transporter man:
Two photos of the original Plus 11 Mk 2 with its first trial load at the factory 17th September 2001. This vehicle was demonstrated & modified for a few months before production started early 2002, the first production versions went to Whitburn Transport & Car & Commercial.
I had the 3rd 11plus that Autocarriers had, picked it up from Volvo in Darlington July 31st 2002, great bit of kit. I’ll put some photo’s on at the weekend.
Hi Dieseldogsix I loaded Autocarriers 1 & 2 with Colin Hodgson & a couple of Teesside drivers July 2002 with Vauxhalls at Hartlepool. I actually won a bet with Colin on this load, he didn’t think we would get two Zafiras on deck 3 & 10 with a car in 11, he paid in full with a cup of tea!! I didn’t know if they would go on either I was working on the principle he who dares wins. You cannot do this now with the new generation of vehicles.
You are right in saying it was a great it of kit, from the very first load we new it had potential.
Jimski:
Hi all nice thread love the old pics no sign of Mr Bogangles tho ■■?
Regards Jimski
Hi Jimski,
I have only just received your email and straightaway I fought my way through the deisel fumes to look at this thread. Brilliant to see all the old stuff, great thread. Ian (Minster), what a nice model, I didn’t know you had such talent. Now do I post all my photos on here? as well as on the other threads----“Car Transporters”—and–“Tolemans.” . Take care all you guys still doing it, best wishes, Mr Bojangles (John Payne)
Hi you guys, its good to see the old fifties sixties transporters getting an airing.
The Trader with 5 stock cars loaded is definately a Mk 1 Brockhouse.
The BMC rigid with five sports cars is probably a Carveyer body built by Carters at Tamworth, its got the H & M transport crest on the cab door, not by Royal warrent.
The early Morris tractor unit is probably a BRS unit, but dont recognise who built the trailer !
Have any of you got any photos of transporters for the old Oxford companies, BRS, Booty, Crappers, BJ Henry, Hardings, H & M, as well as the Progressive pics already shown.
As well as transporters, BRS also ran a large fleet of lorry and trailer body carriers, any one got any piccies.
ExiledDevonian:
Just looked again at the Morris unit, definately an early Carrimore before the were all welded with extensions for five cars.
You are correct it is a Mk1 Carrimore, the Mk 2 had the peak and was available in 2 widths for some reason cannot imagine why any one would go for the narrow one.
Just realised I have a photo with the caption, although it is wrong, they could only carry 6 Jags and 3 of them had to be E-Types, for the bottom deck, at least until they brought out the drop down well, and the only carried 7 normal cars and 9 mini’s, I have another news cutting on this trailer somewhere.
Just as an after though, I learned to drive in one of these around the docks, before I ever drove a car, and yes I could reverse it as well, at the tender age of 14.
Dieseldogsix:
Just realised I have a photo with the caption, although it is wrong, they could only carry 6 Jags and 3 of them had to be E-Types, for the bottom deck, at least until they brought out the drop down well, and the only carried 7 normal cars and 9 mini’s, I have another news cutting on this trailer somewhere.
Just as an after though, I learned to drive in one of these around the docks, before I ever drove a car, and yes I could reverse it as well, at the tender age of 14.
Hi Dieseldog, this trailer was a Mk6 the step frame trailers were Mk9s. I can remember been in the Carrimore Factory at Stanley and there would be two lines full of these trailers been built for Cartransport they must have taken big numbers at the time. We used to deliver ‘E’ types up to Glasgow Docks for Cartransport it was a good tip, as soon as you were on the dock there were plenty of dockers to help as they were allowed to drain the petrol off as the cars had to be dry for shipment. In them days cars were lifted on the ship by crane.
Dieseldogsix:
Just realised I have a photo with the caption, although it is wrong, they could only carry 6 Jags and 3 of them had to be E-Types, for the bottom deck, at least until they brought out the drop down well, and the only carried 7 normal cars and 9 mini’s, I have another news cutting on this trailer somewhere.
Just as an after though, I learned to drive in one of these around the docks, before I ever drove a car, and yes I could reverse it as well, at the tender age of 14.
Hi Dieseldog, this trailer was a Mk6 the step frame trailers were Mk9s. I can remember been in the Carrimore Factory at Stanley and there would be two lines full of these trailers been built for Cartransport they must have taken big numbers at the time. We used to deliver ‘E’ types up to Glasgow Docks for Cartransport it was a good tip, as soon as you were on the dock there were plenty of dockers to help as they were allowed to drain the petrol off as the cars had to be dry for shipment. In them days cars were lifted on the ship by crane.
I think part of the reason for there being so many Cartransport ones, is because they were designed by Cartransports chief engineer a Mr Faulkner in conjunction with Carrimore, if my memory serves me right I don’t think they were allowed to sell them to anyone else for the first 12 months, but I may be wrong, it’s a long time ago.
I can remember seeing a transporter or transporters (1960s) like this one, kinda looks like an BMC FJ unit, possibly BRS.
The cars were meant to be “hidden” new models for the press and magazine testing and appraisal, I guess. Anyone else got a clue.
oiltreader
Dieseldogsix:
Just realised I have a photo with the caption, although it is wrong, they could only carry 6 Jags and 3 of them had to be E-Types, for the bottom deck, at least until they brought out the drop down well, and the only carried 7 normal cars and 9 mini’s, I have another news cutting on this trailer somewhere.
Just as an after though, I learned to drive in one of these around the docks, before I ever drove a car, and yes I could reverse it as well, at the tender age of 14.
Hi Dieseldog, this trailer was a Mk6 the step frame trailers were Mk9s. I can remember been in the Carrimore Factory at Stanley and there would be two lines full of these trailers been built for Cartransport they must have taken big numbers at the time. We used to deliver ‘E’ types up to Glasgow Docks for Cartransport it was a good tip, as soon as you were on the dock there were plenty of dockers to help as they were allowed to drain the petrol off as the cars had to be dry for shipment. In them days cars were lifted on the ship by crane.
I think part of the reason for there being so many Cartransport ones, is because they were designed by Cartransports chief engineer a Mr Faulkner in conjunction with Carrimore, if my memory serves me right I don’t think they were allowed to sell them to anyone else for the first 12 months, but I may be wrong, it’s a long time ago.
I am not sure either, the chief designer at Carrimore was Alan Cooper I reckon he was the best cartransporter designer in the country through the 50s & 60s. I can remember going to the factory in Finchley about 1964 & He showed us the new Mk 4 on the drawing board. We ordered one from just seeing the drawing this was the first of a new generation of tandem axle trailers. Alan moved from London to Co Durham when the factory was relocated.Alan went onto work at Tolemans as Technical Director and was one of the leading lights in the design of the Lohr Mk 5 which was years ahead of its time.
no sign of Mr Bogangles tho ■■?
