One car? Thats some bullE36 M3 you stupid lowlanders would come up with.. In Scotland we transport vehicles three at a time with a bus that has a horizontally opposed three cylinder two stroke diesel?????? Wtf?
Can you imagine how hard that would be to drive when you're that far in front of the front wheels. Would sure take some gettin' used to.
A little history on the mercedes transporter
http://www.carkeys.co.uk/features/classichistoric/963.asp
http://autospeed.com.au/cms/title_Worlds-Wildest-Race-Car-Transporter/A_109129/article.html
The bus is a bit overbuilt no?
http://forix.autosport.com/8w/transporter-picturebook.html
carguy123 wrote: Can you imagine how hard that would be to drive when you're that far in front of the front wheels. Would sure take some gettin' used to.
You get used to it fast enough.
The first one is a Corvair. Notice the air intakes, the cab is from a Greenbrier. 'Vair rear bumper, looks like Impala tail lights.
Dan
914Driver wrote: The first one is a Corvair. Notice the air intakes, the cab is from a Greenbrier. 'Vair rear bumper, looks like Impala tail lights. Dan
I was thinking '59 El Camino cab, with assorted corvair/chevy parts.
If you're just carrying a lightweight race car, those first two look a hell of a lot more practical than the usual F350+trailer. Why does no one make anything like that anymore?
The link doesn't work, but it's on a Mercedes 300 S chassis, corvette motor, 3 speed, '59 Elky cab. A Man named Holtkamp built it, planned to build more, sold it to Moon. Moon took it to have disc brakes fitted, and it was damaged in an earthquake.
I did a search for "Dean Moon Hauler", but it might also be under "Cheetah Transporter"
The veedub setup is my fave because it should be pretty doable at home. Put a Subbie 6Cyl in there, stretch the chasis, and the space that opens up in front of the rear wheels could be used for storage. Yeah, baby!
ratghia wrote: If I remember correctly it is a stretched VW single cab and has a Corvair engine.
Moar of this
Appleseed wrote: Me likey.
I read an article about Don Prudhomme's transporter recently. He originally bought it from Richard Petty.
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