「・１２２」双子兄弟の出会い
- AMAZONと仲間達
- by suna
- 2009/12/21 月 11:34
ＶＡＦミーティングに参加させていただいたのですが、「AMAZON OWNERSCLUB」当時からお付き合いのあるＩさんが、群馬・桐生から乗ってこられたのが１９６３年式のAMAZON122S。このAMAZONは、ボディカラーも、個性のある”オールドタイプ”のラジエターグリルも、私の「・１２２」AMAZONと一緒でした。「・１２２」AMAZONは、１９６４年前期式なのですが、生産は１９６３年と同等ということなので、まるで、双子兄弟の出会いの様でした。ただ、ＩさんのAMAZONには、手動式のラジエター・シャッターが付いていました。これは、運転席に”ぶら下がった”チェーンワイヤーを引っ張ることで、ラジエター前のシャッターがカーテンの様に引き上げられる仕組みです。当時の車にはサーモスタット機構が無いので、このラジエター・シャッターで水温の管理をしながら走ったのです。また、フロント周りは、「・１２２」AMAZONと同じなのですが、決定的に異なるのが、リアのトランクリッド。今では、とても稀少となった、丸型のVOLVOマークそのままにデザインされたトランクリッドが装着されています。ま、「・１２２」AMAZONとは双子の兄弟なのですが、微妙に「羨ましい」違いがありました。ただ、リアウィンドウには、「・１２２」AMAZONと同じ位置に「Ｄｅｎ Ｓｋｉｌｊｅｒ Ｅｒ ｆｒａｎ ｍａｎｇｄｅｎ ＡＭＡＺＯＮ」のステッカーが貼られ、右ハンドル、左ハンドルの違いこそあれ、見間違えるほどの双子の兄弟です。そのうち、Ｉさんと共に、この双子兄弟のAMAZONを連ねてドライブに行きたいものです。
When I participated in the VAF meeting, Mr. I whom I had known from the time there was still an Amazon Owners Club drove in from Gunma on his 1963 Amazon 122S. His 122 had the same paint color and old radiator grill as my .122. My .122 is a 1964 but was on the same line as the 1963s so when you lined them up, they looked like twins. But Mr. I's Amazon had a manual radiator shutter. This is a chain wire that is connected from the radiator to the drivers seta and when you pull on it, something that looks likes a shutter goes up and down. In those days, there was no water temperature gauage and you adjusted the water temperature with this shutter like device. The front of both 122s were the same, but the one difference on the outside between the 2 Amazons was the trunk lid. Mr. I's Amazon had the old ironmark logo on the lid. I was a bit envious. With the same sticker on the back "Den Skiljer Er fran mangden Amazon" the two looked truly like twins - although mine is a right hand drive and his a left hand.
When I participated in the VAF meeting, Mr. I whom I had known from the time there was still an Amazon Owners Club drove in from Gunma on his 1963 Amazon 122S. His 122 had the same paint color and old radiator grill as my .122. My .122 is a 1964 but was on the same line as the 1963s so when you lined them up, they looked like twins. But Mr. I's Amazon had a manual radiator shutter. This is a chain wire that is connected from the radiator to the drivers seta and when you pull on it, something that looks likes a shutter goes up and down. In those days, there was no water temperature gauage and you adjusted the water temperature with this shutter like device. The front of both 122s were the same, but the one difference on the outside between the 2 Amazons was the trunk lid. Mr. I's Amazon had the old ironmark logo on the lid. I was a bit envious. With the same sticker on the back "Den Skiljer Er fran mangden Amazon" the two looked truly like twins - although mine is a right hand drive and his a left hand.
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