During the reform and opening up period, the mainland introduced a large number of trucks from Japan, counting the four major Japanese series, which were not only introduced in large quantities in China, but also had a certain impact. Not only infrastructure, Japanese trucks also occupy a pivotal position in the development of the mainland truck industry, such as the Liberated Northwest King, Babichai models, whose prototypes are from Mitsubishi's "T850" truck, and the smaller tonnage of the Jiefang J3 series flat-load trucks, the prototype is from a Mitsubishi FK415 that is slightly less famous than the "T850".
The difference between mitsubishi FK415 and T850 in the cab is mainly the size, such as width and height, there is a very obvious distinguishing feature is its wiper, Mitsubishi T850 wiper has three, the same as liberation, and Mitsubishi FK415 only has two, after all, the width of the cab is shorter. Mitsubishi T850 is the same as the Jiefang Bapingchai we are familiar with, which is a truck with a load mass of 8 tons, while the FK415 has a load mass of 5 tons, and the girder, tires, steel plates and other parts are also different. Of course, shortly after the launch of the imitation Mitsubishi T850 Northwest King, FAW also ended the imitation of the FK415 and launched a truck product with a small tonnage.
The picture shows the 3.5-5-ton truck made by Jiefang Qingdao Automobile Factory according to the Mitsubishi FK415 as the prototype.
The number of this car is not much, compared to it, the later launch of the cab slightly wider 5-ton class improved version has become a hot model on the market, there are also wide applications in the army, the model should be CA1121J, also affectionately known as "flat head chai".
Once Mitsubishi FK415 in The country in addition to medium-sized trucks, but also widely used in special vehicles, and most of them are imported by Japan original vehicles, such as the KATO Kato crane we are familiar with, TADANO multi-field crane, or road clearance rescue equipment, ascending maintenance equipment, have been the application of Mitsubishi FK415 chassis.
This article is a relatively good Mitsubishi FK415 ascending car, the cab is a classic boxy shape, the total width of 2470mm, the windshield occupies a large proportion of the area in front of the cab, the rearview mirrors on both sides are also out-of-style, and the rear view is more excellent for models with equipment.
Four-eyed round light + yellow fog lamp, this set of classic Japanese truck exterior light group design can also be seen on the Mitsubishi FK415, in the year of practicality, split headlights are the fastest replacement, the lowest cost.
There is a KOITO word in the middle of the glass lampshade, which is a Japanese company Koito lamp, which is the largest automobile lamp manufacturer in Japan, which also shows that the lamps of this car are original accessories, which have not been damaged and aged for so many years, and are very well preserved.
Mitsubishi's former Central Net is a separate piece, with the words "MITSUBISHI" on the black rectangular strip, which was transliterated as "Misubisi" when Mitsubishi Trucks first officially entered China that year, and was later changed to Mitsubishi's.
The Japanese car of that year was not comfortable at all, like the cab of this car is cushioned by rubber piers at the rear, such a structure can be seen on some of the current light trucks, only a slight shock absorption effect.
The cab is not suspended, and the seat, of course, does not have to think about it, it is an ordinary sponge seat, with a leather wrapping on the outside. The handbrake position of this car is very special, because it is an air push oil car, so a mechanical handbrake is used, and the position of the handbrake is on the left side of the driver's seat.
A major feature of Mitsubishi is the cab doors and windows, its main glass has two ways to open, hand crank and push and pull, the small glass next to the triangle window can also be opened separately, after flipping to its own angle is a natural air conditioner, the faster the car runs, the greater the air intake.
Isn't this steering wheel and dashboard a bit of déjà vu? Yes, it is the same as the liberation, and this two-frame steering wheel is the steering wheel of the liberation flathead.
The meter shape of the Mitsubishi FK415 and T850 is similar, and the Jiefang flathead chai is similar, but in the FK415 such a relatively low configuration of the car, there is no tachometer, can only observe the speed, oil and water temperature, of course, there is a row of fault lights above.
There is only one air conditioning panel on the workbench, the oldest hand-drawn type mechanical air conditioner.
The entertainment system in the car is a camera head that integrates tape and radio, and there is only one speaker in the car, but in that era, most trucks still did not have air conditioning and no music camera, which was a bit superior.
The engine of the Mitsubishi FK415 is only mitsubishi's autonomous 6D14-3A engine to choose from, its displacement is 6.6 liters, the maximum horsepower is only 160 horses, and the maximum torque official data shows that it is 44kg/m-1600rpm.
The size of the gearbox is very small, the interior is a 5 +1 gear, that is, 5-speed forward gear and 1-speed reverse gear, the forward gear is 2 to 5 speeds with a synchronizer, the internal structure is direct gear, this internal structure is very similar to the 5-speed gearbox structure of the liberated flathead chai, including the top cover is very similar.
This car uses a standard axle chassis, the wheelbase is 3760mm, because it is not the main load-bearing, so the chassis configuration is a relatively light match of the year. Its front wheels do not use the six-hole eight-bolt wheels commonly found on Japanese cars, but use 6-hole 6-bolt wheels that are smaller, and the tires are also 7.50 nylon tires, because the kilometer number is only 40,000 kilometers, so the tires are all original tires.
The rear axle is also made of 6 holes and 6 bolt steel rings, and the full floating half shaft is 10 screws.
The fuel tank has a capacity of 100 liters, and the Japanese are the best at using iron tanks.
On the other side is a hydraulic oil tank for hydraulic equipment to drive, next to the hydraulic pump, look at this color this car is really not done any work.
This is a telescopic ascent vehicle, the number of climbing meters should be about 36 meters, and it is manufactured by the Co., Ltd. Co., Ltd. with the co-construction vehicle on the big arm, so it can be concluded that the top is imported with the whole vehicle.
Editor's Note:
Like the FK415 or T850 in this article, in addition to the naked car, some may still be in service in remote areas after the procedures of liberation or Tyrannosaurus. In the current domestic market, Mitsubishi has already announced its withdrawal, and only Isuzu and Hino are still insisting, but sales are also few.
Compared with the fact that the mainland truck industry was not developed at that time, it is indeed a first-class performance, but the design of this "island country working conditions" is not necessarily suitable for the vast China, and the selling point that consumers value is no longer limited to the reliability of this aspect, so now we can only watch the legendary Japanese trucks in the older generation gradually decline in the domestic market, and the gap between domestic trucks is getting bigger and bigger...
Text: Niu Yilin