I-FC-170 kaDavid Tracy ngolunye usuku izogcwala amabhethri nezinjini zikagesi, kodwa abanethemba lokuhle bathi isimo sayo samanje yindle egcwele ingilazi egcwele amagundane, umchamo kanye nesidleke sezinyoni. Izicabha eziningi zeJeep ziwile namafasitela aqhekekile. Ngokwezwi nezwi nangendlela ebonakalayo, iJeep icishe ibe udoti. Uma kukhona, ngeke kwengeze ukukhanya emgwaqeni esikhathini esizayo esiseduze. Njengoba itholakala epulazini lami elingaphambili, ingakwazi ukukhulisa amandla egceke layo njengobuciko begceke.
Umakhelwane wami waze waba nomona ngekhono lami lokunciphisa le nqwaba yotshani, futhi wayibeka endaweni evelele etendeni likadoti wami kanye nezimoto ezingacacile ngesibindi sami.
Ingabe into ebolile ngokusobala futhi eye yadlula ukuphila kwayo okuwusizo isengafiswa? Lapho ngiziqhenya ngokungcola kukaDavide nokugqwala kokuthenga kwakhe, ngenxa yokucindezela komuzi wakubo, lapho esesimweni sokuqedwa kwezimoto, ngazizwa ngaphakathi futhi ngamenza wazizwa ngaphakathi. Phela ngamtshela ukuthi le jeep iyadayiswa, futhi kusukela ngoJulayi, bengilokhu ngigcina imoto endaweni yaseSeattle.
Ihlala phambi kwendlu yami. Njenge-wrench enolwazi, kumelwe ngivume ukuthi nginelukuluku lokufuna ukwazi ngakho. Ngikwazile ukuhlukumeza uDavid futhi wangivumela ukuba ngenze izinto ezimbi, futhi engingakutshela kona okuyinhloko engikuthathayo: le kilabhu yebhola inenhlanhla yokuba imoto ecasula kakhulu engake ngayifunda.
Esikubone esingenisweni se-DTos bekuyi-scurvy ekha phezulu, kodwa ngithembe, kuzoba kubi kakhulu uma ucwaninga kukho. Kwanuka iloli lonke. Uma umnyango uvaliwe, iphunga lomchamo nemfucuza liyabonakala ukusuka kumamitha ayisithupha-angidlali. Lapho ngivula umnyango, ngisebenzisa umshini wokuphefumula. I-DT ihlela ukuchitha isikhathi esiningi isebenza ngale jeep kukhebhu… kuzwakala kuthakazelisa futhi kunempilo. Idinga ukulungiswa, hhayi ukubuyiselwa. Singakubiza ngokuthi “patina” ukumenza azizwe esemfashinini, ezolile futhi ekwazi ukulandela umkhuba.
Umthengisi usebenzise elithi “patina” ukuze abhekisele ngaphansi komnyango ogceme i-ether. “Isicabha sabo sithi ubhedu!” Umdayisi wangitshela ukuthi wayehefuzela kabili lapho efaka amalambu ezintambo.
Umthengisi uphinde wasiqinisekisa ukuthi ikholomu yokuqondisa ngeke iwe phansi. Kungenzeka ukuthi ilungile, kodwa uDavid Tracy kungenzeka ukuthi kungenxa yezimbobo ezinkulu zokugqwala eduze kwe-brake pedal. Kodwa angikhathazekile. Siqinisekisa ababhemayo be-chain + Chote ukuthi ukuguqulwa kwe-carburetor kuzokwenza i-Jeep ibe yinhle njengemoto entsha!
Uthando lukaDavid Tracy ngamajeep lubonakala ekuzimiseleni kwakhe ukwenza lo msebenzi. Nakuba umngane wethu ayengenayo imigomo enengqondo, wakwenza kwaba nethemba ngo-Jalop. (Jaloptimism?) Angizange ngizame konke okusemandleni ami ukugcina imigomo yakhe iphansi, ngizibekele imigomo elula, futhi ngimenze azizwe ekhululekile. Umgomo ophakeme uzobe ungahlangene neqiniso, futhi ekugcineni uzowela enkingeni ngenxa yokwehluleka. David Tracy, uzofunda nini ukubeka umngcele ophansi ukuze ukwazi ukuwuwela kalula?
