Retro Superbird picture on Car hauler

[nascarxx29]

One on the roof and one one the trailer.Watch those underpasses
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NORM-NELSON-3-SUPERBIRD-NASCAR-LOADED-CAR-HAULER-8x10-GLOSSY-PHOTO-/300776406477

[WINGIN IT]

WOW ! That's one way to get 2 wing cars on a trailer at once  

[Aero426]

Norm Nelson used this hauler from at least 1965 forward. 

[Ghoste]

State of the art at the time for car and hauler.

[Aero426]

State of the art at the time for car and hauler.

Yes it was.   Must have been quite a sight going down the road.

[Aero426]

1964.    Probably the same hauler.    Norm Nelson is on the left walking.    The second team car was #18 and driven by Lloyd Ruby. 

[Cooter]

Nice ramps! Looks like two pieces of old guard rail with "Street Closed" cut into them. Cool.

[Aero426]

The "street closed" are wood boards borrowed from saw horse type barricades.  They are laid into the steel truck ramps for a little extra lift and clearance to make it onto the truck.

[Highbanked Hauler]

they must have had two sets of ramps to get the first car off the ground and then up to the top position ?

[odcics2]

In the photo, the guy on the hauler appears to be standing on a ramp that could be attached to the cab ramps.  So, it would act like one long ramp to the top, then drop down the ramp behind the cab and load the other car onto those ramps, where it would be tied down.    Just guessing here....   

[held1823]

In the photo, the guy on the hauler appears to be standing on a ramp that could be attached to the cab ramps.  So, it would act like one long ramp to the top, then drop down the ramp behind the cab and load the other car onto those ramps, where it would be tied down.    Just guessing here....  

exactly. the top car was placed up there, directly from the ground. there is no way a full-sized car could be placed on the lower deck first, and then moved up to the top.

these photos are of the same hauler. the upper car sits at a noticable angle,  which allowed for a gradual slope of the long ramps.

hard to imagine what fun loading a crashed car might have been. getting it up there, even on the lower level, would have been quite a feat .

[Aero426]

It would take a brave SOB to drive the top car up, and he'd have to be a monkey to get up and down from there.     Even though it's a big truck, the handling must have been interesting with all that weight up high. 

[held1823]

wonder if they cranked some wing angle into the bird, for a little downforce on the highway?

i'm with you; that hauler would have been a handful to drive.

[Ghoste]

It would take a brave SOB to drive the top car up, and he'd have to be a monkey to get up and down from there.     Even though it's a big truck, the handling must have been interesting with all that weight up high. 

Try taking some extra long wheelbase 5000 pound pre-war era high priced no brake wreck out onto one of those liftgate styles we use now at night in the rain.  Not sure one is any worse than the other, just pointing out that we still make those leap of faith drives with transporters now.