye neesilinda. Ndiphumelele ukushukumisa i-motor yombane ngesandla, ngoko ke nayiphi na inkunkuma ethe yayifaka kwi-cylinder ayizange idibanise umsesane eludongeni, kwaye mhlawumbi ivele yatyibilika phezulu kwaye yehla phezu kwepiston, ngaphandle kokuba kukho iintlantsi kwaye amafutha. Intshayelelo.
Le mfumba yokuhlohla ayizange yenzeke ngamabona-ndenzile. Le yiprojekthi yokwenyani yaseWashington. I-Hantavirus (Ndifuna ukucaca, oku kubaluleke kakhulu, akukho nto inokuthi ijongelwe phantsi), isibetho, isibetho kunye ne-leptospirosis zifumaneka mahhala ngokusebenzisa lesi sakhiwo esimangalisayo.
Isihlalo kufuneka sivulwe, yaye umntu obizwa ngokuba nguTom kufuneka asebenzise ithumbu nesixhobo sokucoca ivenkile ukuze azenzele ixesha eliphakathi. Ndiyathemba ukuba ufunda uDavid Tracy…mhlawumbi iisilinda zerhasi kunye nezilayishi zizixhobo ezifanelekileyo ngakumbi.
Lo mzobo ungasentla awubonakalisi ulwakhiwo olujikiweyo lwe-Koenigsegg's enamacala amabini olungelelwaniso locango lwe-spiral mechanism. Ucango lunehenjisi ephezulu kunye nezantsi, kodwa isikhonkwane sehinge esiphezulu sinomhlwa kwaye sahlulwe saziinxalenye ezintathu ngaxa lithile. Ndiceba ukufumana okanye ukwenza ipini efanelekileyo, kodwa izikhonkwane ezintathu zehinge zimiswe ngokuqinileyo endaweni. Ayonelanga iPB Blaster enokunciphisa umthwalo wabo. Isiphakamiso sam: vala umnyango, kwaye ke unokujongana nengxaki yokungena kwabagibeli ngefestile ye-Duchess ye-Hazzard.
UDavid wandicela ukuba ndibone ukuba inkqubo yombane yeFC isebenza kakuhle na. Isithuthi sinokuba nenkqubo ye-volt ezintandathu, kodwa akukho bhetri okanye ikhoyili yokutshisa emva kwesihlalo somkhweli enika nayiphi na imikhondo. Ukukhanya kuvuliwe, kwaye ngokudibanisa kwibhetri ye-12v, ndiyakwazi ukwenza i-solenoid yokuqala yokucofa, ngoko oku kuvuyisa kakhulu, ngakumbi kuba ndibheja ukuba uDavid ufuna i-12 okanye i-6 emva kokuguqulwa kwebhetri yeVolt ukuqhuba izibane kunye nezixhobo.
Ngaphandle kokubizwa ngokuba likhoboka lomsebenzi, ibhetri ifile. Ibhetri yetrektara endala enevolthi ezintandathu ineebhetri ezintathu. Ngaba ezi bhetri zine zilingana neevolthi ezisibhozo?
Into yokuvala ugquthe ichachambile. Eyona nto inomdla kakhulu kukuba esi siphumo sibonakala senzeka ngaphakathi. Andiqinisekanga ukuba ndifuna ukuqwalasela ixesha elide.
Ukuqwalasela i-curvature eyinkimbinkimbi, i-windshield iya kuba yinto ebuhlungu. Nangona kunjalo, kungakhathaliseki ixabiso, ungasebenzisa i-windshield rubber weather seal.
Iingcango neefestile zabakhweli zophuka. Ubuncinci le yinto ecaba, ukuba awukwazi ukuyifumana, ungayenza.
Ifestile yecala lomqhubi nayo yophukile, ndiqinisekile ukuba uya kumangaliswa yile nto. Kodwa ubuncinane yawa!
Ndisebenzisa amandla etrektara ye-Kubota ukuhambisa i-jeep, nangona ndicinga ukuba ngokuqwalasela ubungakanani bomngxuma kumgangatho kwicala lomqhubi, i-flint kunye namandla ensimbi iya kuba yenye inketho. Ngenye imini, le jeep isenokuqhutywa ngumbane, kodwa okwangoku, ekuphela kwendlela kaDavide yokuyiqhuba ngombane izele ngamathemba namaphupha. Ndithembe.
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Ngaba uza kuginywa yitetanus kunye neglu enomhlwa kwisango leFC? Ngaba ilindle leempuku zasemoyeni liya kunika iqhawe lethu uloyiko olubi? Ngaba uza kuzama ukuqhuba iemele enomhlwa enamahashe angama-94 “kumda welizwekazi”? Thixo, andithembanga.
Uhlengahlengiso luya kwenziwa kwiiveki ezimbalwa ukusuka ngoku ukuqonda isiphelo sommangaliso wenkwenkwe kaJalopnik. Ixesha elifanayo leJalop, itshaneli efanayo yeJalop.
Ukuzonwabisa koomatshini yinto yokuzonwabisa, ngethamsanqa wonke umntu, hayi urhwebo. Ilori ye-Ford kunye nabathandi be-Fox-Body ngokunyaniseka kwe-brand zero.
3. Sebenzisa izicoci ezintathu zoxinzelelo oluphezulu zisete ku-2000psi, fumana abahlobo abathathu, kwaye ngokukhawuleza uqhume isanti kwii-engile ezintathu ezahlukeneyo.
Ixesha lokuposa: Mar-04-2021