Ngameluleka ukuthi angayithengi i-FC Scurvy (ngoba ngiyibiza ngokuthi umshini ophelelwe yithemba), futhi uDavid waqala ukulandela iseluleko sami. Indoda eyayigqoke izingubo ezindala eyayizithenge lapho ayizange ineliseke ngalokhu kwehluleka kokuthengisa, kodwa isifiso sikaDavide sokuba nezwe le-pug sasenza sabheka emuva futhi sawuthenga umshini ngemva kwezinsuku ezimbalwa. Konke kwavela futhi eCamano Island, eWashington.
Uhlangothi lwabagibeli alubi njengolomshayeli. Nakuba isicabha singasekho. Ukugqwala kulo mthombo we-tetanus egingqikayo kwakubi kakhulu kangangokuba iphinikhodi yehinge yagqwala yaba izingxenye ezintathu, okubangele ukuwohloka okubucayi kwesicabha ohlangothini lomgibeli (kakhudlwana kancane).
Ekhoneni lekhabhi elingemuva ohlangothini lwabagibeli, kukhona ingxenye esele ye-gasket, kanye nekhanda lomshanelo kanye nodoti.
Ukulawula phambili kuyi-biosphere yayo yamabhaktheriya nesikhunta. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi hlobo luni lwesitshalo esimila eceleni kombhede, inqobo nje uma kunegebe phakathi kohlangothi lombhede nangaphansi kombhede.
Konke ukugqwala kombhede kungaphezu kwethangi likaphethiloli. Ingxenye engaphambili yombhede ingase ibe insimbi yeshidi elihlanzeke kakhulu. Ukuze uqiniseke, i-DT ingase imiselele iphansi lombhede ngamabhethri. Ngenze iphutha ngehlisa i-tailgate. Ngenxa yokuthi ihinji ohlangothini lomshayeli lalingekho, yawa phansi. Njengamanje, i-tailgate ingaphezulu kwesondo le-Chevy elinephethini engu-5×5″ elinephethini engu-2wd, elingalingani nephethini engu-5×5.5″ ye-FC Scurvy.
Wonke amaphaneli e-jeep agqwalile. ngokungathí sina. Ngiyihlukanisa njengeloli eliyisipele, ngithathe engikudingayo, bese ngithulula okusele ephusheni elinjengoDavid Tracy, iphupho lakhe likhulu kunelami. Ngale ndlela, akumele ngizizwe nginecala ngokuthengisa ezakudala.
Sonke siyazi ukuthi iphrojekthi enhle ivamise ukuba nesisekelo esiqinile, futhi ubhasikidi ohlakaziwe othengiswa ku-Craigslist uvamise ukuba “yiphrojekthi embi.” I-FC Scurvy (FC Scurvy) kusobala ukuthi ingeyesigaba sakamuva, noma ngabe ilayishwe izimbiza, "iqinisekisiwe" futhi yaba ngumgijimi.
Ngenxa yemfucumfucu engaphakathi kwe-carburetor, injini ikhishwa kancane kancane futhi ithathelwe indawo yi-exciter kagesi, okuyinto ngempela into enhle. Imfucumfucu (umchamo/indle/izinto ezibolayo) kungenzeka ukuthi ihlolwe ku-multifolded by the booster and throttle butterfly valve.
Ngakukhomba lokhu ku-DT, kodwa noma ngabe wayenguHuckleberry noma wangitshela ukuthi ngenxa yokuthi i-Super Hurricane iyinjini enekhanda eliyisicaba, imfucumfucu kufanele ikhuphuke ngechweba lokungenisa ukuze ifinyelele ama-valve namasilinda. Ngiphumelele ukunyakazisa injini kagesi ngesandla, ngakho-ke noma iyiphi imfucumfucu eyifake kusilinda ayizange igxumeke iringi odongeni, futhi kungenzeka ukuthi ivele yashibilika phezulu yehle phezu kwepiston, ngaphandle uma bekunezinhlansi futhi amafutha. Isingeniso.
Le nqwaba yokugxusha ayenzekanga ngengozi. Lona iphrojekthi yangempela ye-Washington rodent. I-Hantavirus (Ngifuna ukucaca, lokhu kubaluleke kakhulu, akukho lutho okufanele luthathwe kancane), isifo, isifo kanye ne-leptospirosis kuyatholakala mahhala ngokusebenzisa lesi sakhiwo esimangalisayo.
Isihlalo sidinga ukuvulwa, futhi umuntu ogama lakhe linguTom kudingeka asebenzise ipayipi ne-vacuum yasesitolo ukuze azenzele enkathini ephakathi. Ngithemba ukuthi ufunda uDavid Tracy…mhlawumbe amasilinda egesi nezilayishi kungamathuluzi afaneleka kakhulu.
