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Brass-era motor car on the upper deck of a car transporter

Upper deck

A turn-of-the-century car comes off the top deck, winched at walking pace.

Crew member kneeling to strap a classic Mercedes on the lower deck

Four straps, on the wheels

Straps go around the tyres. Nothing pulls on an axle, a subframe or a chrome bumper.

Loaded transporter driving past the Atomium in the fog

Past the Atomium

Fog on the ring road. The pace drops, the delivery window does not.

Transporter in front of the art deco palaces of the Brussels exhibition grounds

At the exhibition halls

Show cars arrive days before the doors open, and leave the night they close.

Black Cadillac convertible beside an enclosed car transporter, ramps down

Cadillac convertible

A fifties American set down outside the dealership, roof up.

Citroën estate in period livery at the Autoworld museum entrance

Museum estate

Period livery kept exactly as it is, down to the painted lettering.

Citroën DS inside the transporter, ramps laid up to a museum doorway in the rain

Door to ramp

Ramps laid right up to the doorway so the wheels never touch the cobbles.

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Yellow Porsche on the upper deck, red city car on the lower deck

Two decks

A city car under a sports car: the upper deck isolates the one below completely.

Nose of a Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing beside a modern Mercedes on the transporter deck

Fifty years apart

Two cars from the same marque and two eras, on the same deck, strapped the same way.

Silver Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing seen through the open side of a transporter

Through the side

The side opens along the whole length. A door that opens upwards needs the room above it.

Front of a black Mercedes SLR McLaren on an enclosed transporter

SLR McLaren

Carbon nose, side exhausts behind the front wheels. Nothing about it is standard to handle.

Red Ferrari on a coastal road with a car transporter behind

Coastal road

Two cars with the transporter behind: some jobs move as a convoy.

Silver enclosed transporter parked under a heavy sky between two loadings

A stop on the way

Between two loadings, the trailer stays closed and the car stays out of sight.

Crew member releasing straps from a car on the upper deck

Releasing the straps

The upper deck is worked on your knees, one strap at a time.

Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing framed by the open side doors of a transporter

Framed

About fourteen hundred were built. This one travels alone on its deck.

Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing and SLR McLaren on the two decks of one transporter

Both on board

The pair travels together because it is shown together. One truck, one route, one arrival.

Man standing beside a Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing before it is unloaded

Before the ramps go down

Look first, touch second. Everything that gets checked here does not get discovered later.

Crew member holding a strap while an electric SUV is loaded

Strap in hand

Guided by voice, strap ready: nobody drives aboard on guesswork.

Enclosed transporter with every side door open, classic racing cars on both decks

Side doors open

Four racing cars on two decks, and a door for every one of them.

Enclosed transporter with ramps down and side doors open on classic rally cars

Ready to unload

Ramps down, side doors open — four classics come out one by one.

Red Ferrari Testarossa in an enclosed transporter by the Cinquantenaire arch

Testarossa

A Testarossa delivered under the arch, transporter doors wide open.

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Enclosed transporter with its upper deck raised, in a wooded driveway

Deck up

The upper deck rises to make room below. A collection is loaded in an order, not at random.

Crew member beside a black air-cooled Porsche 911 Turbo inside the transporter

Guided in

Someone walks beside the car all the way in. The driver sees the deck; he sees the clearances.

White Porsche 911 loaded inside an enclosed transporter, street visible behind

Aboard

The doors close on the car before the truck leaves the kerb.

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