Transporter picture book

The NAG Bussing-based Ferrari and Alfa Romeo transporters, as drawn by Mike Sells, based upon photographs, so probably not entirely accurate according to the artist. The Ferrari transporter is seen in 1936 livery and was only used in 1936 and '37, before Alfa Corse took over. The transporter with the Alfa logo is shown in its 1946-1951 Alfetta-transporting guise. (© J. Michael Sells)

Enrico Platè's Bianchi "Miles" transporter at the 1950 British GP, with Bira's Platè-entered Maserati 4CLT in the background. (© Simon Lewis Transport Bookshop)

Tony Gaze's Alta F2-1 is being worked upon in front of Cromard's Spikins transporter in the paddock of the 1951 International Trophy. (© Simon Lewis Transport Bookshop)

Two Dodge transporters at the 1953 International Trophy: Chiron's US version, with Gerard's green British example behind it. Lance Macklin in the HWM is oblivious of the two cars while the mechanic working on Leslie Marr's Connaught A-Type (A5) seems distracted by the noise that the HWM seems to make.
(© Simon Lewis Transport Bookshop)

A busy paddock during the 1956 German GP. (Taken with permission from 'Reflections' by Anthony Carter. © Veloce Books)

Horace Gould's 'transporter', a rebuilt Bristol bus that carried his Maserati 250F. (Taken with permission from 'Reflections' by Anthony Carter. © Veloce Books)

Le Mans 1958: the battered Willy Mairesse/Lucien Bianchi Testa Rossa sits atop the ENB transporter. (Taken with permission from 'Reflections' by Anthony Carter. © Veloce Books)

A variety of transporters in the paddock of the 1958 German GP, with a Rubery Owen maintenance vehicle towing one of the BRMs. (Taken from 'BRM, A Mechanic's Tale' by Dick Salmon, published by Veloce Books. © Dennis Perkins, used with permission)

The three BRM Austin Lodestar vehicles parked somewhere in France on their way to the 1958 Monaco GP. (Taken from 'BRM, A Mechanic's Tale' by Dick Salmon, published by Veloce Books. © Dennis Perkins, used with permission)

Dick Salmon, Maurice Dove and Tony Rudd line up as they prepare to leave Bourne for Monza in 1959. The Standard Vanguard with trailer is taking the first P48 along for the ride. (Taken from 'BRM, A Mechanic's Tale' by Dick Salmon, published by Veloce Books. © Dennis Perkins, used with permission)

This dark red Bianchi Visconteo (not a Fiat) was regularly used by the Camoradi USA team in 1960. Here it is seen in Modena in July, with two of the three Camoradi entries for Le Mans, the long-tail Birdcage chassis 2464 and 2461. (Taken with permission from 'Maserati Tipo 63/64/65. From Birdcage to Supercage' by Willem Oosthoek. © Egon Hofer at the Hofer Collection.)

An ex-Ferrari Baricchi transporter at Goodwood in 1964, now green and creme coloured. (Taken with permission from 'Those Were The Days. Goodwood In The 60s' by Tony Gardiner. © Veloce Books)

A silver-painted Roy Winkelmann Lotus 23 on a trailer towed by an American Ford pick-up truck, with an Atkins Austin transporter on the right and a Normand version in the background, at Goodwood in 1963. (Taken with permission from 'Those Were The Days. Goodwood In The 60s' by Tony Gardiner. © Veloce Books)

Bruce McLaren's Aston Martin Project 214 stands forlorn in the 1963 Goodwood paddock, but our attention goes to the Aston Martin Lagonda Special transporter standing besides it. (Taken with permission from 'Those Were The Days. Goodwood In The 60s' by Tony Gardiner. © Veloce Books)

From 1956 Peter Sutcliffe used a late 40s Leyland Cub with Luton body to transport his MG TD in the first two years, and his Frazer Nash for the next two. The old Leyland, forward control with a petrol engine, was very noisy, slow and thirsty. The car was called Ada, as it was an ex-Ada Washing Machine Co. car. Interrupted by two years of civil service Sutcliffe returned to racing in 1962, now with a Jaguar D-type. He now had bought a Commer five-tonne, also called Ada (seen in the picture, waiting for the ferry at Dover). It was painted in mid-metallic colour, a late-50s model which was to serve him all over Europe. In 1963-'64 Sutcliffe drove an E-type and in 1965 he switched to a Ferrari GTO and a GT40. For 1966 and onwards the Ford remained his racing car, now being towed on a trailer behind a Land Rover. Sutcliffe raced for Scuderia Ferrari, Alan Mann, John Coombs, Filipinetti, HF Squadra Corse before reducing his racing while also driving for Scuderia del Portello. (© Peter Sutcliffe.)

The transporter of the Vestey equipe at Le Mans in 1968. The bus was called Hannibal as it was used to cross the Alps to transport Paul Vestey's Ferrari LM. (© The GP Library)