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Surely the ultimate car transporter!!!

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  • #2
    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    Cheap as chips!
    The last owner aquired this vehicle from GrayPaul together with a Ferrari Enzo. He then drove the Enzo to the south of France in the truck meaning mileage and depreciation were minimised.
    Not sure why anyone would drive a Ferrari Enzo to the south of France in the back of a truck though!

    If you can afford an Enzo - you can afford to enjoy the bloody mileage!


  • #3
    Anan1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    Check out the second transporter in this link:

    http://www.renntransporter132.de/html/mercedes____________.html


  • #4
    MercMad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,266 ✭✭✭MercMad


    That's pretty nice but deffo the original Mercedes Renntransporter was the ultimate, and the recreation is'nt so bad either !

    Shame the original was left to rot and was scrapped !


  • #5
    CPG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 108 ✭✭CPG


    Dades wrote: »
    Cheap as chips!

    Not sure why anyone would drive a Ferrari Enzo to the south of France in the back of a truck though!

    If you can afford an Enzo - you can afford to enjoy the bloody mileage!

    Yeah, but you cant be in two places at once !!:confused:


  • #6
    Anan1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    CPG wrote: »
    Yeah, but you cant be in two places at once !!:confused:
    He wouldn't have to, he'd only have to be in the car.;)


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  • #7
    BrianD3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,549 ✭✭✭BrianD3


    I think this is the ultimate classic car transporter - the Bedford VAL.
    brabhamval.jpg


  • #8
    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    Anan1 wrote: »
    He wouldn't have to, he'd only have to be in the car.;)
    That's what I thought!


  • #9
    1275gt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 258 ✭✭1275gt


    BrianD3 wrote: »
    I think this is the ultimate classic car transporter - the Bedford VAL.

    is that the same type of bus in the italian job? if so, i concur :D


  • #10
    BrianD3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,549 ✭✭✭BrianD3


    is that the same type of bus in the italian job? if so, i concur
    Same Bedford chassis but the Italian Job coach had a very rare Harrington body. I think 2 or 3 survive. However plenty of Plaxton and Duple bodied VALS survive.


  • #11
    MercMad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,266 ✭✭✭MercMad


    This must have been fun to drive !

    1954-

    MB%


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  • #12
    Merrion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,423 ✭✭✭Merrion


    johnf2020 wrote: »
    Would love this!;)
    http://www.classic-benz.co.uk/mercedes-details/B93.htm

    It would solve the "no garages to rent in Dublin" issue that is a menace for classic car owners here. (Neighbours would probably burst a blood vessel though)


  • #13
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,528 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    can be driven on a car licence? in what country?


  • #14
    Merrion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,423 ✭✭✭Merrion


    If it is under 7.5t then I can drive it (standard UK license )


  • #15
    G Luxel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,407 ✭✭✭G Luxel


    MercMad wrote: »
    This must have been fun to drive !

    1954-

    MB%

    arent both of those vehicles brand new, built in 2002? I thought that the reg plates style was replaced by the black and white plates around 1956?


  • #16
    MercMad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,266 ✭✭✭MercMad


    G Luxel wrote: »
    arent both of those vehicles brand new, built in 2002? I thought that the reg plates style was replaced by the black and white plates around 1956?

    .......yeah the original transporter was laid up when the factory backed away from racing. It became obsolete and was basically abandoned outside the museum for years. It deteriorated, nobody it seemd realised its significance, and was scrapped in the 70's.

    The above one was remanufactured using original drawings and as much original parts, most of the original parts were from current vehicles, and the drivetrain was modern 3.0 Mercedes.

    Apparantly its a very authentic recreation.


  • #17
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,823 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    I think I have pictures at home somewhere of another, similar oddity: in 1989, the Skoda factory team (still behind the Iron Curtain, remember) sent a factory team of two cars and drivers to the 1989 Galway International Rally.

    The cars, and team, were carried inside a specially adapted bus - and it was their accomodation for the 3 days they were here....the back of the bus opened up, and the cars drove inside. Looked for the world like an old Duple...:D

    I'll see if I can find a pic........

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #18
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,823 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    well, I couldnt find a pic - but I know who does - Skoda !!

    I emailed them, and got this this morning ! Imagine, and I don't even have a Skoda - although maybe I should if they're that attentive.

    I asked Porsche about a part from my 911 and that enquiry never got answered. Maybe we should all be driving Skoda's!

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #19
    Alfasudcrazy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭Alfasudcrazy


    That angle of attack is still probably too severe for some of my low fronted cars such as the TR6, Fiat coupe and the chin spoiler of my Mk II golf Gti to clear. :eek:

    b93-3.jpg


  • #20
    MercMad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,266 ✭✭✭MercMad


    galwaytt wrote: »
    well, I couldnt find a pic - but I know who does - Skoda !!

    I emailed them, and got this this morning ! Imagine, and I don't even have a Skoda - although maybe I should if they're that attentive.

    I asked Porsche about a part from my 911 and that enquiry never got answered. Maybe we should all be driving Skoda's!

    ...........thats interesting !

    The bus is kinda cool in its own right too, without the conversion !


  • #21
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,823 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    Alfasudcrazy wrote: »
    That angle of attack is still probably too severe for some of my low fronted cars such as the TR6, Fiat coupe and the chin spoiler of my Mk II golf Gti to clear. :eek:

    b93-3.jpg

    I don't think a MK1 Gti has a lower chin then a car from Maranello, tbh.......besides - there's ramps in it as well.

    the more I think of it, the better the idea of that truck, over a trailer, tbh......

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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  • #22
    CPG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 108 ✭✭CPG


    Anan1 wrote: »
    He wouldn't have to, he'd only have to be in the car.;)

    Someone else is transporting the car for him ya mong !

    He is off working, doing his rich guy stuff on a boat or Island, while someone else transports his new toy to his richguy pad.


  • #23
    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    CPG wrote: »
    Someone else is transporting the car for him ya mong !

    He is off working, doing his rich guy stuff on a boat or Island, while someone else transports his new toy to his richguy pad.
    The point was if you're that rich why not take couple of days off 'work' and drive it yourself! i.e. What a great opportunity for an Enzo road trip...


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