Great Article on Classic Race Transporters

[Cheib]

Worth a couple of mins of your time. The 1964 advert for a low drag E -Type with or without a transporter is great though I think my favourite is the Formula Car on the Land Rover!

http://www.95customs.com/a-photographic-history-of...

[Hoofy]

Wow. All they have to do is pick up the phone and call me. I'll happily drive one of those home.

[nicanary]

The F3 Cooper was that of Stuart Lewis-Evans, who later became a member of the Vanwall F1 team. Nota Bene the absence of a hard hat and high-vis jacket.

[XJ13]

Wonderful images. Anyone know if the Dick Protheroe transporter survived?

[Keep it stiff]

What an excellent collection of pictures. Just love the Land Rover roof rack, although perhaps a trailer would have been simpler!

The 4th picture down has me puzzled 5 Cobras. At first sight it look American but surely that is an Austin 1100 in the background, does the truck behind 1100 say Esso and if that an E Type in the corner of the picture could this be in the UK? The grid numbers seem to be the wrong way round, if the numbers would be facing you the right way up when you take up your grid position, but then again if you you line up with the grid numbers upside down that would suggest a clockwise circuit another pointer as UK. Any idea as to where this might be?

Wheelbase on the trailer, wow, now that would be a roundabout eater nowadays!

Edited by Keep it stiff on Monday 23 March 19:39

[Bozwell]

XJ13 said:

Wonderful images. Anyone know if the Dick Protheroe transporter survived?

can't view the images but Dick's transporter with the chassis number of his race FHC E Type (not the Lowdrag) sign written on the side was offered for sale about 10 years ago. the pictures showed it in a sorry state and wasn't cheap back then. haven't heard what happened to it after that though.

it should be somewhere but seems to be under the radar.

[david.h]

Amazing photos! I particularly like the Ecurie Ecosse D types with the hoods up! although they seem to be different patterns? Maybe just tarpaulins? someone will know!

[dig123]

That's great especially the landrover with an F1 on the roof.

[nicanary]

dig123 said:

That's great especially the landrover with an F1 on the roof.

Cooper-Norton Formula 3 - 500cc.

[droopsnoot]

Keep it stiff said:

The 4th picture down has me puzzled 5 Cobras. At first sight it look American but surely that is an Austin 1100 in the background, does the truck behind 1100 say Esso and if that an E Type in the corner of the picture could this be in the UK? The grid numbers seem to be the wrong way round, if the numbers would be facing you the right way up when you take up your grid position, but then again if you you line up with the grid numbers upside down that would suggest a clockwise circuit another pointer as UK. Any idea as to where this might be?

No idea where it is - it does look very American with all the other stuff in the background, and the "Imported Vermouths" sign. Don't forget the 1100/1300 was sold over there as the "Austin America", and of course the E type went over there.

Maybe there's more in the "Inside the Paddock" book that was released a year or two ago.

[Parabola]

Superb stuff. Thanks for sharing.

[occrj]

Bozwell said:

can't view the images but Dick's transporter with the chassis number of his race FHC E Type (not the Lowdrag) sign written on the side was offered for sale about 10 years ago. the pictures showed it in a sorry state and wasn't cheap back then. haven't heard what happened to it after that though.

it should be somewhere but seems to be under the radar.

Agreed it'd be interesting to know where it is, and the Morris FG that appears in the advert.

RJ