Gwajin gwajin Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn: Ƙananan Ubangiji

Yadda Rolls-Royce ke fassara ra'ayin ƙaramin mota

Rolls-Royce mai ƙera na farko an kera shi azaman motar da mai shi ke tukawa don kasuwar Amurka. Shirin bai yi aiki ba, kuma ɗan'uwansa twin ya yi. Bentley R ya fitar da shi. A yau, daɗaɗɗen Azurfa Dawn abu ne mai daɗi kuma mai saurin amsawa tare da duk kyawawan halaye na sanannen alama.

Saboda kallon shagalinsa, yana kama da tsohon sojan mota don bikin aure. Bace kawai wani bouquet ne a kan slit gaban bangon bangon bayan wani kyakkyawan siffa a sama da radiator, da alama tana sanye da rigar aure. Amma Silver Dawn yayi alƙawarin fiye da ƙawancen rayuwa. Kyakkyawan limousine na Rolls-Royce yana kama da an gina shi har abada. Ƙofofi masu nauyi suna rufe tare da kaurin sautin ajiyar banki, dogon bugu, babban injin silinda mai hawa shida yana raɗawa tare da natsuwa mara hankali da amincewa a ƙananan revs. Kayayyaki masu daraja - ko itace mai daraja, fata na Connolly ko chrome alpaca pantheon grille - ba wai kawai suna da kyau ba, har ma suna da matuƙar dorewa. Don motar gida mai suna Silver Dawn, da wuya faɗuwar rana ta zo da wuri.

Koyaya, mafi mahimmancin ma'auni don kusan sanannen dorewa na samfuran Rolls-Royce (har sai inuwar Azurfa ta bayyana a cikin 1965) shine firam ɗin tallafi da aka yi da bayanan martaba mai kauri tare da mambobi masu tsayayyen giciye. Tsatsa ba shi da ƙarfi a kan wannan tudun. Kafin gabatar da Dawn Azurfa a cikin 1949, Rolls-Royce ya kasance cikin al'adar samar da cikakken chassis tare da injin, akwatin gear da axles ga mashahuran masu ginin koci na Burtaniya masu manyan sunaye irin su Freestone & Webb, J. Gurney Nutting, Park Ward, Hooper . ko HJ Mulliner yayi masa ado a jiki. An yi nufin ɗimbin masu siye na Amurka kuma ba su da tsada a £14, Silver Dawn dole ne ya yi tare da tsarin samar da kyan gani. Ya ɗanɗana kamar salo na zamani kafin yaƙi kuma masana'antar 000 Bentley Mark VI ta yi wahayi zuwa gare shi. Akwai wani ɓoyayyiyar hatsari na kuskuren samun Alvis sedan mai lita uku ko kuma Armstrong Siddeley 1946 - sai dai idan yana da babban radiator. da karfi ya dago goshinsa akan iska.

Bayan wani al'adar Rolls-Royce, a ƙarshen 1952 Silver Dawn ya sami kusan ƙira iri ɗaya ga Bentley. R-Type ya riga ya yi muhawara tare da abin da ake kira. "Long Boot", wanda aka saki a baya, nan da nan Silver Dawn ya karbe shi.

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Taron tare da "Short Tail" namu yana faruwa a Fadar Hohenkammer a gundumar Freising. A matsayin bangon baya don ɗaukar hoto, wurin ya dace don Silver Dawn. Kamar ingantacciyar motar Midnight Blue, gine-ginenta na daɗaɗaɗaɗaɗɗen ɗabi'a ba tare da kallon feudal ba. Karamin Rolls yana gabatowa a hankali tare da ɗan tsatsa, ƙarar ƙarar sautin da yake yi shine murƙushe tsakuwa mai kyau a ƙarƙashin ingartattun tayoyin balloon.

Motar tana gab da rasa ran rai na har abada. Wani mai sha'awar sha'awar babur mai ban sha'awa Siegfried Amberger ba da gangan ya same ta a cikin Amurka a cikin halin da ba a kula da shi kwata-kwata. Kuma saboda ya tausaya ma ƙaramin ubangijin, sai ya sami maidowa mai tsada wanda yasa thean Dawn ɗin ya zama mai ƙima fiye da kowane masana'anta a cikin Crewe. Cikakkun bayanai kamar layin da aka zana a hannu akan saman lacquered suna nuna wannan.

