Race Car Transporters of the Past

[Terry S]

For some strange reason I have always been fascinated by race car transporters.

One of my early recollections is of Bob Jane's F100 mini semi with the Jaguars E type and MK11 on the back.
One race morning (probably 1963) for some reason it was parked outside Brian Foley's premises in Caringbah (southern Sydney). We naturally had to stop and check it out. It looked so professional and big time.

Steve suggested in a post yesterday that a thread on this topic would be good, so I thought would start it with a site I acccidently came across recently which has the most awesome incredible series of photos.

try http://www.hardtuned.com/feature/hts.../ractrans.html

If this doesn't work the long way is:
hardtuned.com
go down to hardtuned features
click on "hardtuned photo series and commentary"
click on "archive of the Race Transporter of the day"

There are I think four Australian photos:
- Frank Matich's team, I think may be at top of Mt Panorama
- Anlgia and Mustang on back of semi. I think this is Tasmanian Don Elliot's team. Don't know location
- John Rhodins Sprite and Super 7 I think in the park opposite his premises on Parramatta Rd
- The BRM team leaving WArwick Farm

Amongst my favorites are:
- "Austin 750 race trailer"
- "Pete LOvely's Lotus 49"
- "Rapid transport in 1928"
- Citroen haulers near the end

Also note the Maserati car Carrier circa 1963.
Compare this with Scarab transporter and recently auctioned ex Cobra transporter which were supposed to be ex Maserati. You will see that in the later two the cars are not over the drivers cabin.

As I said earlier some absolutely fascinating examples of the past.