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Green Goddess Racing car transporter!
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Richard H



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 12:34 pm    Post subject: Green Goddess Racing car transporter! Reply with quote

What do you think? As much as I like original GG's, this one had been left to rot since 2002 and most of the wooden rear body was rotton. The owner is turning it into a classic racing car transporter to carry an Austin-Healey to historic race meetings. It'll be interesting to see how it progresses.

http://www.retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=readersrides&action=display&thread=84662&page=1
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Keef



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 1:26 pm    Post subject: Re: Green Goddess Racing car transporter! Reply with quote

Richard H wrote:
What do you think?


Great idea!

I love to have the space to have something similar for my fleet.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 4:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looks great doesnt it - there's loads of original ones around, so why not try something different. With that amount of rot in it, it was never going to be viable rebuilding it as original.

Look forward to seeing the end result Smile

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 7:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Reading the thread he seems tempted to go for a flat back type transporter which although interesting wouldn't look too different from every breakdown or scrap yard flat back you see on the roads everyday, even in single car form it would look good done in the style of the Ecurie Ecosse transporter with the car elevated over the storage area.
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Phill



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 7:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I remember at Santa Pod in the late sixties some one used an ex GPO telephones Karrier with crew cab to transport his racer.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 5:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

A collection of transporters.

http://forix.autosport.com/8w/transporter-nye.html

and a few more here

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/02/oldest-race-car-transporters-ive-seen.html

almost an art form.
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