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Two crew members loading Porsche 911s onto the two decks of a transporter

Two on the job

One drives, one watches the clearances. Never one person alone with somebody else's car.

Loaded transporter on a road with a line of sports cars still waiting to load

Still to come

A collection does not move in one load. It moves in the number of loads it takes.

Covered concept car lifted by crane through the front of a glass showroom

In through the front

The showroom has no door wide enough. The car goes in over the sill, on a spreader frame.

Car transporter with ramps down in an urban street

Urban manoeuvre

Ramps down in the middle of the street, for the time one car takes.

Two orange Porsche 911 GT3s on both decks of a transporter

Two 911 GT3s

Same model, same colour, two decks: neither one touches the other.

Light blue Porsche 911 GT3 on the lower deck of the museum transporter

Blue on the lower deck

Four Porsches in one trailer, each on its own deck and its own straps.

Crane truck lifting a covered car above a lawn in front of a building

Over the lawn

No hard standing between the road and the door. The arm covers what the wheels cannot.

Crew member tensioning a green strap on a covered concept car before a lift

Tensioning by hand

Four points, checked one by one. A lift is only as good as the least tight of them.

Dark concept car installed on a plinth inside a showroom with a large screen behind

In position

Delivery ends when the car is where the visitors will see it, not at the loading bay.

Car lifted by crane onto the rooftop terrace of an office building, a crew member guiding it in

Delivered by crane

No ramp reaches a rooftop. The last few metres are flown, on straps and hand signals.

Enclosed transporter under the Cinquantenaire arches in Brussels

At the Cinquantenaire

Open esplanade, car brought out under the arches: the place is part of the delivery.

Lamborghini Revuelto seen from the rear of a double-deck transporter

Straight through

The lower deck seen from the rear doors: one car, the full width.

Grey Lotus Exige with rear wing inside the enclosed truck, side door open

A track car travels

Low front, no ground clearance: the flat ramps exist for cars like this.

Concept car in blue swirl camouflage wrap inside an enclosed transporter

Under camouflage

A car that is not supposed to be photographed travels in a box with no windows.

Flank of a camouflage-wrapped concept car lit inside a dark transporter

Kept out of sight

The wrap hides the shape. The closed body hides the wrap.

Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing and SLS AMG side by side on a transporter deck

Both with gullwing doors

Half a century between them and the same doors. Both need the ceiling height to open.

Aston Martin Valour seen front three-quarter on the transporter ramps

Front three-quarter

A modern collectible handed back to its owner, wheels on the ground.

White Lancia Delta Integrale in front of the Cinquantenaire arch

Under the arch

Martini livery at the foot of the arch: it arrived by road, not on its own wheels.

Museum transporter passing under the Cinquantenaire triumphal arch in the rain

Under the arch, in the rain

The cars stay dry inside; the crew does not. That is the arrangement.

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Silver Mercedes SLS AMG beside a 300 SL Gullwing inside a transporter

The long bonnet

Front-mid engine, and a nose that arrives well before the driver does.

Rear of a Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing with its badge, inside a transporter

300 SL

The badge on the tail is the whole description. Nothing else needs saying.

Enclosed transporter loaded with classic Mercedes cars, seen from the front three-quarter

Loaded for the show

Three cars, one truck, one arrival slot. Exhibitions do not hold a bay open.

Rear of an Alfa Romeo SZ secured inside an enclosed trailer

Strapped aboard

An SZ tied to the floor, ramps up, doors ready to close.

Bugatti Chiron on the deck of an enclosed transporter

On the deck

A million euros aboard, and four soft straps for its only contact.

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