Car Transporte r Run to Italy
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PLANS to set the first car-transporter service between this country and Italy into action are nearing completion. Mr. Peter Grant, Penwortham, Preston, plans to use two articulated transporters to carry Standard and Triumph cars to Naples, and he is negotiating to carry return loads of Lambretta motor scooters to this country.
The project has two claimed advantages over present shipping methods. It will ensure delivery within five days, whereas the old method took between 14 and 21 days, and it will be cheaper. Cars will be covered in plastics envelopes to ensure that they can be wheeled directly into the showrooms without cleaning.
Mr. Grant plans to use an Austin 5-tonner prime mover and a Commer 7-ton tractor. The Austin will be operated in conjunction with a 30-ft.long Brockhouse transporter, and he is awaiting delivery of a Taskers semitrailer to work with the Commer. This transporter will be fitted with Burtonwood superstructure which will incorporate mechanical lifting gear.