The Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1999 commemorated the 50th anniversary of BRM with a paddock display of BRM cars, some of which took part in track parades over the weekend. This is one of the vehicles that was on display in the paddock.
It's the BRM transporter built in 1959 by Marshall Motor Bodies Ltd of Cambridge to the design of Rubery Owen & Co Ltd, owner and builder of the BRM racing cars. It was built on a Leyland Royal Tiger chassis with an underfloor engine, and left-hand drive as most of its journeys would be in continental Europe. It could accommodate three cars with one on the upper deck and two on the lower deck with spare wheels stowed on both sides, and tools and spare parts in side lockers. It replaced the three Austin transporters which took one car each, and a Commer mobile workshop that accompanied the team to each venue.
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