Gwajin gwajin Citroen Traction Avant: avant-garde

Taimakon kai da keken hannu, 1934 Citroen Traction Avant yana kan gaba a masana'antar kera motoci. François Lecco ya tabbatar da damar gina ban mamaki a cikin 1936, yana rufe kilomita 400 a cikin shekara guda. auto motor und sport yana bi sawun alfarma ta baya.

Kusa da yanayin daskarewa, sararin sama da ke tashi da dusar ƙanƙara, tabbas akwai kwanaki da ya fi dacewa a fitar da su daga gidan kayan gargajiya a cikin mota mai shekaru 74. Amma lokacin da, a ranar 22 ga Yuli, 1935, François Leko ya juya maɓallin kunnawa kuma ya danna maɓallin farawa, mai otal ɗin ya san sarai cewa ba zai iya jure wa bala'o'i ba. A gabansa wani aiki ne mai kwatankwacin kwarewar Hercules - don tuka kilomita 400 akan Citroen Traction Avant 000 AL a cikin shekara guda kacal.

Fiye da marathon

Don cimma wannan buri, sai da ya rinjayi kusan kilomita 1200 a kowace rana. Abin da ya yi ke nan - ya kiyaye matsakaicin saurin 65 km / h, kuma ma'aunin saurin bai taba nuna sama da 90 ba. Idan aka ba da hanyar sadarwa a lokacin, wannan babbar nasara ce. Bugu da ƙari, a Lyon, Lecco ya kwana a kan gadonsa kowane lokaci. A sakamakon haka, tafiye-tafiye na yau da kullum sun bi hanyar daga Lyon zuwa Paris da baya, kuma wani lokacin, kawai don fun, zuwa Monte Carlo. A kowace rana, ma'aikacin masaukin ya ƙyale kansa ya yi barci na sa'o'i huɗu kawai, tare da daidai minti biyu na barci a kan hanya.

Ba da daɗewa ba, wata mota baƙar fata tare da farar tallan masu ɗaukar nauyi da kuma launi na Faransanci a kan ƙofofin ya zama sananne sosai. Mutanen da ke zaune tare da manyan tituna 6 da 7 na ƙasa suna iya saita agogon su don kama da Leko. An katse tafiye-tafiye na yau da kullun ta hanyar shiga cikin Monte Carlo Rally, wanda aka fara a 1936 a Portugal, da kuma tafiye-tafiye da yawa zuwa Berlin, Brussels, Amsterdam, Turin, Rome, Madrid da Vienna. Ranar 26 ga Yuli, 1936, ma'aunin saurin ya nuna kilomita 400 - an kammala rikodin rikodin, wanda ke tabbatar da juriya na Traction Avant, daga baya aka sani da "motar 'yan fashi". Ban da wasu ƴan matsaloli na inji da kuma hadurran ababen hawa guda biyu, tseren gudun fanfalaki ya tafi da mamaki cikin kwanciyar hankali.

Replica ba tare da kwafin abu ba

Motar rikodin ta cancanci nuni ga kowane gidan kayan gargajiya, amma ta ɓace a cikin hargitsi na yaƙi. Don haka, Traction Avant, wanda aka nuna a zauren gidan kayan gargajiya Henri Malater a gundumar Lyon na Rosteil-sur-Saone, inda Lecco ya rayu a 1935, kwafi ne kawai. Duk da haka, yana kama da ainihin asali. Ko da shekarar da aka yi (1935) daidai ne, kawai nisan miloli ne da yawa. Ba shi yiwuwa a tantance adadin su daidai saboda kuskuren mitar dashboard Art Deco. Amma sauran kayan aikin suna cikin kyakkyawan yanayi. Kafin mu tafi yawo a cikin Baƙar fata Citroen, ma'aikatan gidan kayan gargajiya biyu kawai sun duba matsa lamba a cikin taya.

Tare da karamin motan-gaba, jiki mai tallafi da birki na birki, wannan Citroen ya ba da mamaki a cikin 1934. Ko da a yau, masu ba da labari da yawa suna ɗauka a matsayin motar talatin, wanda, ko da bisa ga ra'ayin zamani, ana iya tuka shi ba tare da matsala ba. Wannan shine ainihin abin da zamu gwada.

Matsar da tsohuwar kasusuwa

Yana farawa tare da al'ada ta farawa: kunna maɓallin kunnawa, cire fitar da tsabtace tsabta kuma kunna mai farawa. Injin 1911 cc mai-silinda hudu yana farawa nan take kuma motar ta fara rawar jiki, amma kaɗan kawai. Yana jin kamar naúrar 46bhp An daidaita mazaunin "yana iyo" akan tubalin roba. Murfin karfe biyu na kwado, wanda ke gefen hagu da dama na gaban mota, sun fara yin raha da muryar ƙarfe, wanda ke nuna babu raƙuman hatimin roba na farko. In ba haka ba, ba abubuwa da yawa zasu iya lalacewa ba.