Muna zagawa cikin motar, cike da girmamawa, sannan "kofar kashe kansa" a hagu ta buɗe gayyata. A lokacin da muka ji daɗi, mun riga mun zauna a cikin Silver Dawn a karon farko a bayan babbar sitiyarin motar. Motsawar injin silinda guda shida tare da ci gaba da shaye-shaye (wanda ake kira "ioe" a cikin Ingilishi, "cinyewar shaye-shaye") ya riga ya zama dumi kuma yana kasa da bakin kofa na hangen nesa. "Kada ku sake kunnawa," gargadin daga wuri na gaba. Mu da sauri mu matsa zuwa cikin kayan aiki na farko tare da takalmi mai ƙarfi akan sitiyarin. Zuwa kuka na madaidaiciyar cogs na watsawa, m ciki ya fara motsawa. A bayyane yake cewa gear farko ba ta aiki tare kuma yana aiki kawai don farawa, don haka nan da nan za mu je na biyu. Yanzu ya yi shuru da yawa, sannan ya ɗan sami kwanciyar hankali, bisa ga tunanin mu, mun matsa zuwa na uku kuma a ƙarshe zuwa na huɗu.

Matsakaicin matsakaici maimakon dubawa

Ajiye matsakaitan matsawa a cikin injin bugun bugun jini mai tsayi yana da ban mamaki kawai. Ana bayyana wannan naúrar ba cikin sauri ba, amma cikin yawan juzu'i. Hanzarta yana da ƙarfi sosai - Rolls yana da iko sau uku fiye da ɗaya Mercedes 170 S na shekaru guda. Ƙaƙwalwar gudun mita yana nuna 80, kadan daga baya 110. Abin takaici, babu tachometer, maimakon kyawawan kayan aiki tare da fararen lambobi a kan baƙar fata suna ba da cikakkun bayanai game da matsa lamba mai, zafin ruwa da man fetur. A wannan rana mai zafi, komai yana cikin yankin kore, wanda muke jin daɗin buɗe rufin rana. Koyaya, kama yana da nauyi sosai kuma ba shi da sauƙi a bi hanyoyin da ke kusa da Hohenkammer tare da tuƙi kai tsaye. Dawn Azurfa ba ya nuna sha'awar shiga sasanninta, don haka yana buƙatar a tuƙa shi da tsayayye don bin sha'awarsa cikin biyayya, kuma dole ne a juya sitiyarin a babban kusurwa.

Duk da wannan duka, shimfidar ciki ba shimfida shimfida ba ce; bayan kilomita 20 jin farko na tsananin taurin kai ya ɓace. Idan ka kara tuƙa motar kuma ka girmama wannan tsohuwar motar ta tsada, zaka ji kusan wani abu kamar mai kuzari. Anan, Silver Dawn ta bayyana kanta a matsayin ƙirar mai mallakar wacce zata iya faranta maka rai ba tare da direba ba. Shafin tare da dakatarwar gaban kansa har ma da birki na birki (abin ban sha'awa a gaba da ƙuƙwara a baya) yayi daidai da ƙarfin ƙarfin injin ɗin mai ɗan gajeren lokaci.

Abin takaici, Silver Dawn, wanda aka yi niyya a kasuwannin Amurka, bai yi nasara ba. Masu ilimin al'ada sun zaɓi ƙarin wakilcin Silver Wraith, yayin da Amurkawa suka zaɓi mafi yawan wasan Bentley R-Type. Bayan shekaru goma kawai Silver Shadow ya sami nasarar fahimtar ra'ayin shahararren Rolls-Royce tare da nau'in jiki iri ɗaya.

ƙarshe

Comparfin ƙaramin ƙarfin Silver Dawn baya ƙin jin motsin Rolls-Royce na rashin nauyi mara nauyi. Yana yawo a kan hanya kusan a hankali, ba a hankali ba, amma da kuzari, kuma kawai sautin taya na balan-balan na balan-balan yana shiga kunnuwana. Durable da sassauƙa mai ban mamaki, babur ɗin zai kiyaye ku da sha'awa. Da wuya ku canza giya; wannan mota ce ga waɗanda suke son tuƙi.

Rubutu: Alf Kremers

Hotuna: Ingolf Pompe