M#8 Solved - Norman Holtkamp's Cheetah Transporter

metalshapes · April 22, 2009, 09:51:42 PM

This one is probably way too easy...

So I want the original name of the vehicle, before it got re-named.
And the name of the 1st owner/builder.

pguillem · April 23, 2009, 10:12:21 AM

Easy :

1954 Mercedes-Benz Rennabteilung Auto Transporter

metalshapes · April 23, 2009, 01:36:01 PM

Nope...

pguillem · April 23, 2009, 04:57:22 PM

Ach so ! Holtkamp 1962 Transporter

metalshapes · April 23, 2009, 05:19:36 PM

Yes.

Thats the one...

Do you know what he called it?

Closed for 2 days so you have time to find it.

metalshapes · April 29, 2009, 03:54:37 AM

Experts...

ImpishGrin · April 29, 2009, 03:57:39 AM

The Cheetah Transporter

metalshapes · April 29, 2009, 04:01:18 AM

Yes.

Carnut · August 28, 2013, 11:24:53 AM

Apparently Holtkamp was so impressed by the Mercedes transporter that he wanted one like it; of course the only way to do that was to build his own.. He started with a Mercedes 300 chassis and fitted Porsche suspension parts, a Chevy El Camino cab and a Corvette V8.. The handling was said to be somewhat wayward (lethal actually..) so he had to rebuilt the whole thing longer and with the engine further back, losing the Mercedes-like bodywork in the process.

Another pic:

Wendax · September 10, 2023, 05:36:10 AM

The prolongation was never finished, but the two parts are supposed to still exist.

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M#8 Solved - Norman Holtkamp's Cheetah Transporter