Isibalo esingenhla asibonisi isakhiwo esihlanekezelwe se-Koenigsegg's esinezinhlangothi ezimbili ezivunguzayo zendlela yomnyango ovunguzayo. Umnyango unehinji ephezulu nephansi, kodwa iphinikhodi yehinge ephezulu igqwalile futhi ihlukaniswe izingxenye ezintathu ngesikhathi esithile. Ngihlela ukuthola noma ukwenza iphinikhodi efanelekile, kodwa izikhonkwane ezintathu zamahinge ziqiniswe endaweni yazo. Ayenele i-PB Blaster enganciphisa umthwalo wabo. Isiphakamiso sami: vala umnyango, bese ungakwazi ukubhekana nenkinga yokungena kwabagibeli ngefasitela le-Duchess of Hazzard.
UDavid ungicele ukuthi ngibone ukuthi uhlelo lukagesi lweFC lusebenza kahle yini. Imoto ingaba nesistimu yama-volt ayisithupha, kodwa akukho bhethri noma ikhoyili yokuthungela ngemuva kwesihlalo somgibeli ukunikeza noma yimiphi imikhondo. Ukukhanya kuvuliwe, futhi ngokukuxhuma kubhethri ye-12v, ngingenza ukuchofoza kwe-solenoid yokuqala, ngakho-ke lokhu kuyajabulisa kakhulu, ikakhulukazi ngoba ngibheja ukuthi uDavid udinga i-12 noma i-6 ngemuva kokuguqulwa kwebhethri ye-Volt ukuze isebenze izibani nezesekeli.
Nakuba kuthiwa yisigqila sokusebenza, ibhethri lifile. Ibhethri likagandaganda elidala elinamavolthi ayisithupha linamabhethri amathathu. Ingabe lawa mabhethri amane alingana namavolthi ayisishiyagalombili?
Isivikelo somoya sidabukile. Okuthakazelisa kakhulu ukuthi lo mphumela ubonakala uvela ngaphakathi. Anginaso isiqiniseko sokuthi ngifuna ukucabangela isikhathi eside.
Uma ucabangela i-curvature eyinkimbinkimbi, i-windshield izoba yinto ebuhlungu. Kodwa-ke, kungakhathaliseki intengo, ungasebenzisa uphawu lwe-windshield rubber weatherproof.
Kwaphuka iminyango namafasitela abagibeli. Okungenani lokhu kuyinto eyisicaba, uma ungayitholi, ungayenza.
Iwindi lomshayeli nalo beliphukile, nginesiqiniseko sokuthi uzomangala ngalokhu. Kodwa okungenani lawa!
Ngisebenzisa amandla kagandaganda we-Kubota ukuhambisa i-jeep, nakuba ngicabanga ukuthi ngokucabangela ubukhulu bembobo phansi ohlangothini lomshayeli, amandla e-flint nensimbi azoba enye inketho. Ngolunye usuku, le jeep ingase ishayelwa ugesi, kodwa okwamanje, okuwukuphela kwendlela kaDavide yokuyishayela ngogesi igcwele amathemba namaphupho. Ngethembe.
Ingabe i-FC ingaba iWaterloo kaDavid Tracy? Amagundane enze umhlatshelo omkhulu njengefolishi yenganono. Izikhathi ezimisiwe, izinto abezilindele, ukugqwala kwempilo esiqhingini, kanye nomoya wakhe wokuzenza olungile kumfake ekwehlulekeni okuthile...
Ngabe uzogwinywa yitetanus neglue egqwalile esangweni leFC? Ingabe indle yamagundane asemoyeni izonikeza iqhawe lethu ukwesaba okunonya? Ingabe uzozama ukushayela ibhakede eligqwalile lamahhashi angu-94 “emngceleni wezwekazi”? Nkulunkulu, angithembi.
Ukulungiswa kuzokwenziwa emasontweni ambalwa kusukela manje ukuze kuqondwe isiphetho sokugcina sesimangaliso somfana kaJalopnik. Isikhathi esifanayo se-Jalop, isiteshi se-Jalop esifanayo.
Ukuzilibazisa kwemishini kuwukuzilibazisa, ngenhlanhla wonke umuntu, hhayi ukuhweba. Abathandi beloli lakwa-Ford kanye ne-Fox-Body abanokwethembeka komkhiqizo onguziro.
3. Sebenzisa izihlanzi ezintathu ezinengcindezi ephezulu ezisethwe ku-2000psi, thola abangani abathathu, bese uqhumisa isihlabathi ngokushesha ngama-engeli amathathu ahlukene.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Mar-04-2021
