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My good cloggie mate Henk Kruit has sent me this "Hi Brian, more pictures of FIAT-Ferraris!
This is a 1957 FIAT 682R Transporter." And by way of contrast here's a picture of the modern day equivalent from Ron Johl....

And Ron lights the blue touch paper by saying: "Brian, now here is a modern transporter from Truckfest Peterborough---complete with its racing car, and much nicer looking than that old Fiat!!" Hmmmm I'm not sure you'll have the Biglorryblog cognescenti with you on that mate...! And click through here for more old-time transporters from Henk!

Now here's something you don';t see everyday... A cabover US car transporter but what's that strange looking prime mover up front... Can you guess (for a pie) what it is? And another...

...One. Featuring the famous 'Dan's Deals on Wheels.' Now click through here for more car transporters ancient and modern and one that's gone to blazes (literally)...

An erstwhile US-follower of Biglorryblog (and proud Peterbilt owner) has fired this fascinating shot over and to say: "Good Day, Brian, Carl Stephens over here in the USA. You caught (on the Peterbilt.com site) an image of my latest car transporter that I put together in 2007 (How Low Can You Go?). I visit your site from time to time because it's interesting to me to see how it's done overseas. I remember earlier in my career a fleet of French-made 'stinger-steered' transporters operated by a now-defunct USA company named Nu-Car Carriers and the trailers were really innovative and decades ahead of the competition. In response to your 'Who's Got The Biggest One?' asking how many autos can you get on one truck... I am attaching an image of that same 'low-down' lorry car transporter with a recent load running from the east coast of the US across country into the Los Angeles basin. The load was legal height (here in the US it's mostly 13' 6" or 3.9624 m) and the weight distribution between the 5 axle rig was legit as well...grossing around 79000 pounds or 35.83 metric tons. :-) Have fun with it... Thanks, Carl Stephens USA." Interesting shot mate... By my reckoning that's 8 Minis, 1 VW Beetle, 1 Audi TT fastback and err... Something else I can't quite make out and what looks like an old Merc at the back... So how did I do?

AtkiPete Lynch has picked up the challenge Biglorryblog has laid down regarding how many cars you can get on a car transporter. He has sent me this picture and says:

Peter Murray is back with a nice off-beat contribution."Hello again Brian, I see the old Commer car carriers in the recent Blog update, and a few days ago there was a photo of a single drive prime mover with a small wheel pusher axle."

"The attached pics show how car carrying has evolved downunder - and the others show that the 'small wheel' pusher axle is in use over here too."

Meanwhile Peter continues: "The pics are from 2005 and slightly earlier. In the intervening time - Finemores were taken over by TOLL."

Peter adds: "The rigs are the same overall length as a B Double and operate under the same restrictions/regulations as B Doubles do."

Now click through here for an even BIGGER Aussie transporter.... 

Following on from Clutchslip's and Will Shiers' positings on low-height tractors for Car transporters I thought I'd offer a 'them vs us' photo opportunity startign with this Renault Premium with Transporter Engineering bodywork and trailer....hmmm not bad. (I think this was taken by Ace Snapper Tom Cunningham.)

Now compare and contrast if you will with what the Americans call 'low-height', starting with this Western Star 4900 FA 'LowMax' 62in Ultra low-roof sleeper...now click through here for two more....