@hardtuned has been in the Bring a Trailer orbit since the very beginning–in fact, he sold Randy the Alfa Spider that became Lot #6 here on BaT Auctions. He was also recently the subject of a Riding Shotgun interview with sludgo, and it was then that we learned about his personal archive of race transporters and trailers at hardtuned.com. We of course have a deep affinity for these (there’s one in our name, after all) and asked him to expand on this concept for us. Here he is with the first of what we hope are many Trailer Tuesday pieces.

Thirty-some years ago, I was racing sports cars and formula cars all over North America, and in that pursuit I racked up many miles pulling single-car open trailers behind all sorts of different cars and trucks. This eventually morphed into enclosed tag-along trailers, 32’ gooseneck car haulers, even a 45’ gooseneck behind a dually pickup. The tools of moving cars, along with the bits to keep them going and how to organize it all, have evolved over the years and are a bit of a personal obsession of mine. In this weekly series we’ll take a random and whimsical look at different methods and executions of auto transport. Today, we’re starting with one of my favorites:

Team Tyrrell’s 1964 Leyland Worldmaster Bus

For the 1970 F1 season, the Tyrrell team converted a 1964 Leyland Worldmaster bus chassis allegedly rescued from the bottom of the Thames River. In passenger bus form, it was on its way to Saudi Arabia (or Cuba—there’s some disagreement amongst historians) when the ship transporting the transporter sank. Tyrrell’s conversion was finished in late 1969 and it was used as team transporter from 1970–1977 (that included the era of the six-wheeled cars). The vehicle was powered by a fuel-injected six-cylinder diesel and held three cars and all the tools and spares necessary to run their F1 effort.

Amazingly, it’s still around today! Here it is at the 2003 Monterey Historics at Laguna Seca Raceway. It remains a spectacularly stylish way to transport cars and gear from race to race.