Borgward B1500 Truck

A fifties Borgward B1500 truck in Portugal

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Borgward, Sebaldsbrück, Bremen Germany.  Carl Borgward was involved in producing trucks from around 1924 starting with the Goliath and Hansa-Lloyd brands.   In 1952 he introduced the Borgward B1500 truck that was designed to compete with other 1.5 ton trucks and had a load capacity of 1,600kg.  There were two versions powered either by 1,758cc diesel or petrol engine.  Models prior to 1954 had the headlamps mounted on the wings and had a vertical radiator grill, but later ones like this one had them integrated each side of the radiator grill.  The later version was affectionally called "alligator nose".   The model was the most successful of Borgward trucks with over 30,000 produced.  Unfortunately Borgward went bankrupt in 1961.   As this truck was produced in large numbers you can still seem them around from time to time.  This one was seen in Favaios in Portugal in 2019.  Lovely looking fifties truck.

1957 Fiat 642 RN2 Bartoletti

Superb 1957 Ferrari Transporter at the 2016 Le Mans Classic

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Fiat, Turin, Italy.  The best off-track display at the 2016 Le Mans Classic was undoubtedly that of the racing car transporters, including this beautiful Fiat truck used by Scuderia Ferrari.  This Fiat bus chassis was bought by the Scuderia Ferrari in 1957 and transformed by coachbuilder Bertoletti at Forli into their race car transporter which was used until the early sixties.   As well as transporting the cars it gave the mechanics a portable workshop and a place to sleep.  So much more inspiring than the modern versions! The Fiat had a 92hp 6 cylinder diesel engine and it could transport three GP or sports racing cars around Europe to famous tracks such as Spa, Monaco and the Nurburgring.  Must have been amazing to see one of these fully laden on the road.  Unlike the Ferraris it carried it had a very modest top speed of just 85 kph.

Citroen U24 Truck

Citroen U24 à Magny Cours Classic Days 2014

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Ajouter un peu de variété avec un camion !

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Add a bit of variety with the odd truck!