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Two SUVs, one run
For a current car on a short run, open transport is the sensible choice.
Unloaded en route
A 296 GTS and a 911 handed back at the roadside, engines cold.
A rolling artwork
Carried like an exhibition piece, because that is what it is.
An audience at the ramp
Unloading in public is part of the job. It changes nothing about how it is done.
Pushed, not driven
Starting a cold prewar engine for thirty metres is a risk. Four backs are cheaper.
Two racing Bugattis
One open, one enclosed, both built to race. They travel in the order they will be unloaded.
Martini wing
An original racing part: it travels under cover, the way it is kept.
911 Speedster
A limited-run convertible carried behind closed doors, roof in place.
Onto the ramps
No roof, no windscreen: the trailer is the only shelter it will get.
French racing blue
Enclosed bodywork, wire wheels, a number on the flank. Loaded with the ramps at their flattest.
Down the ramps
Cobbles, a slope and a car with no clearance. Somebody walks each wheel down.
Warming up
An engine of this age is warmed before it is asked for anything. The smoke clears.
Straight onto the plinth
The delivery ends on the stand, not in a car park behind it.
Side check
One look through the flank is enough to confirm nothing has shifted.
Open flank
Full side opening lets us load from the side when the rear is blocked.
Final check
Nothing leaves until someone has walked the length of the trailer once more.
Above the avenue
A shop window is not a loading bay. The car reaches it the only way left.
Between the façades
The arm has one clear line between the wires and the balconies. It is found before the lift starts.
In the slings
Four slings under the sills, spread by a frame so nothing pulls inward on the body.
Ready to come down
Ramps chocked, crew in position: the car only moves afterwards.
Loaded at the door
Two decks, two cars, one manoeuvre: the upper deck loads first.
On the display
Set down on the display itself, not beside it. The crane leaves before the shop opens.
On the tower crane
Above a certain height a truck crane runs out of arm. The site crane takes over.
Over the city
Nothing below the car for the length of the lift. The street is closed for the duration.
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