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    Before you can transport it you first have to get it in.
    "Say Vern, I can't move the jack no more, can you start backin' the trailer up. I got everything else under control !"

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    If it does not fit in the transporter I will just drive it home !
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    " Honey, I will not be home tonight because I am sleeping here in the camper and I am on engine duty."
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    "But I promise that the next trip we go on we can go golfing together."
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    "Vern" did not want to spend too much on his trailer and he made every inch count !
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    Some FORD transporters during the fifties, sixties and seventies.
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    These are two of my favorite race cars being transported.
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    McLaren M20 at Mosport in 1972.

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    1970 Boss 302 Trans Am Mustang. (After restoration )


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    July 5th weekend. 1970. French F1 Grand Prix at Clermont Ferrand..
    The McLaren Team transporter and crew as they prepare for the race after tragically losing Bruce a month earlier.
    Dan Gurney, who kindly filled in while Denny was recovering from burnt hands at Indianapolis is at the rear with McLaren M14A # 17.
    Denny Hulme had returned to drive the McLaren M 14D-Cosworth # 19.
    Tyler Alexander is in the doorway.
    The other car on the transporter is a McLaren M7D # 16 with a Alfa Romeo T33. 3.0 V-8 engine driven by Andrea De Adamich.
    These were very hard times for the team but they bravely battled on and never gave up.
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    More FORD transportation photos.
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    I used to dread getting on the school bus at Kiwitahi but I think I was safer then than climbing on board some of these arrangements except the Porsche-Audi transporter !
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    Awesome pics Ken,

    Thank you.

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    The number 88 on the silver car is on the same angle as the ramp.
    Neat Topolino, and when you see a real road going on they look so tiny.
    They are the car version of the Shetland Pony and Shetland Dog
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    John,
    Do you want me to try to contact the # 88 artist to come out and apply his skills to your Monaro ?
    You could just park it on an incline in the driveway and he will take it from there !

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    It seems VW Kombis were a popular mode of transporter back in the sixties. Perhaps someone can explain why. It would not be for the handling or for speed !.
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    Just in case you needed a support vehicle.

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    Ken- In the Hippy era, the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers turned a Kombi into an Armadillo- I loaned Spagetti the details-looked impressive scuttling along the freeway . We dont need to mention what they were transporting in SoCal

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    I think some of these VW transporters were carrying loads a little bit more valuable than the Kombi !
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    (Imagine finding this unattended in the parking lot ! A Williams FW 07 and a Lotus 49 well protected from the rain !)
    (Note how popular VWs are in this photo. )


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    And sometimes..........

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    Here is a easier way of loading up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by khyndart in CA View Post
    Here is a easier way of loading up.
    Ken, went to the Utube and it tells what the truck is very clever, Old Chevvy with front wheel drive Cadillac mechanicals ..cool ..

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    Roger,
    Perhaps you could purchase and slightly modify this "Good ol' boy's" All Terrain Vehicle.
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    Roger,
    Then you could have something like this set up in your driveway one day !
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