steveplym Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 I had a e-mail forwarded to me with several interesting pictures. It was of car haulers from back in the day. Found one for P-15's and thought I would share. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dparksie Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 Even the trailer looks good:D. Thanks for the picture, though it does almost make me want to jump in it and go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm's Coupe Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 (edited) That's a neat picture. But.......is it my eyesight, or is the window in the coupe and the car just below it rolled down? Looks like it to me as I don't see any glare on glass in those two. I now have a nice 8 x 10 copy of the photo to frame and hang on the wall. Thanks for posting that. Edited November 19, 2009 by Norm's Coupe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobT-47P15 Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 Norm, I enlarged the picture on my computer, and it sure does appear the window is rolled down. The coupe has those white metal trim rings that give it the appearance of having whitewalls. Also, the four door on top, and the front bottom car seem to have some sort of sign in the windows. That Dodge C O E tractor unit is pretty cool too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reg Evans Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 The car hauler reminds me of the one I saw in front of a museum in Montana back in Sept of 08. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Hemingway Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 Look here for more of the old photos. Dennis:cool: http://www430.pair.com/p15d24/mopar_forum/showthread.php?t=18535 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm's Coupe Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 (edited) Bob, I thought that truck was neat too. You don't see trailers built like that today. That's probably the primary reason I liked that picture so much. After all, we see lots of P15's in photo's, but the truck makes this picture stand out. Edited November 19, 2009 by Norm's Coupe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desoto1939 Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 Did any one take note that in all of the pictures of the car carriers that they could only deliver 4 cars or vehicles at one time as compared to what they now carry on the modern car carriers. Just a point of interest. Also nice to see that the Mopars were being delivered with a Dodge COE truck. I wonder if this was done by choice or just by accident. rich Hartung desoto1939@aol.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Ed Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 Most of them had a branded truck towing the trailer. Even the one stude shot shows a stude truck towing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm's Coupe Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 Rich, I did notice there were only 4 cars too, just forgot to mention that. Probably did that for two reasons. One is, they didn't make and sell as many cars back then. Then, maybe with the enclosed trailer, it was too much weight for the truck to pull on the highway, Or, it would have made the truck overweight for the old two lane asphalt highways to handle back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Hoffmeyer Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 The primary reason they only hauled 4 cars was the length laws in effect at that time. Probably 50' overall length in Wisconsin. Also why the COE Dodge instead of a WJ or WK series. Paul H:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobT-47P15 Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 I received an email showing those car haulers today. There's one truck with Packards which has a framework to hold one car on the back of the tractor unit, in front of the trailer. There's another pic showing a Ford tractor pulling a load of Studebakers....with a rack over the tractor holding a car. So that system has been around for a while evidently. I can't figure out how to post those truck pictures from the e-mail. I can forward that e-mail to someone else who knows how to transfer them to here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm's Coupe Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 I received an email showing those car haulers today. There's one truck with Packards which has a framework to hold one car on the back of the tractor unit, in front of the trailer. There's another pic showing a Ford tractor pulling a load of Studebakers....with a rack over the tractor holding a car. So that system has been around for a while evidently. I can't figure out how to post those truck pictures from the e-mail. I can forward that e-mail to someone else who knows how to transfer them to here. Bob, You have to right click on the picture in the email. Then select "save image as" and save it on your computer or a disc. Then you can load the picture here providing the file size is within the limits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merle Coggins Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 Are these the ones Bob? I had them emailed to me by Byronb3b a couple of weeks ago and posted them over on the truck board. Being a truck guy, I think this one is my favorite. Here's a link to my Photobucket album with the rest of them. http://s66.photobucket.com/albums/h254/mac2026/Car%20Haulers/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobT-47P15 Posted November 21, 2009 Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 Yes, Merle.....those are some of them. The Packards and Pontiacs (in another pic) are covered.....got special treatment. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Normspeed Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 (edited) My dad acquired a 48 Packard on a road trip in the 50's, when our 40 Hudson threw a rod on the Jersey Turnpike. The details of the deal are quite a story. Anyway, the Packard was a real highway car, very smooth, and one helluva oil burner. Had Overdrive, and Dad never really mastered the intracacies of freewheeling. Always yelled at us kids when the darned thing started freewheeling. And we were all in the back seat! Edited November 23, 2009 by Normspeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Coatney Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 The details of the deal are quite a story. Share the story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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