Yin matsi da kama yana buƙatar yawan ƙoƙari daga ɗan maraƙin da aka saba da motocin zamani. A bayyane, a cikin 30s, Faransanci yana da matakai kaɗan. Don danna feda da kyau, kuna buƙatar tanƙwara ƙafarku zuwa gefe. Bayan haka sai a hankali juya cikin kayan farko (wanda ba a haɗa shi ba) tare da lanƙwasa hannun dama na dama, a saki kama, ƙara gudu da… Traction Avant yana motsi!

Bayan wasu hanzari, lokaci yayi da za a canza kaya. "Kawai a hankali a hankali kuma a hankali, sannan ba za a sami buƙatun iskar gas ba," ma'aikacin gidan kayan gargajiya ya shawarce mu lokacin da yake mika motar. Kuma a gaskiya ma - lever yana motsawa zuwa matsayin da ake so ba tare da wata zanga-zanga daga makanikai ba, gears suna kunna shiru tare da juna. Muna ba da gas kuma mu ci gaba.

A cikakken sauri

Bakar motar tayi halayyar kirki a hanya. Gaskiya ne, jin daɗin dakatarwa akan sikelin yau bashi da tambaya. Koyaya, wannan Citroen yana da dakatarwar gaba mai zaman kansa da daskararren axle tare da maɓuɓɓugan ruwan torsion a baya (a cikin sigogin kwanan nan, Citroen yayi amfani da shahararrun ƙwallan hydro-pneumatic a cikin Traction Avant na dakatarwa ta baya, yana mai da shi filin gwaji don DS19 mai ban mamaki).

Sitiyari mai girman girman pizza na iyali yana taimakawa, ko da yake ba tare da tsayawa ba, tuƙi motar akan hanyar da ake so. Issashen babban wasa na kyauta yana ƙarfafa ƙwanƙwasawa tare da jujjuyawa akai-akai a cikin kwatance biyu, amma kuna saba da shi koda bayan mita na farko. Hatta yawan cunkoson ababen hawa da ke kan kogin Saone nan ba da dadewa ba za su daina ba da tsoro lokacin da ka bi motar wani tsohon sojan Faransa - musamman ganin yadda sauran direbobi ke girmama shi.

Kuma wannan maraba ne, saboda ko ta yaya kowace rana tsohon Citroen tare da birki mai ban sha'awa da halayen hanya, idan kuna son tsayawa, dole ne ku danna feda da ƙarfi sosai - saboda ba shakka babu servo, ban da mataimaki na lantarki. lokacin birki. Kuma idan kun tsaya a kan gangara, kuna buƙatar ci gaba da danna fedal muddin zai yiwu.

Sauke ta digo

Yanayin hunturu mara kyau yana ba da sanarwar wani tsalle a cikin haɓakar na'urorin kera motoci waɗanda suka faru bayan 1935. The Traction Avant wipers, yana kunna ta maɓalli mai wuya a sama da madubi na ciki, yana aiki ne kawai muddin kun riƙe shi ƙasa. Ba da daɗewa ba mu daina barin ɗigon ruwa a wurin. Duk da haka, gilashin gilashin da aka raba a kwance yana samar da isasshen iska mai sanyi kuma, sakamakon haka, baya gumi kuma baya hana ra'ayi na gaba. Tare da iska, ƙananan ɗigon ruwan sama suna faɗowa a fuskokin matafiya, amma mun yarda da wannan rashin jin daɗi tare da fahimtar nutsuwa. Mun riga mun zauna a cikin kujeru na gaba masu daɗi - cushe tam, saboda dumama baya tsayawa da damar da iska.

Duk lokacin da kake gani windows suna buɗe. Idan aka kwatanta da motocin zamani, sanya sauti ba talauci bane, kuma yayin jira a fitilun kan hanya, zaka iya jin masu wucewa suna magana mai ban mamaki.

Amma isasshe zirga-zirgar birni, bari mu bi hanya - tare da Leko ya yi tafiyar kilomita mafi girma. Anan motar tana cikin sinadarinta. Citroen baƙar fata yana tashi a kan hanya mai jujjuyawa, kuma idan ba ku tura tsohon sojan da ya cancanta ba, zaku iya samun nutsuwa da tuƙi mai daɗi, wanda ko a cikin mummunan yanayi ba zai iya rufewa ba. Duk da haka, ba lallai ba ne a yi tuƙi kilomita 1200 a rana ko kilomita 400 a shekara.

rubutu: Rene Olma

hoto: Dino Ezel, Thierry Dubois