Ezikhathini zamuva nje, sibone ukuzalwa kwamanye amabhrendi aqala umsebenzi wawo wokwakha izimoto ngokusekelwe ekuchazeni kwesimanje kwezithombe ezizigqugquzele. Kunjalo ngeDelahaye USA, nePacific yayo.
I-Delahaye USA Pacific iyisikhokhelo esihle nesigqugquzelwe ku-Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic yenganekwane, enye yezimoto ezinhle kakhulu zama-30's (mhlawumbe…) esebenza ngokukhangayo nokunethezeka.
Isithelo sombono kaJean Bugatti, indodana yomsunguli u-Ettore Bugatti, Uhlobo 57 lwavela ngo-1934 futhi ubuhle bayo obunesibindi buvumela ukuthi ilondoloze impumelelo yayo yezohwebo kuze kube ngu-1940.
Omunye wabo ungowe-stylist odumile uRalph Lauren, owaziwa ngokuba neqoqo elithakazelisa kakhulu lezimoto zangaphandle. Esandleni sakhe kukhona i-Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic yango-1938 enenani lamaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-40, iyunithi iDelahaye USA yayisebenzisa ukwakha inkokhiso ephelele yenkathi yesimanje yomshini onjalo.
Ngokusho kweDelahaye USA, iPacific ayiyona nje ikhophi yohlobo lwe-57SC Atlantic njengabaklami nezingcweti ezifana no-Erik Kouk, uJean De Dobbeleer, uCrayville nabanye, ngokuhlonipha umbono wokuqala ka-Ettore Bugatti, bazikhawulele ekuthuthukiseni nasekuguquleni umkhiqizo ngokwawo muhle kakhulu.
Futhi lokhu kwakhiwa kwangemuva kwesimanje kwemodeli yakudala kwenza kanjani yonke into ihluke kune-replica nje?
Ake siqale nge-chassis nomsebenzi womzimba, lapho i-chassis yensimbi ye-tubular ikhudlwana ngo-25.4cm kunemodeli yasekuqaleni, okuvumela ukusetshenziswa ngokuphumelelayo kwendawo yangaphakathi.
I-bodywork nayo inohlelo olusha. Ngokungafani nensimbi eyasetshenziswa ngawo-1930s, umsebenzi womzimba wasePacific uphelele ku-Fiberglass kanye ne-Carbon Fiber, eyavumela ukwehlisa izindleko ezinkulu nokwenza ukuphatha kube lula njengoba ingenabo ubunkimbinkimbi bomsebenzi odingwa yinsimbi. Kodwa-ke, ama-rivets ahlangene ephaneli adalwa kabusha njengoba ayekade ekhona kumodeli yasekuqaleni.
Ngokuqhuba iPacific, iDelahaye USA ifune i-5-litre BMW V12 unit, ehambisana no-4-speed automatic transmission.
Ekumisweni, umuntu angase acabange ngokushesha ukuthi i-Pacific ifakwe izikimu zakamuva, kodwa ungakhohliswa. I-Delahaye USA iye yakhetha inketho yendabuko futhi iPacific ineziphethu zamaqabunga kuma-axle angu-2 kanye ne-asi yangemuva yomsuka wakwaFord ehlanganisa umehluko.
Ngaphakathi sinezinto zokungcebeleka ezihambisana ne-base model, kodwa ngezinto ezintsha, njengamafasitela kagesi, amabhuleki e-servo assisted, isiteringi sikagesi kanye ne-air conditioning. Ukuze unikeze ukuthinta kokugcina kokucwengwa, yonke i-upholstery yangaphakathi ivela kwaMercedes-Benz.
Ngeshwa, ayikho imininingwane eyaziwayo mayelana nokusebenza kwalokhu kujabulisa kwesimanje. I-Delahaye USA inikeza izinguqulo ezimbili ezisuselwe ohlotsheni lwe-57SC Atlantic: i-Bella Figura Coupé kanye ne-Pacific Fastback kufomu lekhithi.
Kubo bonke abangabalandeli bamanye amamodeli ngaleso sikhathi, i-Delahaye iphinde inikeze kuphela i-chassis ephelele, kamuva idinga ukuqaliswa komzimba ukunambitha. Amanani atholakala kuphela ngesicelo, kodwa kuqinisekile ukuthi sizobe sikhuluma ngamavelu aphansi kunalawo abalwe iyunithi kaRalph Lauren…
